R alstonia solanacearum is a soil‐borne bacterium causing the widespread disease known
as bacterial wilt. R alstonia solanacearum is also the causal agent of M oko disease of …

Les bactéries endophytes sont omniprésentes chez la plupart des espèces végétales soit de
façon latente soit colonisant activement, localement ou de façon généralisé les tissus des …

Despite the fact that roots are the organs most subject to microbial interactions, very little is
known about the response of roots to microbe-associated molecular patterns (MAMPs). By …

N 2-fixing bacteria such as Azoarcus spp., Herbaspirillum spp. and Acetobacter
diazotrophicus can infect the interior of gramineous plants without causing symptoms of …

Agriculturally important grasses such as sugar cane (Saccharum sp.), rice (Oryza sativa),
wheat (Triticum aestivum) sorghum (Sorghum bicolor), maize (Zea mays), Panicum …

A Casparian strip–bearing endodermis is a feature that has been invariably present in the
roots of ferns and angiosperms for approximately 400 million years. As the innermost cortical …

Polarized epithelia are fundamental to multicellular life. In animal epithelia, conserved
junctional complexes establish membrane diffusion barriers, cellular adherence and sealing …

Xylem vascular wilt pathogens cause devastating diseases in plants. Proliferation of these
pathogens in the xylem causes massive disruption of water and mineral transport, resulting …

The plant wilt pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum thrives in the water-transporting xylem
vessels of its host plants. Xylem is a relatively nutrient-poor, high-flow environment but R …

Ralstonia solanacearum, a widely distributed and economically important plant pathogen,
invades the roots of diverse plant hosts from the soil and aggressively colonizes the xylem …