Gene expression does change 48 hours after infecting the plant as the pathogen starts to acquire the resources of the plant cell so that it can grow and reproduce. But it's that narrow suite of genes ...

Legumes like soybeans, alfalfa, peas, beans, peanuts and many more have a remarkable ability: They can partner with soil bacteria called rhizobia to capture nitrogen from the air in a biological ...

Soybean rust, caused principally by the fungus Phakopsora pachyrhizi, poses a major threat to global soybean production owing to its rapid epidemic potential and capacity for severe yield losses.

Rust fungi of the order Pucciniales inflict devastating foliar diseases on major crops by deploying suites of secreted proteins known as effectors. These molecules manipulate host immunity, facilitate ...

What do coffee, sugar, wheat, soy, eucalypts and paperbarks all have in common? They are all susceptible to parasitic rust diseases caused by fungi. Plant rust disease can easily be spotted by the ...