Ustilago maydis, the fungus responsible for smut disease in maize, utilizes secondary metabolites like melanin to enhance its virulence and survival. Our ...
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Botrytis cinerea is a wide host range necrotroph. During invasion, it quickly kills host cells and colonizes dead tissue, supported by secretion of CWDE, cell ...
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Membrane trafficking and organelle biogenesis play important roles in plant growth and development, as well as responses to external signals. The plant ...
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Genome-wide insertional mutagenesis is a tool to create loss-of-function mutations for virtually all genes in a genome. The European mutant collection BonnMu ...
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In nature, plants are subjected to a diverse range of harmful pathogens from multiple kingdoms of life. To cope with diseases caused by bacteria, fungi, ...
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Plants exposed to freezing and above-freezing low temperatures must employ a variety of strategies to minimize fitness loss. There is a considerable knowledge ...
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Plants must continuously balance growth with stress responses. In Arabidopsis thaliana, we found that the transcription factor NLP7, a central regulator of ...
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Plant-parasitic nematodes cause agricultural losses exceeding €100 billion annually. Among them, the root-knot nematode (RKN) Meloidogyne incognita stands out ...
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Faced with accelerating climate change and rapid population growth, we need crops with higher yields and greater resilience to ensure food security. Crop ...
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Cell-surface-localized pattern-recognition receptors (PRRs) recognizing microbe-derived or plant-endogenous molecules play central roles in various ...
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