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Lettuce, a widely consumed raw vegetable, harbors leaf-associated microbial communities whose understanding and prediction are crucial for plant and human health. While environmental factors are known...

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Symbioses have been fundamental to colonization of terrestrial ecosystems by plants and their evolution. Emergence of the ancient arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis was followed by the diversification o...

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Mildew Locus O (MLO) genes, initially identified as powdery mildew susceptibility factors, are increasingly recognized as multifunctional regulators implicated in diverse processes including plant rep...

This year’s annual MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships call has attracted considerable interest from the research community with 17,058 proposals submitted.

Arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) with soilborne Glomeromycota fungi was pivotal in the conquest of land by plants almost half a billion years ago. In flo...

Intrinsically disordered regions in SCAR/WAVE proteins drive diverse functions in root hair and leaf trichome development.

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Torino, Milano, Siena, Bologna, Roma, Palermo, Napoli, Venezia e molte altre città il 12 maggio scorso hanno visto scendere in piazza i precari delle università. È stato il primo sciopero nazionale ad...

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Plants have colonized lands 450 million years ago. This terrestrialization was facilitated by developmental and functional innovations. Recent evo-...

Elsevier retracts dozens of journal articles that were published based on “fictitious” reviews

Arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) with soilborne Glomeromycota fungi was pivotal in the conquest of land by plants almost half a billion years ago. In flowering plants, it is hypothesised that AM is initiate...