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Identification and Functional Characterization of Isoflavone synthase Gene Family in Pea (Pisum sativum): The Entry Point to Pisatin Biosynthesis

Legume Science, Volume 8, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Isoflavone synthase (IFS), a cytochrome P450 monooxygenase of the CYP93C subfamily, catalyzes the conversion of flavanones into isoflavones, the first committed step in the biosynthesis of isoflavonoid phytoalexins. In pea (Pisum sativum L.), the phytoalexin pisatin plays a pivotal role in defense against pathogens.
Muhammad Sufyan Tahir, Kuflom Kuflu, Nishat Shayala Islam, Tim McDowell, Sangeeta Dhaubhadel   +4 more
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POOE: predicting oomycete effectors based on a pre-trained large protein language model

mSystems
Oomycetes are fungus-like eukaryotic microorganisms which can cause catastrophic diseases in many plants. Successful infection of oomycetes depends highly on their effector proteins that are secreted into plant cells to subvert plant immunity.
Miao Zhao, Chenping Lei, Kewei Zhou, Yan Huang, Chen Fu, Shiping Yang, Ziding Zhang   +6 more
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Disarming the Pathogen's Metabolic Weapon: A Novel Route to Durable Disease Resistance

Modern Agriculture, Volume 4, Issue 1, June 2026.
Two routes to sugar acquisition in pathogenic bacteria and corresponding ‘pathogen‐starvation’ strategies. TAL effectors activate plant SWEET transporters to promote sucrose efflux into the apoplast, which can be blocked by editing SWEET promoter effector‐binding elements to prevent TAL binding. The T3E AvrBs2 converts host UDP‐galactose into xanthosan,
Yixuan Mi, Yuheng Yang
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High-Quality Genome Sequence Resource of the Taro Pathogen Phytophthora colocasiae

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 2022
Sachiko Masuda, Takashi Yaeno, Hideaki Shibata, Shuuhei Yorozu, Satoki Yamamoto, Ken Shirasu   +5 more
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Borrelidin-producing and root-colonizing Streptomyces rochei is a potent biopesticide for two soil-borne oomycete-caused plant diseases

Biological Control
Biopesticides are an attractive biotechnological alternative to conventional pesticides for soil-borne plant diseases. A screening strategy with over 100 actinomycetes bacteria isolated from diverse rhizosphere soils uncovered the Streptomyces rochei ...
Dongmei Zhou, Xiaoyu Wang, Wilfred Mabeche Anjago, Jingjing Li, Weishan Li, Mengnan Li, Min Jiu, Qimeng Zhang, Jinfeng Zhang, Sheng Deng, Yonghao Ye, Jorge C. Navarro-Muñoz, Paul Daly, Lihui Wei   +13 more
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Integrating Synthetic Community With Chemical Fungicide Improves the Control of Rhizoctonia Bare Patch Disease in Wheat

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment, Volume 5, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT The soil borne pathogen Rhizoctonia solani AG8 causes Rhizoctonia bare patch disease, a major constraint on global wheat production, particularly in no‐ or minimal ‐till systems. Current control strategies such as crop rotation, chemical fungicides, and tillage provide only partial protection, while fungicides can accelerate resistance ...
Wajira Nandanee Gamachchige Galhena, Juntao Wang, Bruna D. Batista, Brajesh K. Singh, Catriona A. Macdonald   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shaping future forests: how can ecophysiology support climate‐smart forest management?

New Phytologist, Volume 250, Issue 5, Page 2778-2813, June 2026.
Summary Climate change, particularly the associated increase in extreme events and disturbances, threatens the numerous environmental, social, and economic benefits that forests provide, both locally and globally. Heat and drought pose significant risks to forest ecosystems; the anticipated future climate is expected to exacerbate this trend ...
Arthur Gessler, José M. Grünzweig, Laura Bigio, Henrik Hartmann, Nate McDowell, Frank Krumm, Arun K. Bose, Andreas Rigling, Harald Bugmann, Valentina Vitali, Pascal Schneider, J. Jelle Lever, Janine Schweier, Anne Kempel, Niklaus E. Zimmermann, Philipp Brun, Jürgen Bauhus, Micah Wilhelm, Alessandra Bottero   +18 more
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ICAG‐Net: An Interactive CNN–Transformer Architecture With Attention‐Guided Gated Fusion for Crop Disease Detection

Engineering Reports, Volume 8, Issue 5, May 2026.
This study presents an AI‐driven approach to smart agriculture focused on early detection of crop diseases, especially fungal infections, to enhance food security. An ensemble model combining a Custom CNN for local feature extraction and a pretrained vision transformer (ViT) for global context analysis is proposed.
Kapil Arvind Chavan, Uttam U. Deshpande, Sudhindra B. Deshpande, Sowmyashree H. Srinivasaiah, Mukesh Kumar, Sukhdev B. Waghmode   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A ‘Genome‐First’ Framework for Next‐Generation Bioinputs: From Functional Mining to Rational Synthetic Microbial Communities

Environmental Microbiology, Volume 28, Issue 5, May 2026.
I propose a ‘genome‐first’ framework to collapse the phenotypic bottleneck in bioinput discovery. By integrating multi‐layered genome mining and reverse ecology, this paradigm enables the rational design of stable synthetic microbial communities for a data‐driven and sustainable agricultural bioeconomy.
Osiel Silva Gonçalves
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Analysis of plant and environmental samples for the quarantine fungus Phyllosticta citricarpa in four European citrus‐growing areas

Annals of Applied Biology, Volume 188, Issue 3, Page 996-1012, May 2026.
Methodologies for the early detection of Phyllosticta citricarpa in air and rainwater samples were developed and applied over three consecutive years (2018–2021) in four European citrus sites, previously reported to harbour the pathogen. Phyllosticta citricarpa was not detected in plant, air, or rainwater samples, and no CBS symptoms were observed on ...
Irene Vloutoglou, Polona Kogovšek, Valentino Bergamaschi, Neil Boonham, Maja Ferle, Sara Fišer, Eleni Kalogeropoulou, Andreas Kampletsas, Zala Kogej Zwitter, Athanasia Ligka, Roy Macarthur, Lucia Pirone, Maja Ravnikar, Luca Riccioni, Maria Teresa Valente, Darren Vella, Janja Zajc Žunič, Antonio Vicent   +17 more
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