Fungal pathogens deploy a multifaceted arsenal to infect and colonise plant tissues, overcoming preformed barriers and innate immune responses. Surface recognition by pattern‐recognition receptors on ...

Spruce bark is rich in phenolic compounds that protect trees from pathogenic fungi. A research team at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena has investigated how these plant defenses ...

When a maize plant is attacked by the fungus Ustilago maydis, tumor-like tissue growths occur at the site of infection. How the pathogen causes this response in its host has long been unknown. But a ...

An imported plant pathogen that will spread on the wind is being readied for release against one of Australia's worst weeds.

VUB researcher Maarten Ottaway investigated how trees and their invisible underground allies—the fungi—respond to soil ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It's so disappointing when you walk outside one morning and see that something has gone very wrong with some of your plants. Suddenly there ...