C and N are the most important essential elements constituting organic compounds in
plants. The shoots and roots depend on each other by exchanging C and N through the …

Alternatives to protect crops against diseases are desperately needed to secure world food
production and make agriculture more sustainable. Genetic resistance to pathogens utilized …

In plants, the root is a typical sink organ that relies exclusively on the import of sugar from the
aerial parts. Sucrose is delivered by the phloem to the most distant root tips and, en route to …

Key message Present review describes the structure, evolution, transport mechanism and
physiological functions of SWEETs. Their application using TALENs and CRISPR/CAS9 …

To successfully infect plants, pathogens secrete effector proteins to the plant apoplast or
inside plant cells, where they suppress plant immunity or interfere with other cellular …

It has been increasingly recognized that CWIN (cell wall invertase) and sugar transporters
including STP (sugar transport protein) and SWEET (sugar will eventually be exported …

Main conclusion This review summarizes the current understanding, future challenges and
ongoing quest on sugar metabolic alterations that influence the outcome of plant–pathogen …

Discovered in the 1960s, Meloidogyne graminicola is a root‐knot nematode species
considered as a major threat to rice production. Yet, its origin, genomic structure, and …

Orphan genes (OGs), which are genes unique to a specific taxon, play a vital role in primary
metabolism. However, little is known about the functional significance of Brassica rapa OGs …

Root colonization by filamentous fungi modifies sugar partitioning in plants by increasing the
sink strength. As a result, a transcriptional reprogramming of sugar transporters takes place …