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by Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Harmful fungi cause enormous agricultural losses. Conventional techniques for combating them involve the use of poisonous fungicides. Researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), working with …
Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2021-06-microbial-friends-foes.html
by American Phytopathological Society Plants are constantly exposed to microbes: Pathogens that cause disease, commensals that cause no harm or benefit, and mutualists that promote …
ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210217151011.htm
It appears that the vibrations caused by insect feeding can elicit chemical defenses in plants. Arabidopsis thaliana pre-exposed to vibrations caused by caterpillar feeding had higher levels of glucosinolate and anthocyanin defenses when …
Science https://phys.org/news/2019-07-defend-insects-leaky-gut-syndrome.html
by Pennsylvania State University Plants may induce "leaky gut syndrome"—permeability of the gut lining—in insects as part of a multipronged strategy for protecting …
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Researchers from The University of Western Australia, in collaboration with Chinese scientists, have uncovered a fascinating aspect of plant-microbe interactions, revealing how a specific leaf fungus …
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by R. A. Smith, Duke University The "deathbed rally," the "last hurrah"—it's not unheard of for living things to mysteriously perk up in the moments before death. It turns out that plants do it too, at least at the …