Glucose-Sensing Gene Reveals How a Tree-Killing Fungus Defuses Plant Defenses
Researchers have identified the glucose-responsive regulator CcAbl1 as an essential link between sugar metabolism, NADPH-glutathione redox balance, and virulence in ...
Tag: plant immunity
Scientists Map Thousands of Disease-Resistance Genes in the Emerging Oilseed Crop Brassica carinata
Researchers have catalogued nearly 2,500 to 2,700 resistance gene analogues across two Brassica carinata genomes, revealing chromosomal hotspots, extensive homeologous ...
How Insect Vectors, Bacteria and Plants Collude to Devastate Global Crops
A new review reveals how bacterial plant pathogens such as Xylella fastidiosa, Liberibacters and phytoplasmas manipulate both their insect vectors ...
Synthetic Plant Immune Receptors Designed on Computers and Evolved in Living Plants
Researchers are combining computational de novo protein design with directed evolution in plants to create synthetic immune receptors that can ...
A Tiny Peptide Lets Plants Sound the Alarm Across Distant Leaves
Researchers have discovered systemic stomatal immunity, a rapid plant-wide defense in which a mobile 22-amino-acid micropeptide called USIC travels through ...
How a Tiny Protein Family Lets Plants Sense Phosphate and So Much More
A new review reveals how the ancient SPX protein family lets plants sense phosphate through inositol pyrophosphate signals while also ...
How Parasitic Nematodes Hijack Plant Cells to Build Their Own Feeding Machines
A new review reveals how root-knot and cyst nematodes use secreted effectors to hijack plant hormones, transcription factors, and epigenetic ...
Rice protein OsCBSX3 flips a molecular switch between growth and immunity
A redox-controlled monomer-to-oligomer switch in the rice protein OsCBSX3 tunes hydrogen sulfide production to balance immunity against bacterial blight with ...
Chemical Tags on Viral RNA Emerge as a Battleground Between Plants and Pathogens
A new review details how the m6A RNA modification acts as both an antiviral defense and a viral exploitation tool ...
Wheat’s LIFEGUARD Gene TaLFG32 Emerges as a Hidden Ally of Stripe Rust
Researchers in China have identified 32 wheat LIFEGUARD genes and shown that the membrane protein TaLFG32 suppresses reactive oxygen species ...
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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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