Over the past decade, systems biology and plant-omics have increasingly become the main
stream in plant biology research. New developments in mass spectrometry and …

There is an urgency to supplant the heavy reliance on chemical control of Fusarium
diseases in different economically important, staple food crops due to development of …

Histone acetylation is a critical epigenetic modification that regulates plant immunity. Fungal
pathogens secrete effectors that modulate host immunity and facilitate infection, but whether …

Plant pathogenic fungi and oomycetes cause severe losses of crop yield worldwide.
Fungicides are widely applied to manage plant diseases caused by pathogenic fungi, but …

Anthocyanins spatiotemporally accumulate in certain tissues of particular species in the
banana plant, and MYB transcription factors (TFs) serve as their primary regulators …

Fungal diseases threaten the forest ecosystem, impacting tree health, productivity, and
biodiversity. Conventional approaches to combating diseases, such as biological control or …

Serine protease subtilase, found widely in both eukaryotes and prokaryotes, participates in
various biological processes. However, how fungal subtilase regulates plant immunity is a …

Key message Gene silencing of BcDCL genes improves gray mold disease control in the
cultivated strawberry. Abstract Gene silencing technology offers new opportunities to …

RNA interference (RNAi) is a universal phenomenon of RNA silencing or gene silencing
with broader implications in important physiological and developmental processes of most …

Fungal diseases pose a major threat to ornamental plants, with an increasing percentage of
pathogen-driven host losses. In ornamental plants, management of the majority of fungal …