Meenu Singla‐Rastogi

The paper identifies EVacs as vacuole-derived structures that mediate RNA secretion in plants by encapsulating and releasing cytoplasmic RNA and proteins into the apoplast.

This study shows that extracellular small RNAs from plants direct gene silencing in a plant-interacting bacterium, revealing a novel mechanism of bacterial gene regulation.

The paper identifies diverse RNA species on Arabidopsis leaf surfaces that are distinct from apoplastic RNA and may influence microbial communities.

This study shows that the bacterial effector HopT1-1 targets Arabidopsis AGO1 to suppress miRNA function and PTI, leading to disease.

This paper shows ROS1, an Arabidopsis demethylase, removes DNA methylation at promoter regions to activate immune genes and enhance resistance to bacterial pathogens.