Molecular Plant Pathology now publishes Opinion Pieces. These articles are intended to serve as a forum for discussion and debate, to engage in issues of the day, from the conceptual (e.g. are we asking the right questions?) to the technological, do we have the tools to address a particular question?)… and anything in between.
To date Molecular Plant Pathology Opinion Pieces have covered a wide range of topics including ash dieback, GM crop regulation, horizontal chromosome transfer, journal Impact Factors, the zig-zag model of plant-microbe interactions and the beneficial role of plant viruses. Links to the articles can be found below this text.
If you are interested in writing an Opinion Piece please contact the Editor-in-Chief Ralph Dean Ralph_dean@ncsu.edu enclosing a brief outline.
See below for the latest Opinion Pieces, all free to read…..
Volume 17, Issue 5
The influence of funding sources on the scientific method
Laura Okagaki and Ralph A. Dean
Volume 17, Issue 4
Harald Keller, Laurent Boyer and Pierre Abad
Volume 17, Issue 3
Gram-negative phytopathogenic bacteria, all hemibiotrophs after all?
Yvan Kraepiel and Marie-Anne Barny
Volume 17, Issue 2
Are lichens potential natural reservoirs for plant pathogens?
Oddur Vilhelmsson, Auour Sigurbjornsdottir, Martin Grube and Monica Hofte
Volume 16, Issue 6
Roger Jones and Brenda Coutts
Volume 16, Issue 4
A new look at plant viruses and their potential beneficial roles in crops
Marilyn J. Roossinck
Volume 16, Issue 3
Pathogen small RNAs: a new class of effectors for pathogen attacks
Ming Wang, Arne Weiberg and Hailing Jin
Volume 15, Issue 9
The zigzag model of plant-microbe interactions: is it time to move on?
Leighton Pritchard and Paul R. J. Birch
Volume 15, Issue 8
Horizontal chromosome transfer and rational strategies to manage Fusarium vascular wilt diseases
Li-Jun Ma
Volume 15, Issue 7
Andy M. Bailey
Volume 15, Issue 6
Plant-driven genome selection of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
Erik Limpens and Rene Geurts
Volume 15, Issue 5
Fabrice Roux, Derry Voisin, Thomas Badet, Claudine Balague, Xavier Barlet, Carine Huard-Chauveau, Dominique Roby and Sylvain Raffaele
Volume 15, Issue 4
Seogchan Kang
Volume 15, Issue 2
Genetically modified (GM) crops: European and transatlantic divisions
Jim M. Dunwell
Volume 15, Issue 1
Out of the woods. Ash dieback and the future of emergent pathogenomics
Dan MacLean
Volume 14, Issue 9
Ash dieback in the UK: a wake-up call
Steve Woodward and Eric Boa
