Alisma orientale (Alismatidae) is highly valued for both its pharmaceutical and nutritional
properties. The tubers are used in Chinese herbal medicine and the leaves and stems for …

Plant pathogens can emerge in agricultural ecosystems through several mechanisms,
including host-tracking, host jumps, hybridization and horizontal gene transfer. High …

Microorganisms play a significant role in the environment and have been seen to vaccinate
or infect creatures from every kingdom. As with other biological systems, a variety of biotic …

Interactions among parasites and other microbes within hosts can impact disease
progression, yet study of such interactions has been mostly limited to pairwise combinations …

Flowers are colonized by a diverse community of microorganisms that can alter plant health
and interact with floral pathogens. Erwinia amylovora is a flower-inhabiting bacterium and a …

Plant diseases cause substantial annual yield losses of crops, and pose a major threat to
global food security and agricultural sustainability. Improving crop resistance against diverse …

How do plants differentiate friend from foe?. Answering this question is critical to
understanding how plants recognize and allow their colonization by beneficial …

Pathogens are powerful evolutionary forces shaping the structure and dynamics of both
individual species and of the communities of which they are part, at a broad range of …

When I attended the meeting on 'Molecular Microbe–Plant Interaction'in Rhodes (6–10 July
2014) this summer, I had the feeling that a relevant change was taking place. The meeting is …