Plants have evolved a repertoire of monitoring systems to sense plant morphogenesis and
to face environmental changes and threats caused by different attackers. These systems …

Plants are constantly exposed to would-be pathogens and pests, and thus have a
sophisticated immune system to ward off these threats, which otherwise can have …

Background Crops are constantly attacked by various pathogens. These pathogenic
microorganisms, such as fungi, oomycetes, bacteria, viruses, and nematodes, threaten …

Plants contain a sophisticated innate immune network to prevent pathogenic microbes from
gaining access to nutrients and from colonizing internal structures. The first layer of inducible …

According to their lifestyle, plant pathogens are divided into biotrophic and necrotrophic
organisms. Biotrophic pathogens exclusively nourish living host cells, whereas necrotrophic …

Verticillium dahliae is a notorious soil‐borne pathogen that enters hosts through the roots
and proliferates in the plant water‐conducting elements to cause Verticillium wilt …

Abstract APETALA2/ethylene‐responsive factor (AP2/ERF) family transcription factors are
well‐documented in plant responses to a wide range of biotic and abiotic stresses, but their …

Verticillium wilt is a plant vascular disease caused by the soilborne fungus Verticillium
dahliae that severely limits cotton production. In a previous study, we screened Bacillus …

Alt a 1 family proteins (AA1s) have only been observed in the Dothideomycetes and
Sordariomycetes classes of fungi, and their biological functions have remained poorly …

Ningnanmycin (NNM) is an antiviral agent firstly isolated from Strepcomces noursei var·
xichangensisn. Studies have shown that NNM promotes PAL, POD and SOD activity and …