Scientists Pin Down Genes Behind Cotton’s Defenses Against Wilt Disease
Researchers have fine mapped major QTL for Verticillium wilt resistance in cotton to compact genomic intervals and identified fifteen candidate ...
Tag: plant immunity
Chemical Tag on Histones Governs Rice Immunity Against Viruses and Insect Pests
A new Genome Biology study shows that lysine succinylation of histones regulates rice defense genes, and that disabling the desuccinylase ...
Plant Cell Cultures Emerge as Controllable Factories for Extracellular Vesicles
A new review argues that in vitro plant cell cultures could become controllable, scalable platforms for producing and engineering extracellular ...
A Molecular Staple: How a Single Disulfide Bond Shapes Plant Immune Signaling
New research reveals that a single disulfide bond imposes the three-dimensional fold CTNIP4 needs for recognition by the plant immune ...
Single Disulfide Bond Sculpts SCREW Peptide for Plant Immune Receptor Activation
A new crystal structure reveals how a single disulfide bond locks the plant immune peptide SCREW into a neck-ring-like shape ...
Molecular Hubs of Plant Immunity Emerge as Key Targets for Next-Generation Disease-Resistant Crops
A new review argues that plant immune co-receptors such as BAK1 and SOBIR1 act as molecular bridges between the two ...
Potato Varieties That Stay Ready: Basal Defence Genes Separate Blight Fighters From Blight Losers
A comparative transcriptomic study shows that blight-resistant potato varieties maintain elevated basal expression of defence genes, including wall-associated kinases, R ...
How Plants Strike a Balance Between Immune Power and Growth
A new review in Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology synthesizes how plants detect pathogens through cell-surface and intracellular receptors and ...
Self-DNA Spray Triggers Bean Immunity and Boosts Seed Yield in the Field
A single spray of fragmented self-DNA boosted the immune defenses and seed yield of common bean plants in both glasshouse ...
How Plants Fight Back: The Molecular Arms Race Against Aphids
A new review in Stress Biology details how phytohormone signaling, salivary effectors, and transcription factor networks shape the molecular arms ...
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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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