Tag: plant defense

Researchers in Borneo have documented the first leaf-based egg-killing defenses in the ancient Magnoliid plant clade, showing that Aristolochia vines ...

A time-series transcriptome study reveals that rice mounts a rapid, two-phase genetic defense after wounding, driven by jasmonate and peptide ...

A new review in Plant Cell Reports maps how the benzoxazinoid defense pathway evolved differently across maize, wheat, and rice, ...

A new review in Advanced Science reveals that root-emitted volatile compounds act as multifunctional chemical signals governing defense, microbial recruitment, ...

Researchers have built a rapid maize protoplast transfection platform that reveals the products and regulators of volatile terpene biosynthesis within ...

A comprehensive review reveals how aphids exploit plant sap through symbiotic bacteria, salivary effectors, and osmoregulatory adaptations, and identifies nutritional ...