Discovery reveals key #molecular event that boosts #wheat's defense against devastating #disease.

#immune_response #stem_rust #fungus #tandem_kinase #NLR #crop #food_security

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-discovery-reveals-key-molecular-event.html

Too much of a good thing: How high #nitrogen levels compromise #plant

#pathology #agriculture #food_security #peptide_hormones #phytocytokines #bacteria #immune_response #Pseudomonas #CEP_signaling

https://phys.org/news/2025-02-good-high-nitrogen-compromise-immunity.html

Discovery of #wheat #gene pair that combats #powdery_mildew could lead to more resistant varieties.

#crops #agriculture #fungus #Erysiphales #pathology #NLR #RXL #Pm5e #Ca_channel #immune_response

https://phys.org/news/2025-02-discovery-wheat-gene-pair-combats.html

How #plants fend off #pathogens: The role of #calcium and #kinases

#immune_response #agriculture #bacteria #fungi #signalling #bi-kinase_module

https://phys.org/news/2025-01-fend-pathogens-role-calcium-kinases.html

'Unheard of in structural biology': New #enzyme models reveal #disease insights.

#immune_response #nucleic_acids #PLD3 #PLD4

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-unheard-biology-enzyme-reveal-disease.html

#Potatoes with the right 'antennas': Origin of novel broad #resistance to late #blight found in wild potato relatives.

#phytophthora #signalling #Pep_13 #immune_response

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-potatoes-antennas-broad-resistance-late.html

Researchers develop new method for precisely quantifying #systemin, a #plant #peptide #hormone.

#signalling #immune_response

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-method-precisely-quantifying-systemin-peptide.html