Background Plant viruses have evolved adaptations that enable them to alter host cues, thereby facilitating their replication and efficient transmission by insect vectors. Satellite RNAs (satRNAs), wh...

CRISPR-Cas provides RNA-mediated adaptive immunity, but how its first RNA-guided effector arose is unclear. In this study, we report the discovery of Viral Interference Programmable Repeat (VIPR) syst...

Background Plant viruses have evolved adaptations that enable them to alter host cues, thereby facilitating their replication and efficient transmission by insect vectors. Satellite RNAs (satRNAs), wh...

Metatranscriptomic analysis of Centaurea cyanus revealed diverse plant-associated viral and bacterial sequences in herbicide-susceptible and -resistant biotypes. While novel partitiviruses occurred i...

ABSTRACT The advent of relatively inexpensive tools for characterizing microbial communities has led to an explosion of research exploring the diversity, ecology, and evolution of microbe-host systems...

Plant volatile organic compounds (VOCs) constitute part of the signal transmitted between plants, serving as defence molecules that repel plant pests or attract their natural enemies. Insect-associate...

Scientific Reports - Bacteria associated with the cereal leaf beetle act as the insect’s allies in adapting to protease inhibitors, but impair its development in laboratory condition

Salicylic acid (SA) is a key phytohormone that orchestrates immune responses against pathogens, including Pseudomonas syringae bacteria. The timing and extent of SA accumulation are tightly controlled...

Abstract. Harnessing antibiotic-producing microorganisms that antagonize pathogens represents a sustainable approach for plant disease management. However,

Abstract. Two-dimensional drawing of nucleic acid structures, particularly RNA structures, is fundamental to the communication of nucleic acids research. H

Cyclic dinucleotides (CDNs) and other short oligonucleotides play fundamental roles in immune system activation in organisms ranging from bacteria to humans. In response, viruses use phosphodiesterase...

Genomic and functional analyses reveal that the potato lineage originated from a homoploid interspecific hybridization event between the Tomato and Etuberosum lineages 8–9 million years ago. The alter...

We provide guidance on the planning, execution and description of statistical analyses in microbiome studies.

How nidoviruses evolved the largest known RNA genomes

Custódio et al. reveal a microbiota-driven mechanism that requires the repression of a plant defense genetic circuit. This mechanism modulates the growth-defense trade-off to prioritize leaf growth ov...

Tomato torrado virus (ToTV) is a whitefly-transmitted pathogen causing tomato necrosis. ToTV’s genome consists of two positive single-stranded RNAs, w…

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