Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity

This study examines soil microbiome composition and function in a vineyard, finding that physicochemical factors like elevation and sodium levels influence microbial community structure and plant interactions.

The paper shows that seed microbiota from drought-stressed wheat plants improve yield stability in subsequent generations under water stress.

The paper identifies Acinetobacter sp. as a dominant bacterium in tomato plant microbiota and shows its functional role in nutrient mobilization and stress adaptation, while decoupling its presence from antimicrobial resistance genes.

The paper develops a minimal growth medium for a maize root-associated microbial community to study plant-microbe interactions in controlled settings.

This study identifies and characterizes HrpZ2, a new harpin protein from Pseudomonas syringae that induces hypersensitive response in tobacco and non-host plants.

This study tests the effect of beneficial bacteria and their synthetic community on citrus canker resistance, finding that a synthetic community significantly reduces disease severity in both greenhouse and field trials.

The paper investigates how root phenolics mediate reduced disease susceptibility in wheat mixtures by disrupting root interactions and analyzing transcriptomic and metabolomic responses.

This study identifies extracellular NAD(P) as a key signal mediating localized acquired resistance, distinct from systemic acquired resistance.

This study uses Aeschynomene evenia to identify immune components involved in quantitative resistance to Aphanomyces euteiches, revealing dual-function kinases that regulate both symbiosis and immunity.

This study evaluates the antimicrobial activity of Kazal-type serine protease inhibitors from Arabidopsis thaliana and Toxoplasma gondii against plant pathogens and fungal spores, showing distinct inhibitory effects based on domain structure.

This study shows Enterobacter sp. SA187 enhances Arabidopsis growth under low nitrate by regulating nitrate transporters and ethylene signaling, improving nitrogen content and plant growth.

The paper shows that soil iron levels mediate maize microbiome feedbacks on wheat growth, with beneficial effects at low iron levels and negative effects at high iron levels.

The paper generates new alleles of BIK1 and PBL1 using CRISPR-Cas9 and shows their central role in pattern-triggered immunity, while highlighting pleiotropic effects of T-DNA insertions.

The paper examines cell-type specific gene regulatory responses in Arabidopsis during immune activation, identifying distinct defense strategies and regulatory modules.

This study shows that soil microbiome perturbation reduces growth of B. curtipendula and increases soil microbial pathogens.

The paper integrates expression and inhibition data to identify stress-dependent PLCP-cystatin regulatory modules in Arabidopsis thaliana.

This study examines how drought stress impacts the wheat rhizosphere microbiome at different growth stages, finding stage-specific metatranscriptomic responses and altered microbial succession.

This study examines how Phytophthora root rot alters avocado rhizosphere bacterial communities, identifying compositional shifts and functional changes linked to nutrient release and plant defense mechanisms.

This study investigates the conserved and divergent roles of CPK28 in immune homeostasis across land plants, showing functional conservation in some contexts but divergence in others.

This study uses RB-TnSeq to analyze gene fitness in Mucilaginibacter yixingensis, identifying key pathways for plant niche adaptation.

This study shows that combining Azospirillum brasilense with tomato exudate or cytidine reduces disease severity in tomato plants infected with Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000.

This study shows that orchard management practices alter citrus root and rhizosphere microbiomes, which in turn affect plant performance through microbial community changes.

The paper shows that Pseudomonas uses SaxA to detoxify plant isothiocyanates, enabling a commensal to thrive and suppress Pseudomonas virulence.

This study shows that spent mushroom substrate adsorbs fusaric acid, reducing its toxicity to cucumber rhizosphere microbes and alleviating Fusarium wilt disease.

This study identifies a chaperone-mediated activation mechanism for the Rysto receptor that enables extreme resistance in plants by reprogramming the transcriptome and relocalizing the receptor to the plasma membrane-cell wall interface.

This study identifies PGPRs and MHB in Sifra and Mondial potato soils, showing varietal and environmental influences on bacterial communities and their potential for sustainable potato production.

This study identifies Solanoeclepin A (SolA) as a rhizosphere signaling molecule that recruits growth-promoting microbes under nitrogen deficiency, revealing its dual role in plant-microbe interactions and nematode attraction.

The paper screens 137 fungal effector proteins for recognition by immune receptors in Nicotiana species to identify potential exogenous resistance genes for durable apple scab resistance.

This study shows that horizontal gene transfer of nicotine catabolism genes in Arthrobacter enables its colonization of tobacco roots, shaping the root microbiota community.