Plant diseases are responsible for substantial crop losses each year and pose a threat to
global food security and agricultural sustainability. Improving crop resistance to pathogens …

Soybean is one of the most important oilseed and fodder crops. Benefiting from the efforts of
soybean breeders and the development of breeding technology, large number of …

The growing human population will require a significant increase in agricultural production.
This challenge is made more difficult by the fact that changes in the climatic and …

Southern leaf blight (SLB), caused by the necrotrophic fungal pathogen Cochliobolus
heterostrophus (anamorph Bipolaris maydis), is a major foliar disease which causes …

Perception of pathogen (or microbe)‐associated molecular patterns (PAMP s/MAMP s) by
pattern recognition receptors (PRR s) is a key component of plant innate immunity. The …

Sclerotinia stem rot (SSR) is one of the most important pests in cool soybean growing
regions of the Northeastern United States and Canada. However, the intensity of infestations …

Plants continuously encounter various environmental stresses and use qualitative and
quantitative measures to resist pathogen attack. Qualitative stress responses, based on …

MicroRNAs are recognized as important post-transcriptional regulators in plants. Information
about the roles of miRNAs in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), an agronomically …

Glycine max symbiotic ammonium transporter 1 was first documented as a putative
ammonium (NH4+) channel localized to the symbiosome membrane of soybean root …

Plant disease limits crop production, and host genetic resistance is a major means of control.
Plant pathogenic Ralstonia causes bacterial wilt disease and is best controlled with resistant …