All eukaryotic organisms have evolved sophisticated immune systems to appropriately
respond to biotic stresses. In plants and animals, a key part of this immune system is pattern …

Climate change and a rising world population make generation of crops with enhanced
abiotic stress tolerance and higher nutritive value a priority objective in agriculture. In this …

Most organisms adjust their development according to the environmental conditions. For the
majority, this implies the sensing of alterations to cell walls caused by different cues. Despite …

Carbohydrate-based cell wall signaling impacts plant growth, development, and stress
responses; however, how cell wall signals are perceived and transduced remains poorly …

Plant receptor-like kinases (RLKs) are important players in response to pathogen infections.
Verticillium and Fusarium wilts, caused by Verticillium dahliae (Vd) and Fusarium …

Many transcription factors (TFs) in animals bind to both DNA and mRNA, regulating
transcription and mRNA turnover. However, whether plant TFs function at both the …

With the requirement to breed more productive crop plants in order to feed a growing global
population, compounded by increasingly widespread resistance to pesticides exhibited by …

The pattern‐triggered immunity (PTI) response is triggered at the plant cell surface by the
recognition of microbe‐derived molecules known as microbe‐or pathogen‐associated …

Pathogenic fungi use diverse infection strategies to obtain nutrients from plants. Biotrophic
fungi feed only on living plant tissue, whereas necrotrophic fungi kill host cells to extract …

An increasing population, climate change, and diminishing natural resources present severe
threats to global food security, with traditional breeding and genetic engineering methods …