Atomic techniques reveal the evolution of a bacterial protein
Researchers show how bacteria have adapted a sensing mechanism that allows them to live in different environments.
Researchers show how bacteria have adapted a sensing mechanism that allows them to live in different environments.
Biotechnology
Mar 22, 2021
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Plants perceive pathogens and activate immunity using two very different types of receptors. Receptors at the cell surface detect pathogen-derived molecules that accumulate outside plant cells, activating pattern-triggered ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 11, 2021
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Found around the world, powdery mildew is a fungal disease especially harmful to plants within the sunflower family. Like most invasive pathogens, powdery mildew is understudied and learning how it affects hosts can help ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 8, 2021
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Researchers at the Earlham Institute (EI) have created a new automated workflow using liquid handling robots to identify the genetic basis to prevent plant pathogens, which can be used on a much larger and rapid scale than ...
Biotechnology
Mar 4, 2021
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Researchers from the Disruptive & Sustainable Technologies for Agricultural Precision (DiSTAP) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) of Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT's research enterprise ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 10, 2021
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Citrus greening disease, also known as Huanglongbing (HLB), is devastating to the citrus industry, causing unprecedented amounts of damage worldwide. There is no known cure. Since the disease's introduction to the United ...
Biotechnology
Jan 21, 2021
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Scientists have been pondering if the microbiome of plants is due to nature or nurture. Research at Stockholm University, published in Environmental Microbiology, showed that oak acorns contain a large diversity of microbes, ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 21, 2021
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In the strawberry nursery industry, a nursery's reputation relies on their ability to produce disease- and insect-free plants. The best way to produce clean plants is to start with clean planting stock. Many nurseries struggle ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 19, 2021
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With their expertise in microbiome research, the researchers at the Institute of Environmental Biotechnology were able to demonstrate how a specific bacterium inside the seeds of rice plants effectively and in an eco-friendly ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 11, 2021
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While humanity is facing the COVID-19 pandemic, the citrus industry is trying to manage its own devastating disease, Huanglongbing (HLB), also known as citrus greening disease. HLB is the most destructive citrus disease in ...
Biotechnology
Jan 6, 2021
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