Plants possess an effective immune system to combat most microbial attackers. The
activation of immune responses to biotrophic pathogens requires the hormone salicylic acid …

Plants have evolved complex defence mechanisms to avoid invasion of potential pathogens.
Despite this, adapted pathogens deploy effector proteins to manipulate host susceptibility …

Background Homoeologs are defined as homologous genes resulting from allopolyploidy.
Bread wheat, Triticum aestivum, is an allohexaploid species with many homoeologs …

In plants, MYB transcription factors play diverse roles in growth, development, and response
to abiotic and biotic stresses. However, the signaling processes of these transcription factors …

Plant lignin is a component of the cell wall, and plays important roles in the transport
potential of water and mineral nutrition and plant defence against biotic stresses. Therefore …

Background Verticillium wilt is one of the most devasting diseases for many plants, leading
to global economic loss. Cotton is known to be vulnerable to its fungal pathogen, Verticillium …

In environmental conditions, crop plants are extremely affected by multiple abiotic stresses
including salinity, drought, heat, and cold, as well as several biotic stresses such as pests …

The soil-borne pathogen Verticillium dahliae, also referred as “The Cotton Cancer,” is
responsible for causing Verticillium wilt in cotton crops, a destructive disease with a global …

Glycoside hydrolase (GH) family members act as virulence factors and regulate plant
immune responses during pathogen infection. Here, we characterized the GH28 family …

Salicylic acid (SA) and nitric oxide (NO) are key signaling molecules required to activate the
plant's innate immunity against abiotic stresses and biotrophic attackers. Stress-induced …