Many grasses host symbiotic fungi, Epichloë spp. These fungi can help grasses tolerate herbivory, or help repel herbivores. But how do these fungi pass between plant hosts? They could be passed horizontally between...
Tag - resistance
Alex Assiry
Resistance to the herbicide 2,4-D is complex in wild radish
Resistance to 2,4-D in wild radish is complex and appears to vary in its mechanism from one population to the next, but new research suggests that lower receptivity at the plasma membrane is part of the answer.
Erin Zimmerman
Synthetic auxin resistance in wild radish is still an enigma
Guest author Danica Goggin finds wild radish is a problem weed in many agricultural regions. It is also very good at concealing its herbicide resistance strategies from inquisitive researchers. But with the introduction...
Guest Author
Tomato responses to resistance inducers and a biotrophic pathogen
Strategies for protecting tomato plants against pathogens include treatment with synthetic chemicals or pathogen-derived compounds and transfer of resistance genes from wild species. Satkova et al. analysed expression...
botanyone
Increased resistance to a generalist herbivore in a salinity-stressed non-halophytic plant
During their life, plants face multiple stresses. However, studies on single stress factors have typically neglected possible interactions with other factors. In a recent study published in AoB PLANTS, Renault et al...
AoBPLANTS
Attack and defence in the Brassica–Sclerotinia pathosystem
Resistant Brassica genotypes restrict growth of the fungus by a combination of strategies that impede pathogen progress towards stem vascular tissues.
Induction and suppression of plant defences (Invited Review)
A review of the current state of knowledge about plant defences highlights insights into herbivore adaptations that allow them to cope with these defences.
HvAACT1 increases Al3+-tolerance in wheat and barley
Genetically modifying barley and wheat to express the barley gene HvAACT1 gene has potential to alleviate the effects of aluminium toxicity in acid soils.
