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Schematic representation of the Pleiades’ mechanism of action

The pleiades gene cluster in the Ustilago maydis (corn smut) genome encodes a family of proteins, the Pleiades, that target maize immunity. The two Pleiades ...

A genomic gene cluster

of the corn smut fungus Ustilago maydis suppresses plant immune defense in maize. In reference to the "sisterly" division of tasks as effectors and the ...

High visitor

Federal Minister Anja Karliczek met with Rector Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Michael Hoch (6th from right), the Rectorate and members of the six Clusters of Excellence.

Technology for the field

Cyrill Stachniss (PhenoRob Cluster of Excellence) explains to Anja Karliczek how the use of robots and drones is being researched for the agricultural economy ...

Dr. Jürgen Burkhardt

from the Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES) at the University of Bonn.

Thunderclouds on Jupiter

based on images from the Juno mission's Stellar Reference Unit camera (NASA).

For comparison, the root without the egt2 mutation

It grows outwards, opening up a larger volume of soil in search for nutrients.

Seven-day-old barley roots of mutant egt2

It grows strictly downwards (hypergravitropic).

Dr. Gwendolyn K. Kirschner

with a barley plant.