Tag: disease resistance

A genome-wide association study of a synthetic hexaploid wheat mapping population has identified 37 markers linked to tan spot resistance, ...

A new study in Sylhet, Bangladesh, identifies anthracnose, Alternaria leaf spot and common bacterial blight as the dominant bush bean ...

New metabolomic research reveals that 24-epibrassinolide protects postharvest kiwifruit from Botrytis cinerea by triggering a three-phase reprogramming of defense-related metabolism.

A comparative genomic study of 12 pig family species reveals lineage-specific immune gene loss, interleukin-1 family degeneration, and positive selection ...

A new Nature Reviews Bioengineering review charts how structural biology, gene transfer and AI-assisted protein design are turning plant immune ...

Researchers identified a grapevine gene, VlARO, that enhances resistance to gray mold by promoting accumulation of the antifungal flavonoid guaijaverin.

Researchers have engineered chimeric plant NLR immune receptors that are unlocked by pathogen proteases, converting the pathogens' own essential enzymes ...

Researchers have engineered autoactive NLR immune receptors with pathogen-protease-controlled tripwires, achieving complete broad-spectrum resistance to potyviruses in tobacco and soybean ...

Researchers have launched drSMALL, a free, continuously updated database that compiles experimentally verified microbial small molecules shown to shape disease ...

A fungal metabolite from leaf-dwelling Aspergillus protects rice and other crops from fungal pathogens, pointing toward microbiome-shaping plant genes as ...