Indianapolis & West Lafayette, Indiana, Strategic Faculty Recruitment Initiative in One Health - Healthy and Resilient Living Systems - College of Agriculture Plant Sciences Purdue University Main Campus | Indianapolis and West Lafayette, IN   Tenure-Track Assistant Faculty Position in Plant…

AbstractPlant–microbe interactions are essential for plant health, yet the genetic basis of host control over root-associated microbiome assembly in Nicotiana tabacum remains unclear. We integrated whole-genome resequencing, amplicon sequencing, and metabolomics across 50 tobacco cultivars, together…

AbstractAlfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), a high-quality perennial legume forage, is essential to global agriculture and ecosystems. Expanding alfalfa production on saline-alkaline soils is critical to alleviate shortages of high-quality forage in China, but progress is limited by a shortage of salt-tolerant…

AbstractParasitic weeds are major agricultural threats through fine-tuned chemical interactions with their hosts. We investigated the germination-stimulating metabolites released by Arabidopsis thaliana germinating seeds into the spermosphere, the zone surrounding the seeds and showed that host–parasite…

AbstractSudden cold snaps due to blurred seasonality are a rising challenge to agriculture in times of climate change. Swift activation of cold signaling is crucial for resilience. Dual-localization kinesins (DLK) convey the cold signal from the plasma membrane to the nucleus, where this protein modulates…