Rice is the most important food crop worldwide and sustainable rice production is important
for ensuring global food security. Biotic stresses limit rice production significantly and among …

Accompanying the process of growth and development, plants are exposed to ever-
changing environments, which consequently trigger abiotic or biotic stress responses. The …

Summary Sea Island cotton (Gossypium barbadense) is the source of the world's finest fibre
quality cotton, yet relatively little is understood about genetic variations among diverse …

Many transcription factors (TFs) in animals bind to both DNA and mRNA, regulating
transcription and mRNA turnover. However, whether plant TFs function at both the …

With the requirement to breed more productive crop plants in order to feed a growing global
population, compounded by increasingly widespread resistance to pesticides exhibited by …

Xylella fastidiosa is the causal agent of important crop diseases and is transmitted by xylem‐
sap‐feeding insects. The bacterium colonizes xylem vessels and can persist with a …

Plants as sessile organisms face daily environmental challenges and have developed
highly nuanced signaling systems to enable suitable growth, development, defense, or …

The plant cell wall plays a critical role in signaling responses to environmental and
developmental cues, acting as both the sensing interface and regulator of plant cell integrity …

Fusarium head blight (FHB) and sharp eyespot are important diseases of the cereal plants,
including bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) and barley. Both diseases are predominately …

Rice, the most important source of calories for humans is prone to severe yield loss due to
changing climate including heat stress. Additionally, rice encounters biotic stresses in …