Catalase (CAT) is an extensively studied if somewhat enigmatic enzyme that is at the heart
of eukaryotic antioxidant systems with a canonical role in peroxisomal function. The CAT …

Plants face a relentless onslaught from a diverse array of pathogens in their natural
environment, to which they have evolved a myriad of strategies that unfold across various …

Nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat (NLR) receptor-mediated immunity includes rapid
production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and transcriptional reprogramming, which is …

Walking through a garden or a crop field, you may notice that plants damaged by pests
(insects or pathogens) look smaller than the same kind of plants nearby that are not …

The discovery and application of genome editing introduced a new era of plant breeding by
giving researchers efficient tools for the precise engineering of crop genomes. Here we …

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is one of the most important crops in the world. Since the completion of
rice reference genome sequences, tremendous progress has been achieved in …

Rice production is severely affected by the bacterial pathogen, Xanthomonas oryzae pv.
oryzae (Xoo), which causes bacterial leaf blight (BLB) disease. Nano-enabled strategies …

Plants have evolved a multi‐layered immune system to fight off pathogens. However,
immune activation is costly and is often associated with growth and development penalty. In …

Recurrent heat stress and pathogen invasion seriously threaten crop production, and abiotic
stress often antagonizes biotic stress response against pathogens. However, the molecular …

Drought drastically restricts wheat production, so to dissect allelic variations of drought
tolerant genes without imposing trade-offs between tolerance and yield is essential to cope …