Plant Physiology

Chih-Hang Wu, co-first author of NRC4 gene cluster is not essential for bacterial flagellin-triggered immunity Current Position: Postdoctoral Scientist, The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, UK; Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology,…

Hiroaki Adachi, co-first author of NRC4 gene cluster is not essential for bacterial flagellin-triggered immunity Current Position: Postdoctoral Scientist, The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, UK Education: BSc, MSc and PhD, Graduate School of Agricultural Science,…

Juan Carlos De la Concepcion, co-first author of NRC4 gene cluster is not essential for bacterial flagellin-triggered immunity Current Position: Post-doc, Department of Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK Education: BSc in Biology, BSc Biochemistry and MSc in Molecular Genetics and…

Mayumi Nakano, first author of Next-Generation Sequence Databases: RNA and Genomic Informatics Resources for Plants Current Position:  Scientific Manager, Meyers Lab, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center Education: M.A. in Japanese Literature from University of Wisconsin-Madison, M.A. in Comparative…

Phytochromes (PHYs) are red/far-red light photoreceptors that are activated by light and deactivated by dark and high temperature. Upon light exposure, PHYs are translocated into the nucleus, where they interact with PHY-INTERACTING FACTORS (PIFs) and induce the degradation of these transcription factors.…

Esca is a fungal vascular disease of grapevine (Vitis vinifera) that negatively impacts grape yield and the wine industry. Esca is characterized by three main symptoms: leaf scorch, trunk necrosis, and a colored stripe along the vasculature. The fungi most strongly associated with esca wood necrosis…

Phloem sap-feeding aphids inflict plant damage by direct feeding and by acting as a vector for plant disease transmission. Their highly specialized stylets reach the phloem sieve elements, allowing aphids to extract plant photoassimilates without consuming structural tissues. Probing and feeding by aphids…

Poor grain filling by hybrid japonica rice (Oryza sativa) is a major agricultural problem. It has previously been reported that the rice accession Ludao, a wild-type japonica rice grown naturally in the Liangyungang region of China, exhibited a high grain-filling rate and could be selected as a parent…