Plants mobilize their immune defenses far earlier than scientists have believed for decades—and through a previously ...

A new study reveals that plant immune defense involves a previously overlooked early signalling phase driven by jasmonates.

Heat waves increase the vulnerability of plants to infectious diseases by compromising their immunity. Short periods of high temperatures suppress the production of a defense hormone in plants called ...

A plant's number one priority is to grow—a feat that demands sunlight, nutrients, and water. If just one of these three inputs is missing, like water in a drought, growth halts. You might then think ...

Plants use sophisticated molecular machinery to distinguish friend from foe, co-exist with other organisms and defend against pathogens. Similarly, plant pathogens have evolved intricate strategies to ...

Plant root cross-section showing iron deficiency signal IMA1 expression (yellow) during iron deficiency (left) and iron deficiency plus simulated bacterial presence (right). LA JOLLA (January 10, 2024 ...

"Plant receptors that control immunity and development share a common origin." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 02 / 240201121808.htm (accessed January 6, 2026).

Researchers have discovered natural cellular molecules that drive critical plant immune responses. These compounds have all the hallmarks of being small messengers tailored by plants to turn on key ...

Researchers led by CHEN Yuhang and ZHOU Jianmin from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have shown how plants resist clubroot, a major root disease ...