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 …

Plants utilize localized cell-surface and intracellular receptors to sense microbes and
activate the influx of calcium, which serves as an important second messenger in eukaryotes …

The diploid wild cotton species Gossypium australe possesses excellent traits including
resistance to disease and delayed gland morphogenesis, and has been successfully used …

Plants perceive pathogens and induce robust transcriptional reprogramming to rapidly
achieve immunity. The mechanisms of how immune‐related genes are transcriptionally …

Abstract Arabidopsis SYSTEMIC ACQUIRED RESISTANCE DEFICIENT 1 (SARD1) and
CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEIN 60g (CBP60g) are two master transcription factors that …

Plants use a dual defense system to cope with microbial pathogens. The first involves
pathogen-associated molecular pattern-triggered immunity which is conferred by membrane …

In nature, plants are frequently exposed to drought and bacterial pathogens simultaneously.
However, information on how the drought and defence pathways interact and orchestrate …

The arms race between fungal pathogens and plant hosts involves recognition of fungal
effectors to induce host immunity. Although various fungal effectors have been identified, the …

Soilborne plant pathogenic species in the fungal genus Verticillium cause destructive
Verticillium wilt disease on economically important crops worldwide. Since R gene-mediated …

Fungal pathogens deploy a barrage of secreted effectors to subvert host immunity, often by
evading, disrupting, or altering key components of transcription, defense signaling, and …