Diverse and rapidly evolving pathogens cause plant diseases and epidemics that threaten
crop yield and food security around the world. Research over the last 25 years has led to an …

The battle between plants and microbes is evolutionarily ancient, highly complex, and often
co-dependent. A primary challenge for microbes is to breach the physical barrier of host cell …

Background The development of CRISPR/Cas9 technology has facilitated targeted
mutagenesis in an efficient and precise way. Previously, RNAi silencing of the susceptibility …

Loss-of-function mutations of one or more of the appropriate Mildew resistance locus o (Mlo)
genes are an apparently reliable “weapon” to protect plants from infection by powdery …

Sugar efflux transporters are essential for the maintenance of animal blood glucose levels,
plant nectar production, and plant seed and pollen development. Despite broad biological …

It has been suggested that effective defense against biotrophic pathogens is largely due to
programmed cell death in the host, and to associated activation of defense responses …

Prospective plant pathogens must overcome the physical barrier presented by the plant cell
wall. In addition to being a preformed, passive barrier limiting access of pathogens to plant …

Besides defence pathways regulated by classical stress hormones, distinct amino acid
metabolic pathways constitute integral parts of the plant immune system. Mutations in …

In Arabidopsis, RPM1 confers resistance against Pseudomonas syringae expressing either
of two sequence unrelated type III effectors, AvrRpm1 or AvrB. An RPM1-interacting protein …

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 …