The homeodomain-leucine zipper (HD-ZIP) is a plant-specific transcription factor family that
plays important roles in plant developmental processes in response to multiple stressors …

Verticillium dahliae is a soilborne plant fungal pathogen that causes Verticillium wilt, a
disease that reduces the yields of many economically important crops. Despite its worldwide …

The severity of Verticillium wilt on cotton caused by defoliating strains of Verticillium dahliae
has gradually increased and threatens production worldwide. Identification of the molecular …

The NPR1 gene encodes a key component of systemic acquired resistance (SAR) signaling
mediated by salicylic acid (SA). Overexpression of NPR1 confers resistance to biotrophic …

Background Plants often face multiple stresses including drought, extreme temperature,
salinity, nutrition deficiency and biotic stresses during growth and development. All the …

Background Metabolic pathways are interconnected and yet relatively independent. Genes
involved in metabolic modules are required for the modules to run. Study of the relationships …

Ubiquitination is a post-translational regulatory mechanism that controls a variety of
biological processes in plants. The E3 ligases confer specificity by recognizing target …

Cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channels (CNGCs) remain poorly studied in crop plants, most of
which are polyploid. In allotetraploid Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum), silencing …

In the plant response to pathogen infection, many genes' expression is temporally induced,
while few spatially induced expression genes have been reported. Here, we show that …

The protective fungus Fusarium oxysporum Fo47 reduces the severity of wilt caused by the
soilborne pathogen Verticillium dahliae in pepper. Modes of action responsible for the …