Leaf senescence can impact crop production by either changing photosynthesis duration, or
by modifying the nutrient remobilization efficiency and harvest index. The doubling of the …

Many plant pathogens show interactions with host development. Pathogens may modify
plant development according to their nutritional demands. Conversely, plant development …

Although defense responses mediated by the plant oxylipin jasmonic acid (JA) are often
necessary for resistance against pathogens with necrotrophic lifestyles, in this report we …

Nuclear transport of immune receptors, signal transducers, and transcription factors is an
essential regulatory mechanism for immune activation. Whether and how this process is …

Plant leaf senescence has been recognized as the last phase of plant development, a highly
ordered process regulated by genes known as senescence associated genes (SAGs) …

Phytophthora infestans, the causal agent of late blight, is a major threat to commercial potato
production worldwide. Significant costs are required for crop protection to secure yield. Many …

Fusarium graminearum is the principal causative agent of Fusarium head blight (FHB), a
devastating disease of wheat and barley. This fungus can also colonize Arabidopsis …

Plant innate immunity is capable of combating diverse and ever evolving pathogens. The
plasticity of innate immunity could be boosted by RNA processing. Arabidopsis thaliana …

Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) is a conserved mechanism that targets aberrant
mRNAs for destruction. NMD has also been found to regulate the expression of large …

Everybody is familiar with the visual aspects of plant senescence. Color changes occurring
in senescing leaves are, however, only one (albeit striking) symptom of the senescence …