BACKGROUND: Secondary metabolism contributes to the adaptation of a plant to its environment. In wine grapes, fruit secondary metabolism largely determines wine quality. Climate change is predicted to exacerbate drought events in several viticultural areas, potentially affecting ...

BACKGROUND: Secondary metabolism contributes to the adaptation of a plant to its environment. In wine grapes, fruit secondary metabolism largely determines wine quality. Climate change is predicted to exacerbate drought events in several viticultural areas, potentially affecting ...

Magnaporthe oryzae threatens global rice production, but master regulators coordinating immunity, metabolism, and growth remain elusive. Here, we identify OsWRKY39 as a central hub integrating blast resistance, phenylpropanoid metabolism, hormone homeostasis, and growth-defense trade-offs, distin...

BACKGROUND: Secondary metabolism contributes to the adaptation of a plant to its environment. In wine grapes, fruit secondary metabolism largely determines wine quality. Climate change is predicted to exacerbate drought events in several viticultural areas, potentially affecting ...

Beneficial association with symbiotic fungi helps improve the growth and fitness in most land plants, and shows great potential as biofertilizers in precision agriculture. Here, we demonstrated that a root fungal endophyte, Tinctoporellus species isolate AR8, enabled yield improvement in...

Tomato mottle mosaic virus (ToMMV) is a major threat to cultivating tomatoes and other solanaceous plants. Here, an infectious clone of the ToMMV Huludao isolate was constructed, and ToMMV infection significantly reduces soluble sugar, soluble phenolic and vitamin C ...

Two years-old Pinus nigra saplings from two different provenances (Austria and Corsica) were infected with Diplodia sapinea. Needles from the terminal shoot (distant tissue where systemic induced response might take place) were sampled always in the morning. Samples were taken 3, 8 and 21 days af...