Plant pests such as bacteria and fungi lead to significant yield losses in agriculture. In order to develop new strategies ...

First, a pattern recognition receptor (PRR) on the plant cell’s surface recognizes pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) released by invaders—say, the flagellar proteins from pathogenic ...

Biologists have uncovered a surprising connection between the way plants grow and how they defend themselves against ...

New research has identified crucial components and mechanisms of the plant immune system, potentially helping to develop ...

and biotic factors such as pathogens. Recent research has focused on understanding the complex signaling pathways and genetic mechanisms that enable plants to sense and respond to these stresses.

Biologists have identified important components and mechanisms of the molecular machinery that transmits information about a pathogen encounter within the plant organism.

People love the taste of sugar beets' primary byproduct: white sugar. Soilborne cyst nematodes—parasitic, microscopic ...

Recent research has focused on understanding the genetic and molecular basis of light signaling in fungi ... particularly in managing plant pathogens and understanding fungal behavior.