Phys.Org

by Nagoya University Plants face constant attack by diseases, insect swarms, and fungi, resulting in crop losses that threaten global food security. Discovering new ways to help the plant defend itself against attack is an enormous …

UC Riverside

Plants protect themselves from environmental hazards like insects, drought and heat by producing salicylic acid, also known as aspirin. A new understanding of this process may help plants survive increasing stress caused by climate change …

ScienceDaily

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Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

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In contrast to previous assumptions, the defense hormones salicylic acid and jasmonic acid do not always suppress each other in regulating plant chemical defenses against pests and …

Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2020-10-hormone-auxin-disease-virulence-gene.html

by American Phytopathological Society Scientists have long known that the plant hormone auxin controls many aspects of plant growth, development, and responses to the …

ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/08/190805134015.htm

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American Phytopathological Society

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Tomato yellow leaf curl disease (TYLCD) is the most destructive disease of tomato, causing severe damage to crops worldwide …

The Economist https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2019/04/20/understanding-how-crop-diseases-and-climate-change-interact-is-vital

Nature Communications https://www.nature.com/ articles/s41467-017-01674-2 Abstract

Environmental conditions profoundly affect plant disease development; however, the underlying molecular bases are not well understood. Here we show that elevated …