Polyamines are often associated with ribosomes and are thought to stabilize their integrity. In Arabidopsis, the polyamine thermospermine (tSpm) affects xylem cell fate. tSpm induces translation of SU...

Bacterial blight (BB) of rice, caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo), is one of the major drivers of yield losses in Africa and Asia. Xoo secretes TAL-effectors (TALe) that induce host SWEET ....

Plant roots release exudates to encourage microbiome assembly, which influences the function and stress resilience of plants. How specific exudates drive spatial colonization patterns remains largely ...

The clubroot disease caused by protist Plasmodiophora brassicae is one of the most important diseases of Brassica crops. Growing clubroot-resistant cultivars remains the most effective and practical a...

This study implicates GSL5 inactivation in high, broad-spectrum resistance to the clubroot pathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae in Arabidopsis thaliana, Brassica napus, Brassica oleracea and Brassica rap...

Clubroot, a destructive disease of Brassicaceae, is caused by the soilborne, biotrophic protist Plasmodiophora brassicae. The pathogen was first identified by Mikhail Woronin in 1875 and named turnip ...

Despite decades of clubroot research, only three resistance (R) genes have been validated. However, many of the ‘new’ R genes are, in fact, identical to or allelic with these three. In this forum arti...

Yunqing Jian and Zunyong Liu charged after allegedly smuggling a fungus to US that can cause serious illness and billions of dollars in crop losses

Vessel elements arise from cambium stem cells and support plant growth by supplying water and nutrients. This study reveals that strigolactone signalling inhibits vessel formation in response to droug...

Solé-Gil et al. report that the thermospermine-dependent genetic circuit controlling vascular proliferation in tracheophytes is not fully connected but divided into two modules in the bryophyte Marcha...

This work describes transcriptomic and physiological changes in phloem tissue observed in rapeseed (Brassica napus) plants infected with Plasmodiophora brassicae—the causal agent of clubroot disease.....