How to dissect non-host resistance mechanisms – Molecular Plant Pathology Highlight
20th March 2023
In the past two decades, tremendous progress has been made in our understanding of the molecular basis of plant immunity …
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Social impacts of subsidising crop control – a Plant Pathology highlight.
13th February 2023
Human behaviour has a strong but understudied influence on how crop epidemics play out. Individual growers have to navigate a …
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Communicating and connecting, our annual meeting: Plant Pathology 2023
10th February 2023
Richard Oliver introduces plans for our Annual meeting this year. I started as Programme Secretary formally at the start of …
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A fungal protein induces plant immunity – Molecular Plant Pathology Highlight
21st October 2022
In nature, plants are constantly exposed to a variety of complex and variable threats. Among them, pathogenic microorganisms, such as …
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No functional evidence revealed for naturally occurring cross-kingdom RNA interference in the early stages of Botrytis cinerea-tomato interaction – Molecular Plant Pathology Highlight
20th October 2022
The fungus Botrytis cinerea causes grey mould disease on a wide range of plant species, including fruits (strawberry, raspberry, grape), …
Regulation of immune complex formation and signalling by FERONIA, a busy goddess in plant-microbe interactions – Molecular Plant Pathology Highlight
16th September 2022
Being sessile in soil, plants are continuously confronted with threats from their enemies in habitats, including bacteria, fungi, viruses, and …
Pexophagy is critical for fungal development, stress response, and virulence in Alternaria alternata– Molecular Plant Pathology Highlight
19th August 2022
The fungal pathogen Alternaria alternata can infect more than 100 plant species, including many economically important crops: citrus, apple, pear, …
Combatting Clubroot disease with grasses and cereals – a Plant Pathology highlight.
8th August 2022
Clubroot disease, caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae, is an important and damaging disease of brassica crops such as oilseed rape (canola), …
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The master role of siRNAs in plant immunity – Molecular Plant Pathology Highlight
1st August 2022
Humans and animals escape from enemies by moving to a safe place. Plants, however, are fixed to their habitats and …
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Wheat cultivar mixtures: a way to limit the intensity of septoria tritici blotch epidemics and also to extend the efficacy of resistance genes – a Plant Pathology highlight.
27th May 2022
Septoria tritici blotch (STB), caused by Zymoseptoria tritici, is one of the most destructive foliar fungal diseases of wheat. For …
