Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity

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.

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 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.

The paper shows that jasmonate signaling is essential for initiating and establishing systemic immunity in plants through local and rapid systemic responses.

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

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 identifies metabolite-mediated interactions between Bacillus and Trichoderma that enhance Fusarium wilt control in soil.

This study shows that controlled drip irrigation reduces methane emissions in rice by altering rhizosphere microbiomes, favoring nitrifying bacteria over methanogens.

The paper investigates how bacteria from watermelon flowers contribute to seed microbiota and plant fitness, finding that floral transmission significantly influences bacterial diversity and seed germination.

The paper shows that humidity increases ABA catabolism via CYP707A3, reducing ABA levels and limiting bacterial infection in Arabidopsis.

This study identifies Priestia megaterium SI1-IITJ as a desert endophyte that reduces fluoride content in plants and modulates gene expression to improve fluoride stress tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana.

The paper uses proteomics and AlphaFold to analyze soybean root apoplast interactions with M. phaseolina, identifying potential resistance targets.

This study shows that microbial dispersal from surrounding vegetation influences the phyllosphere microbiome of corn and soybean, with proximity to vegetation increasing microbiome similarity and reducing soil's role in microbiome assembly.

This paper identifies a β-sheet stabilization mechanism in the island domain of LRR-RPs that mediates ligand binding and co-receptor recruitment, revealing insights into plant immune signaling activation.

This study shows melatonin improves peanut yield by enhancing root-associated nitrogen-fixing bacteria, with significant effects on root biomass and bacterial community composition.

This study shows that BAK1-dependent phosphorylation is required for PEPR1 endocytosis and immune signaling in Arabidopsis.

This study uses pan-metagenomics to analyze the grapevine phyllosphere microbiome, revealing its structure, diversity, and functional roles in downy mildew resistance.

This study compares microbial communities in conventional and organic agriculture using Raman spectroscopy and 16S rRNA sequencing, finding distinct phenotypic adaptations linked to management practices.

This study breeds microbiomes that confer salt tolerance to plants by selecting for beneficial microbial communities, showing increased seed weight and reduced sodium concentration in treated plants.

This study identifies VvLYK6 as a negative regulator of chitin-triggered immune responses in grapevine, increasing susceptibility to fungal infections.