Microbes that live in, on and near plants profoundly affect their growth and survival. Here, Bergelson et al. sequenced the bacterial and fungal microbiomes of Arabidopsis roots (previously they sequenced samples from leaves). The accessions are from all over the world but the sequenced samples are from…

Special Issue: Genome to Phenome (Plant Journal) It’s January, which seems to be a month of weather extremes for many “temperate” parts of the globe. Here’s an excellent collection to curl up with as you try to stay warm or cool and out of the elements. The issue includes free-to-access reviews…

When animals are stressed by unfavorable environmental conditions, they will typically move to a more favorable location to reduce that stress. Unfortunately for plants, they are quite literally rooted to the ground and thus must manage the stress where they stand. In order to deal with adverse environmental…

Press release - translated from the original Article source: Microbiology Research Institute Published: 2019-01-23 Cotton Verticillium wilt is a soil-transmitted vascular bundle disease caused by Verticillium dahliae, which is the primary disease that restricts cotton production in China. It is…

Jiyue Huang, first author of Meiocyte-specific and AtSPO11-1-dependent Small RNAs and Their Association with Meiotic Gene Expression and Recombination Current Position:  Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Copenhaver Lab, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, NC Education: PhD in Biochemistry…

Cong Wang, first author of Meiocyte-specific and AtSPO11-1-dependent Small RNAs and Their Association with Meiotic Gene Expression and Recombination Current Position:  Ph.D. Biochemistry and Molecule Biology, Fudan University, China. Education:  B.S. Biological Science, Sep. 2009-Jul. 2013. Lanzhou…

Legumes associate with beneficial soil bacteria called rhizobia to acquire plant-usable ammonia in a process called root nodule symbiosis (RNS). This association is so valuable for nitrogen starved legumes that they form specialized new organs to house them. These de novo organs, called nodules, develop…

Although a vineyard full of decaying grapes infected with noble rot is a blessing for sweet wine producers, the causal agent, Botrytis cinerea (gray mold), causes huge crop losses. Unlike most plant pathogens, individual isolates of the necrotrophic fungus can infect an extremely broad range of plants,…