Searched for: Symbiosis

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Plant-microbe homeostasis: A delicate balancing act
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5/28/2021 7:40:37 PM -

Science Daily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210524161804.htm

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Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
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Scientists have shown that the presence of both immune-suppressive and non-suppressive bacteria in the plant …
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Healthy plants appear to carry bacteria in their cells
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5/8/2021 10:30:00 AM -

Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2021-05-healthy-bacteria-cells.html

by Flinders University International experts have described for the first time how healthy plants appear to carry bacteria in their cells, opening a new avenue of research to improve …

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How Plants Find Their Symbiotic Bacteria Partners
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5/8/2021 10:27:29 AM -

SciTechDaily https://scitechdaily.com/how-plants-find-their-symbiotic-bacteria-partners/

By UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG MAY 3, 2021 Freiburg researchers explain an evolutionary step in the symbiosis between plants and nitrogen-fixing bacteria. …

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Fungi could manipulate bacteria to enrich soil with nutrients
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4/6/2021 5:14:00 PM -

Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2021-04-fungi-bacteria-enrich-soil-nutrients.html

by Boyce Thompson Institute A team of researchers from the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) has discovered a distinct group of bacteria that may help fungi and plants …

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How plants distinguish beneficial from harmful microbes Date:
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8/8/2020 7:58:29 AM -

ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200807093758.htm

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Aarhus University
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Plants recognize beneficial microbes and keep harmful ones out, which is important for healthy plants production and global food security. …
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Bacterium in a beetle makes it a leaf-eater
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8/5/2020 3:28:31 PM -

Science Daily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171116132757.htm

The specialized diet of a beetle is largely due to bacteria that live inside the insect

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A leaf-eating beetle has evolved a symbiotic relationship that allows the …
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How three genes rule plant symbioses
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3/11/2020 8:35:00 AM -

ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200302113408.htm

John Innes Centre
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A new study describes the discovery of a common genetic basis for plant symbioses.

For billions of years life on Earth was restricted to aquatic …

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Symbiotic viruses help host insects override the plant's defenses
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2/9/2020 12:31:17 PM -

Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2020-02-symbiotic-viruses-host-insects-override.html

Aphids, small sap-sucking insects, are virus carriers responsible for significant economic losses in many crops worldwide. Many aphids form symbiotic and mutualistic …

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A love of insects and their microbial partners helped this biologist reveal secrets of symbiosis
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11/18/2019 7:31:00 AM -

Science https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/11/love-insects-and-their-microbial-partners-helped-biologist-reveal-secrets-symbiosis

The sesame seed–size bug she nabbed—a psyllid, which causes the plant stems or leaves it feeds on to form hard nodules …

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Microbes living in plant roots fight off fungal infection, cutting need for pesticides, study shows
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11/9/2019 9:42:00 AM -

Genetic Literacy Project https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2019/11/06/microbes-living-in-plant-roots-fight-off-fungal-infection-cutting-need-for-pesticides-study-shows/

Micro-organisms living inside plant roots team up to boost the plant’s growth and …

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