Entries by Emma Olmi

The role of AGO10 in plant immunity via trans-species RNA interference

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In this preprint, Wang et al. unravel a novel role for ARGONAUTE10 (AGO10) in plant immunity. Specifically, they found that AGO10 is involved in trans-species RNA interference (tsRNAi), a mechanism plants use to silence target genes in pathogens. Upon Phytophthora capsici infection, two distinct ago10 mutants are significantly more susceptible to the pathogen compared to […]

Infected parents confer nematode resistance to offspring via epigenetic modifications

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Can the stress experienced by parents enhance the resilience of their offspring? In this study, Atighi et al. investigated whether rice plants can inherit resistance against the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne graminicola from their infected parents. Their research demonstrates that offspring of nematode-infected plants exhibit significantly higher resistance to the pathogen compared to offspring of control […]