Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity

This study shows the IRE1-bZIP60 branch of the UPR is required for Arabidopsis resistance to B. cinerea, but the exact mechanism remains unidentified.

This study shows that in vitro biofilm formation by Pseudomonas fluorescens does not fully predict its ability to protect plants against pathogens in the rhizosphere.

This study identifies distinct roles of BIR1 and BIR3 in modulating antiviral resistance in Arabidopsis through different molecular mechanisms.

This study shows that Oligo-Mix, a mixture of DAMP/MAMP oligosaccharides, promotes cucumber growth and enhances resistance to fungal pathogens by inducing defense responses and structural reinforcement.

The paper investigates how host plant genotypes and microbial interactions non-additively affect plant growth and pathogen defense in Medicago truncatula.

The paper examines how soil nutrition affects the root-associated microbiome of rice across seasons and conditions, finding nitrogen-fixing bacteria dominate in non-fertilized fields and a machine learning model can predict soil fertilization status from microbiome data.

The paper assembles a synthetic microbial community (SynCom) from maize-associated bacteria to study emergent colony architecture as a proxy for biofilm formation.

The paper identifies 13 genes in Brassica rapa that regulate microbiota diversity across fungal and bacterial communities, supporting the hologenome theory of evolution.

This study shows that editing the PIRE gene in tomato enhances ROS production and resistance to foliar pathogens but not soilborne pathogens.

This study shows that rhizosphere protists host bacterial communities that persist in the rhizosphere after inoculation, influencing plant growth and microbiome composition.

This study examines how plant developmental stage and domestication influence microbial communities in root compartments of finger millet, showing significant shifts in bacterial and fungal phyla.

This study investigates how soil bacteria transition to the phyllosphere, finding that deterministic processes shape some taxa while stochastic processes dominate overall, influenced by plant-microbe interactions.

The paper examines cultivar-dependent Pseudomonas microdiversity in wheat rhizosphere, linking it to disease resistance and root diameter.

This study shows Stenotrophomonas maltophilia strains BCM and BCM_F enhance wheat growth by improving nutrient assimilation and modulating rhizosphere microbiota in field conditions.

This study examines gene expression changes in healthy and diseased alfalfa plants to understand host resistance to multi-pathogenic infections in field environments.

The paper shows RWT4, a wheat tandem kinase, directly binds the fungal effector AvrPWT4, triggering defense responses through kinase activity and structural features.

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.

This study examines how stem rot disease alters the bacterial and fungal communities in the rhizosphere of berseem clover, revealing shifts in diversity and functional profiles between healthy and infected plants.

The paper examines bacterial and fungal microbiomes in maize under varying water conditions, finding distinct community structures and resilience to water restriction.

This study shows that CPK3 and its substrate REM1.2 interact dynamically at the plasma membrane, influencing viral propagation in Arabidopsis.

This study shows that water immunity, not stomatal immunity, determines plant resistance to Pseudomonas syringae by overriding the effects of impaired stomatal closure.

This study predicts NLR-effector interactions using AlphaFold2-Multimer and machine learning models, identifying novel interactions with high accuracy.

This study shows that OGOX enzymes regulate oligogalacturonide levels, affecting plant immunity and tissue repair by balancing active OGs and oxidized oxOGs.

The paper identifies a two-component resistance mechanism in wheat where a tandem kinase sensor recruits an NLR helper to trigger immunity against fungal pathogens.

This study identifies a wheat tandem kinase and NLR pair that confers resistance to multiple fungal pathogens by forming calcium-permeable channels.

This study shows that Salicaceae endophytes reduce stomatal conductance and improve intrinsic water-use efficiency in Populus trichocarpa under water-deficit by altering stomatal anatomy.

This study shows that heritable seed-borne bacteria shape the early assembly of the wheat rhizosphere microbiome through priority effects and niche exploitation.

This study shows that lack of AtMC1 catalytic activity causes autoimmunity in Arabidopsis, which depends on NLR stability and can be reversed by overexpressing SNIPER1.

The paper shows that the LYR4 intracellular domain functions as a signaling scaffold in chitin-triggered immunity, independent of its phosphorylation activity.

This study investigates how high pH stress affects garden pea transcriptomes and microbiomes, identifying key gene expression changes and microbial shifts that contribute to stress resilience.