With the impending increase of the world population by 2050, more activities have been
directed toward the improvement of crop yield and a safe environment. The need for …

One of the relevant problems in today's agriculture is related to phytopathogenic
microorganisms that cause between 30–40% of crop losses. Synthetic chemical pesticides …

Critical to meeting cellular phosphorus (P) demand, soil bacteria deploy a number of
strategies to overcome limitation in inorganic P (Pi) in soils. As a significant contributor to P …

In the face of climate change, progressive degradation of the environment, including
agricultural land negatively affecting plant growth and development, endangers plant …

The transcriptional regulator PecS is encoded by select bacterial pathogens. For instance, in
the plant pathogen Dickeya dadantii, PecS controls a range of virulence genes, including …

Stress and starvation causes bacterial cells to activate the stringent response. This results in
down-regulation of energy-requiring processes related to growth, as well as an upregulation …

Bacterial plant pathogens adjust their gene expression programs in response to
environmental signals and host-derived compounds. This ensures that virulence genes or …

There have been numerous recent studies on the use of microbial antagonists to combat
diseases caused by pathogenic bacteria and fungi in soil and airborne plants, in an effort to …

Abstract (p) ppGpp binds to RNA polymerase, causing stalling at damaged DNA sites and
subsequent backtracking, which facilitates the recognition and removal of damaged DNA by …

The stringent response involves accumulation of (p) ppGpp, and it ensures that survival is
prioritized. Production of (p) ppGpp requires purine synthesis, and upregulation of an …