Plant pathogens emerging as threat to human and animal health has been a matter of
concern within the scientific community. Fusarium oxysporum, predominantly a …

Sessile plants encode a large number of small peptides and cell surface-resident receptor
kinases, most of which have unknown functions. Here, we report that the Arabidopsis …

Accessory chromosomes are strain-or pathotype-specific chromosomes that exist in addition
to the core chromosomes of a species and are generally not considered essential to the …

Many insects rely on microbial protection in the early stages of their development. However,
in contrast to symbiont-mediated defense of eggs and young instars, the role of microbes in …

Abstract Background Cell walls (CWs) are protein-rich polysaccharide matrices essential for
plant growth and environmental acclimation. The CW constitutes the first physical barrier as …

Plants are continuously exposed to beneficial and pathogenic microbes, but how plants
recognize and respond to friends versus foes remains poorly understood. Here, we …

Plant xylem colonization is the hallmark of vascular wilt diseases caused by phytopathogens
within the Fusarium oxysporum species complex. Recently, xylem colonization has also …

Fungal pathogens grow in the apoplastic space, in constant contact with the plant cell wall
(CW) that hinders microbe progression while representing a source of nutrients. Although …

Many plant pathogenic fungi contain conditionally dispensable (CD) chromosomes that are
associated with virulence, but not growth in vitro. Virulence-associated CD chromosomes …

Defensin-like proteins are conserved in multicellular organisms and contribute to innate
immune responses against fungal pathogens. In rice, defensins play a novel role in …