With the availability of DNA-based molecular markers during early 1980s and that of
sophisticated statistical tools in late 1980s and later, it became possible to identify genomic …

The pathway of sulfate assimilation, which provides plants with the essential nutrient sulfur,
is tightly regulated and coordinated with the demand for reduced sulfur. The responses of …

Lotus japonicus has been used for decades as a model legume to study the establishment
of binary symbiotic relationships with nitrogen-fixing rhizobia that trigger root nodule …

Plants in their natural ecosystems interact with numerous microorganisms, but how they
influence their microbiota is still elusive. We observed that sulfatase activity in soil, which …

Tree disease epidemics are a global problem, impacting food security, biodiversity and
national economies. The potential for conservation and breeding in trees is hampered by …

Background Mineral nutrient uptake and utilisation by plants are controlled by many traits
relating to root morphology, ion transport, sequestration and translocation. The aims of this …

Sulfur is an essential mineral nutrient for plants, therefore, the pathways of its uptake and
assimilation have been extensively studied. Great progress has been made in elucidation of …

Improvements in understanding how climate change may influence chemical and physical
processes in soils, how this may affect nutrient availability, and how plants may respond to …

Clubroot is a destructive soil-borne pathogen of Brassicaceae that causes significant
recurrent reductions in yield of cruciferous crops. Although there is some resistance in …

Plants take up sulfur in the form of sulfate. Sulfate is activated to adenosine 5′-
phosphosulfate (APS) and reduced to sulfite and then to sulfide when it is assimilated into …