In agro-ecosystem, plant pathogens hamper food quality, crop yield, and global food
security. Manipulation of naturally occurring defense mechanisms in host plants is an …

Plants defend themselves from most microbial attacks via mechanisms including cell wall
fortification, production of antimicrobial compounds, and generation of reactive oxygen …

Plants encounter various microbes in nature and must respond appropriately to symbiotic or
pathogenic ones. In rice, the receptor-like kinase OsCERK1 is involved in recognizing both …

Plants associate with beneficial arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi facilitating nutrient acquisition.
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi produce chitooligosaccharides (COs) and lipo …

The primary objective of this study was to identify the molecular signals present in
arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) germinated spore exudates (GSE s) responsible for activating …

Head smut is a systemic disease in maize caused by the soil-borne fungus Sporisorium
reilianum that poses a grave threat to maize production worldwide. A major head smut …

Biotrophic fungi interacting with plants establish long-term relationships with their hosts to
fulfill their life cycles. In contrast to necrotrophs, they need to contend with the defense …

Recent sequencing projects have provided deep insight into fungal lifestyle-associated
genomic adaptations. Here we report on the 25 Mb genome of the mutualistic root symbiont …

The 5′-cap structure is a distinct feature of eukaryotic mRNAs, and eukaryotic viruses
generally modify the 5′-end of viral RNAs to mimic cellular mRNA structure, which is …

Momilactones from rice have allelopathic activity, the ability to inhibit growth of competing
plants. Transferring momilactone production to other crops is a potential approach to combat …