Entries by Atharv Ambekar

Rhodanobacter enhances drought tolerance through a KAI2-interacting isoflavone

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A new paper by Sun et al. demonstrates a pathway through which drought tolerance in Arabidopsis is influenced by soil microbiota. Using transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses, Sun et al. identified a strain of Rhodanobacter that is recruited to the rhizosphere of drought-stressed plants and can help them mitigate drought stress. The authors found that Rhodanobacter […]

Secondary metabolites from plants can affect nematode behavior via microbial volatile signaling cues

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Plant parasitic nematodes such as root-knot nematodes (RKNs) are thought to use chemical cues from the plant to locate their favorable hosts. These chemical cues can code for host specificity and can drive the attraction or repulsion of nematodes. Recently, Wu et al. investigated the role of benzoxazinoids (BXs) in shaping chemoattractant cues for RKNs. […]