Brewing beer involves microbial activity at every stage, from raw material production and
malting to stability in the package. Most of these activities are desirable, as beer is the result …

Rice biotechnology has made rapid advances since the first transgenic rice plants were
produced 15 years ago. Over the past decade, this progress has resulted in the …

Small RNA s (sRNA s), an important type of pathogenicity factor, contribute to impairing host
immune responses. However, little is known about sRNA s in Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici …

Hemibiotrophic plant pathogens first establish a biotrophic interaction with the host plant and
later switch to a destructive necrotrophic lifestyle. Studies of biotrophic pathogens have …

This review describes the naturally occurring mechanisms in cereals that lead to a reduction
of Fusarium trichothecene mycotoxin accumulation in grains. A reduction in mycotoxin …

Many monocot plants grown in soils amended with silicon (Si) exhibit increased levels of
resistance to fungal diseases. Silicon-mediated resistance to rice blast disease, caused by …

Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco) plants have short and long glandular trichomes. There is
evidence that tobacco trichomes play several roles in the defense against biotic and abiotic …

The art of plant breeding was developed long before the laws of genetics became known.
The advent of the principles of genetics at the turn of the last century catalyzed the growth of …

Wheat is one of the world's most economically important cereal crop, grown on 220 million
hectares. Fusarium head blight (FHB) disease is considered a major threat to durum …

Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain MF-30 isolated from
maize rhizosphere was characterized for several plant growth stimulating attributes. The …