Rapid intracellular acidification is a novel plant defense response countered by the brown planthopper biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Reducing brassinosteroid signalling enhances grain yield in semi-dwarf wheat | Nature nature.com/articles/s4158…

Late to the party, just to say that this is changing biology as we know it. Protein complex prediction with AlphaFold-Multimer biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

A Novel Tiled-Amplicon Sequencing Assay Targeting the Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus (ToBRFV) Genome Reveals Widespread ... biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_micrbio

Plant mRNAs move into a fungal pathogen via extracellular vesicles to reduce infection cell.com/cell-host-micr…

Online Now: NPR1, a key immune regulator for plant survival under biotic and abiotic stresses dlvr.it/T0BmyW

My review "#Jasmonates and SA: #evolution of defense hormones in land plants" is out! Please check also the other reviews in this Biotic Interactions issue edited by @PierreMarcDelau and @jacquimonaghan. Happy to see lots of #EvoMPMI 😍 🌱🍄 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Want to design genetically encoded inhibitors of your favorite protein? Thrilled to announce our latest work w/ Sebastian, Keating Lab, & Gene-Wei Li Lab, where we leverage massively parallel AlphaFold predictions to discover peptide inhibitors. biorxiv.org/content/10.110… (1/n)

ER-associated ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme: a key regulator of grain yield and stress resistance in crops dlvr.it/T0llns

Pls RP! Asian Plant Pathology conference 2024 in Changchun, China August 3-7! Welcome to join from all over the world!

While Ca2+ is an essential nutrient and signalling molecule, too much of it can be toxic inhibiting plant growth. An @nature study describes two signalling pathways that converge to regulate cytosolic Ca2+ homeostasis, balancing plant growth and immunity. shorturl.at/yDP35

Such a wonderful journey at ASV 2024 American Society for Virology in Columbus, Ohio. Heading back to Toronto! Look forward to seeing you in Montreal in 2025.

📢 Applications now open! New Phytologist next generation scientists 2025 #npnextgen 4–7 August 2025 Uni of Birmingham, UK Applications close on 27 January 2025. Early career researchers – apply now! 👇 newphytologist.org/nextgenevents/… Wiley Plant Science BIFoR

Online now: The plant signal peptide CLE7 induces plant defense response against viral infection in Nicotiana benthamiana dlvr.it/TGqBkx

Now online! A natural variant of COOL1 gene enhances cold tolerance for high-latitude adaptation in maize dlvr.it/THVMc5

Here is some exciting progress on HLB published by Science by the team of Dr. Jian Ye from Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in China.  science.org/doi/epdf/10.11…

H2O2-driven plant immunity requires post-translational modification as a switch dlvr.it/TKKQz6 #plantscience

Heading to Montreal for #ASV2025. Come check out my presentation at W47-1. American Society for Virology

Nature research paper: Remodelling autoactive NLRs for broad-spectrum immunity in plants go.nature.com/4ltXpfd

Collection: Plants!!! Browse our collection of recent reviews and articles on how microbes influence plant health, acting positively through beneficial interactions or negatively by causing disease. cell.com/cell-host-micr…