July 23, 2024

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Next generation biosensor reveals gibberellin’s critical role in legume nitrogen-fixation – paving the way for more productive legume crops and self-fertilizing cereals

May 24, 2023

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New connections in plant immunity - Recent insight into pathogen suppression of plant immune receptor networks delivers exciting innovation for disease resistance

March 9, 2023

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Two triggers required for full activation of plant immunity

March 7, 2023

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Pikobodies: A new hope for made-to-order plant disease resistance

November 25, 2021

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How does barley resist a wheat pathogen? Scientists discover that the same gene can confer resistance to completely different pathogens

November 16, 2021

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Master regulators caught in the act - Researchers identify the hierarchical regulatory network controlling infection by the devastating blast pathogen

September 17, 2021

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The microbial molecule that turns plants into zombies
Bacteriemolecuul verandert planten in zombies

June 8, 2021

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Molecular partnership underpins plant immunity

March 15, 2021

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New research shows that a plant’s initial immune response is actually a general stress response

March 10, 2021

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Plant immunity requires two-step detection of invaders - Cell-surface and intracellular receptors of plants work together to activate a strong defence against bacterial pathogens

February 11, 2021

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Opening the doors of potato pathogen perception - New research identifies one of the best genes to confer durable resistance against late blight in potato

August 26, 2020

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How plants close their gates when microbes attack
Wie Pflanzen Angriffe von Mikroben abwehren

February 28, 2020

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Stem rust discovery solves decades old genomic puzzle

February 5, 2020

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Genetic discovery triggers hope of immunity boost in major crops

July 11, 2019

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Scientists discover a novel perception mechanism regulating important plant processes

June 22, 2018

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Plants have an immune system…and it’s complicated

January 11, 2018

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Breakthrough study makes sense of how plants unscramble external signals

December 21, 2017

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New milestone welcomed in worldwide struggle against wheat rusts

October 27, 2017

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Technology becomes the blight of the Irish Potato Famine pathogen

September 21, 2017

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Changing of the guard – research sheds light on how plants breathe

September 20, 2016

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Plants take it all in to deal with bacteria

May 26, 2016

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Save the spuds: UK team identifies blight-resistance genes with SMRT sequencing

April 28, 2016

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New gene-detecting technology developed at the John Innes Centre brings new, resilient super wheat closer

April 25, 2016

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Potato blight fight stands up to global crop disease

New technique accelerates isolation of late blight resistance genes from a wild potato relative

March 7, 2016

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‘Fishing’ for new plant immune receptors

February 4, 2016

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New insights into signalling pathway of long-established immune receptor

November 12, 2015

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The Genome Analysis Centre announces an important milestone in wheat research 

May 27, 2015

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Plant receptors with built-in decoys make pathogens betray themselves

March 11, 2015

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Scientists transfer pathogen-sensing ‘antenna’ gene to wheat