Imagine that plants could tell us exactly when they're stressed, infected, or being eaten by insects, by lighting up. A new ...
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are essential airborne signals or odors that enable plants to communicate with other organisms and plants across short and long distances. A key aspect of this ...
"Growing" on the defensive! Here's how researchers are providing a whole new look at how plants make their own protection against infection. 🌱 ...
Postharvest biology plays a pivotal role in maintaining the quality and shelf life of agricultural commodities exposed to abiotic stress conditions after ...
Research on plant responses to environmental stress is increasingly vital as global change accelerates. Both natural and agricultural systems are facing ...
A new study, led by Hirofumi Nakagami at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, Germany, demonstrates that one of the two branches of plant immunity was likely to have ...
Jasmonate activity is included systemically by pathogens. Here plants are infected by bacteria carrying different avirulence genes (avrRpm1 at bottom right, avrRps4 at bottom left, avrRpt2 at top ...
Overuse of chemical pesticides has driven resistance in agricultural pests, including the adaptable two-spotted spider mite. Researchers have discovered novel elicitor proteins, Tet3 and Tet4, in mite ...