Waste-fed surfactin fermentation still trails engineered strains by tenfold titer gap
A new review finds waste-based surfactin fermentation delivers 1 to 5 grams per liter while engineered strains on defined media ...
Tag: plant immunity
Tiny vesicles from plants may help crops fight drought, salt and disease
A new review describes how plant-derived extracellular vesicles carry stress-responsive proteins and RNAs between cells and may enable RNA-based crop ...
Fungal gene deletions fail to crack salicylic acid mystery in Trichoderma
Gene deletion experiments in Trichoderma virens show that the fungus makes salicylic acid through a pathway distinct from those used ...
Plant Immune Kinase MPK6 Targets Chromatin Protein DEK2 to Control Defense Genes
Arabidopsis DEK2, phosphorylated by the immune kinase MPK6, binds bivalent H3K4me3K27me3 histone marks and transcription factors to fine-tune defense gene ...
Immune Signalling Pathway That Builds Lignin Barriers Identified in Plants
Researchers show that the SGN3–CIF–BIK1 signalling module, known from root endodermis surveillance, drives lignin barrier formation during effector-triggered immunity in ...
Plants Read Their Microbes Along a Chemical Continuum, Review Argues
A new review argues that plant recognition of microbes is a fluid, context-dependent chemical process rather than a binary split ...
Wheat Membrane Protein TaARFB1b-A Boosts Resistance to Fusarium Head Blight
Researchers cataloged 58 ADP-ribosylation factor genes in wheat and showed that silencing the TaARFB1b triplet reduces resistance to Fusarium head ...
Plants Wage Chemical Warfare Against Pathogens, and Scientists Are Learning to Weaponize It
A comprehensive review maps how plants deploy bioactive compounds against pathogens and outlines genetic, nanotech and microbiome strategies to engineer ...
Knockout study links PP2 to phloem defense against viroid and virus
Knockout and protoplast experiments show that PP2 restricts viroid and virus accumulation through phloem-associated defense without directly affecting apple scar ...
Precision priming, not spraying, may unlock salicylic acid for crops
Salicylic acid has long been celebrated as the master switch of plant immunity, a hormone that lets crops detect pathogens ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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