Cross-Protection for Plant Viruses: One Phenomenon, Several Mechanisms? [0.03%]
植物病毒的跨保护作用：一种现象，几种机理？
Anne Sicard,Emmanuelle Vigne,Souheyla Khechmar et al.
Anne Sicard et al.
Cross-protection, discovered nearly a century ago, is a biological control method used to manage viral plant diseases. It is usually defined as a phenomenon in which a primary infection of a host by a pathogen (e.g., a mild strain) prevents...
Emily Wolf,Paulo Vieira
Emily Wolf
Beech leaf disease (BLD) has emerged as a significant threat to beech forests in North America, causing the widespread decline of American beech while posing a potential threat to other beech species worldwide. BLD has drawn considerable at...
TALEs, TALENs, and TALE Base Editors: From Plant Pathology to Biotechnology [0.03%]
从植物病理学至生物技术：转录激活子样效应物(TALE)、TALEN和基编辑器
Jan Grau,Jens Boch
Jan Grau
TALEs (transcription activator-like effectors) are an excellent example of how studying pathogen-host interactions can lead to significant biotechnology inventions. TALEs are bacterial effectors that are translocated into plant cells via a ...
Denis A Shah,Santosh Sanjel,Paul D Esker
Denis A Shah
Many questions in plant pathology are of a causal nature. However, the formal framework of causal inference remains underutilized in the discipline. This review provides an accessible, higher-level introduction to causal concepts for agricu...
Alejandro Ortega-Beltran,Joseph Atehnkeng,Joao Augusto et al.
Alejandro Ortega-Beltran et al.
Aflatoxins are highly toxic compounds produced by Aspergillus section Flavi fungi when they infect crops (e.g., maize, groundnut, tree nuts) before, during, or after harvest. Aflatoxin contamination negatively impacts human and animal healt...
Anna Pedroncelli,Yeshveer Singh,Saskia A Hogenhout et al.
Anna Pedroncelli et al.
Phytoplasmas are obligate intracellular plant pathogens causing devastating plant diseases worldwide. This review summarizes recent advances uncovering the molecular mechanisms by which phytoplasmas reprogram plant development, alter immuni...
Shining Light on Late Blight [0.03%]
浅析晚疫病
Francine Govers
Francine Govers
In this retrospective on my journey in science, I shine light on the ins and outs of the late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans. While studying plant pathology, I became fascinated by the molecular mechanisms that govern the developmen...
Phytosanitary Challenges and Solutions for Roots and Tubers in the Tropics [0.03%]
热带地区根茎类作物的植物检疫问题及对策
Jorge L Andrade-Piedra,Kalpana Sharma,Jürgen Kroschel et al.
Jorge L Andrade-Piedra et al.
Vegetatively propagated crops such as cassava, potato, sweetpotato, and yam, or roots and tubers (RTs), play a major role in food security in low- and middle-income countries, yet phytosanitary issues in the tropics lead to substantial yiel...
Clubroot Disease: 145 Years Post-Discovery, Challenges, and Opportunities [0.03%]
俱乐部病：发现145年后，挑战与机遇
Dinesh Adhikary,Abir Ul Islam,Sabina Adhikari et al.
Dinesh Adhikary et al.
Clubroot, a destructive disease of Brassicaceae, is caused by the soilborne, biotrophic protist Plasmodiophora brassicae. The pathogen was first identified by Mikhail Woronin in 1875 and named turnip disease in England. This pathogen has a ...
Reflections on the Past, Present, and Future of Quantitative Plant Disease Epidemiology [0.03%]
定量植物病害流行病学的过去、现在和未来反思
Laurence V Madden
Laurence V Madden
The birth of modern plant disease epidemiology can be traced back to 1963, coinciding with the first international gathering of epidemiologists and the publication of Vanderplank's landmark treatise, Plant Diseases: Epidemics and Control. O...