Research Highlights

Legume-rhizobia symbiosis influences bacterial community in plant roots [more]

A few modifications in the genome turn a fungal plant pathogen into a potentially beneficial organism [more]

Similar to the skin of humans millions of microbes are living on the surface of a leaf influencing the health and fitness of the plant. [more]

Researchers cultivate the majority of bacteria in the laboratory that colonize Arabidopsis plants in nature [more]

In this article published in Cell, Le Roux et al. (2015), describe an exquisite recognition mechanism in the model plant species Arabidopsis. [more]

A study published by Alcazar et al in PLoS Genetics provides some important leads to the evolution of the immune system in European populations of Arabidopsis thaliana and mechanisms underlying the maintenance of particular immunity-related genes or allelic forms in nature. [more]

Signalling pathway links local and systemic plant immunity [more]