[HTML][HTML] Communication of plants with microbial world: Exploring the regulatory networks for PGPR mediated defense signaling

S Bukhat, A Imran, S Javaid, M Shahid, A Majeed… - Microbiological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Agricultural manipulation of potentially beneficial rhizosphere microbes is increasing rapidly
due to their multi-functional plant-protective and growth related benefits. Plant growth …

Glucosinolate biosynthesis and the glucosinolate–myrosinase system in plant defense

S Chhajed, I Mostafa, Y He, M Abou-Hashem… - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
Insect pests represent a major global challenge to important agricultural crops. Insecticides
are often applied to combat such pests, but their use has caused additional challenges such …

Conditioning the soil microbiome through plant–soil feedbacks suppresses an aboveground insect pest

A Pineda, I Kaplan, SE Hannula, W Ghanem… - New …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Soils and their microbiomes are now recognized as key components of plant health, but how
to steer those microbiomes to obtain their beneficial functions is still unknown. Here, we …

Endophytic Metarhizium robertsii promotes maize growth, suppresses insect growth, and alters plant defense gene expression

I Ahmad, M del Mar Jiménez-Gasco, DS Luthe… - Biological Control, 2020 - Elsevier
Fungi in the genus Metarhizium (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) are entomopathogens that
can establish as endophytes and benefit their host plant through growth promotion and …

Chromatin regulation of somatic abiotic stress memory

I Bäurle, I Trindade - Journal of Experimental Botany, 2020 - academic.oup.com
In nature, plants are often subjected to periods of recurrent environmental stress that can
strongly affect their development and productivity. To cope with these conditions, plants can …

Volatile organic compounds as insect repellents and plant elicitors: an integrated pest management (IPM) strategy for glasshouse whitefly (Trialeurodes vaporariorum)

NJA Conboy, T McDaniel, D George, A Ormerod… - Journal of chemical …, 2020 - Springer
The glasshouse whitefly (Trialeurodes vaporariorum Westwood) is a polyphagous arthropod
pest that is of particular detriment to glasshouse grown tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) …

Intraspecific host variation plays a key role in virus community assembly

S Sallinen, A Norberg, H Susi, AL Laine - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
Infection by multiple pathogens of the same host is ubiquitous in both natural and managed
habitats. While intraspecific variation in disease resistance is known to affect pathogen …

The pattern of acetylation defines the priming activity of chitosan tetramers

S Basa, M Nampally, T Honorato, SN Das… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The biological activity of chitosans depends on their degree of polymerization (DP) and
degree of acetylation (DA). However, information could also be carried by the pattern of …

Plant epigenetic stress memory induced by drought: a physiological and molecular perspective

J Godwin, S Farrona - Plant epigenetics and epigenomics: Methods and …, 2020 - Springer
Drought stress is one of the most common stresses encountered by crops and other plants
and leads to significant productivity losses. It commonly happens that drought stress occurs …

Plant volatiles induced by herbivore eggs prime defences and mediate shifts in the reproductive strategy of receiving plants

FG Pashalidou, L Eyman, J Sims, J Buckley… - Ecology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Plants can detect cues associated with the risk of future herbivory and modify defence
phenotypes accordingly; however, our current understanding is limited both with respect to …