Lipid-derived jasmonates (JAs) play a crucial role in a variety of plant development and
defense mechanisms. In recent years, significant progress has been made toward …

The constant struggle between plants and microbes has driven the evolution of multiple
defense strategies in the host as well as offense strategies in the pathogen. To defend …

In natural or agricultural environments, plants are constantly exposed to a wide range of
biotic and abiotic stresses. Given the forecasted global climate changes, plants will cope …

Plant hormones are essential regulators of plant growth and immunity. In the last few
decades, a vast amount of information has been obtained detailing the role of different plant …

Molecular mechanisms associated with biochar-elicited suppression of soilborne plant
diseases and improved plant performance are not well understood. A stem base inoculation …

The plant hormone auxin governs many aspects of normal plant growth and development.
Auxin also plays an important role in plant–microbe interactions, including interactions …

Phytosulfokine (PSK) is a disulfated pentapeptide that is an important signaling molecule.
Although it has recently been implicated in plant defenses to pathogen infection, the …

Vitis vinifera berries are sensitive towards infection by the necrotrophic pathogen Botrytis
cinerea, leading to important economic losses worldwide. The combined analysis of the …

Auxin is a crucial growth regulator that governs plant development and responses to
environmental perturbations. It functions at the heart of many developmental processes, from …

Plants deploy a finely tuned balance between growth and defence responses for better
fitness. Crosstalk between defence signalling hormones such as salicylic acid (SA) and …