Soybean hosts a wide variety of pathogens that cause significant yield losses. The importance
of soybean as a major oilseed crop has led to research focused on its interactions with …

The plant cell wall has many significant structural and physiological roles, but the
contributions of the various components to these roles remain unclear. Modification of cell wall …

Erwinia amylovora, the causal agent of fire blight disease of apples and pears, is one of the
most important plant bacterial pathogens with worldwide economic significance. Recent …

Micro RNA s (mi RNA s) are a major class of small non‐coding RNA s with emerging functions
in biotic and abiotic interactions. Here, we report on a new functional role of Arabidopsis …

The Asian soybean rust fungus, Phakopsora pachyrhizi, is an obligate biotrophic pathogen
causing severe soybean disease epidemics. Molecular mechanisms by which P. pachyrhizi …

In Arabidopsis, recognition of the AvrPphB effector protease from Pseudomonas syringae is
mediated by the disease resistance (R) protein RPS5, which is activated by AvrPphB-…

Enhancing the nutritional quality and disease resistance of crops without sacrificing
productivity is a key issue for developing varieties that are valuable to farmers and for …

Drought is a major abiotic stress limiting agricultural productivity. Previous field-level
experiments have demonstrated that drought decreases microbiome diversity in the root and …

Bacterial blight, caused by Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. glycinea (Psg), is a common
disease of soybean. In an effort to compare a current field isolate with one isolated in the early …

The exopolysaccharide amylovoran is one of the major pathogenicity factors in Erwinia
amylovora, the causal agent of fire blight of apples and pears. We have previously demonstrated …