Domestication processes, amplified by breeding programs, have allowed the selection of
more productive genotypes and more suitable crop lines capable of coping with the …

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

This article is part of the Top 10 Unanswered Questions in MPMI invited review series.
Nonhost resistance is typically considered the ability of a plant species to repel all attempts …

Strategies to manage plant disease—from use of resistant varieties to crop rotation,
elimination of reservoirs, landscape planning, surveillance, quarantine, risk modeling, and …

Tree planting and natural regeneration contribute to the ongoing effort to restore Earth's
forests. Our review addresses how the plant microbiome can enhance the survival of planted …

Reducing losses caused by pathogens is an effective strategy for stabilizing crop yields.
Daunting challenges remain in cloning and characterizing genes that inhibit stripe rust, a …

Global food security depends on cereal crops with durable disease resistance. Most cereals
are colonized by rust fungi, which are pathogens of major significance for global agriculture …

The constant interactions between plants and pathogens in the environment and the
resulting outcomes are of significant importance for agriculture and agricultural scientists …

Ribosomes play an integral part in plant growth, development, and defence responses. We
report here the role of ribosomal protein large (RPL) subunit QM/RPL10 in nonhost disease …

In the past years, breeding programs have been mainly addressed on pushing the
commercial features, forgetting important traits, such as those related to environmental …