Understanding the plant immune system is crucial for using genetics to protect crops from
diseases. Plants resist pathogens via a two-tiered innate immune detection-and-response …

Salicylic acid (SA) is an essential plant defense hormone that promotes immunity against
biotrophic and semibiotrophic pathogens. It plays crucial roles in basal defense and the …

Plants tailor their metabolism to environmental conditions, in part through the recognition of
a wide array of self and non-self molecules. In particular, the perception of microbial or plant …

Plants constantly monitor and cope with the fluctuating environment while hosting a diversity
of plant‐inhabiting microbes. The mode and outcome of plant–microbe interactions …

Plants use diverse immune receptors to sense pathogen attacks. Recognition of pathogen-
associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) by pattern recognition receptors localized on the …

Higher plants utilize nucleotide‐binding leucine‐rich repeat domain proteins (NLR s) as
intracellular immune receptors to recognize pathogen‐derived effectors and trigger a robust …

Plants achieve an optimal balance between growth and defense by a fine-tuned
biosynthesis and metabolic inactivation of immune-stimulating small molecules. Recent …

The EDS1 family of structurally unique lipase-like proteins EDS1, SAG101, and PAD4
evolved in seed plants, on top of existing phytohormone and nucleotide-binding–leucine …

The transient elevation of cytoplasmic calcium is essential for pathogen-associated
molecular pattern (PAMP)-triggered immunity (PTI). However, the calcium channels …

RNA interference (RNAi) is an across-kingdom gene regulatory and defense mechanism.
However, little is known about how organisms sense initial cues to mobilize RNAi. Here, we …