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Phys. Org
Plants are master chemists, producing a dazzling array of molecules that are valuable to humans, including vitamins, pharmaceuticals and flavorings.
The largest and most diverse group of molecules are known as specialized metabolites. Some …
Imperial college News
by Hayley Dunning A study of how plants identify and react to invading pathogens using mobile disease detectors could help researchers breed disease-resistant crops.
Many important crop plants can be devastated by pathogens …
YaleNews https://news.yale.edu/2021/05/26/how-plants-ward-dangerous-world-pathogens
by Bill Hathaway The world’s plants, immobile and rooted in soil which contains potentially lethal micro-organisms, face a constant threat from invading pathogens. In …
ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210527155402.htm
Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2021-04-role-enzyme-immunity-defense-gene.html
by American Phytopathological Society A recently published article in the Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions journal provides new evidence that pathogens are …
The Science Times https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/29703/20210217/plants-sense-attacks-herbivores.htm
Margaret Davis Plants have developed their defense mechanisms in protecting themselves from attacks of herbivores. Much of this has involved …
A fuller account of the Nature paper of a previous post is here:
ScienceDaily
To keep food on the table in a warming world, researchers are bolstering plant immunity against the heat.
Science Daily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210524161804.htm
Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2021-05-immune-function-small-chloroplasts-epidermal.html
by Shinshu University It is said that 10 to 15% of the world's agricultural production loss is caused by diseases, which is equivalent of the food for about 500 …