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Deciphering Role of Endophytes in Plant Defences and Biotic Stress Resilience Across Families

Plant, Cell &Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Plant families generate distinct repertoires of specialised metabolites that govern their biotic interactions. Endophytes strengthen host plant defence mechanisms and tolerance to biotic challenges by upregulating metabolite biosynthesis, modifying precursor compounds into more potent forms, or by directly synthesising analogous defence ...
S. Aneeqa Noor, Kavita Verma, Nishu, Barkat Hussain, Vartika Mathur   +4 more
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Interactions of Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranean (L) Verdc) genotypes and phosphorus fertilizer rates in controlling Alectra vogelii

Cogent Food & Agriculture
Bambara groundnuts (Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc) provide essential proteins for African farmers, but the yield is largely affected by Alectra vogelii infestation, particularly on nutrient-depleted soils.
Rudo Musango, Tamado Tana, Stanford Mabasa, Edmore Gasura, Josephine Tafadzwa Pasipanodya, Ronald Mandumbu, Tonny Phirilani Tauro   +6 more
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Molecular Chaperone Networks in Plants: Maintaining Proteostasis and Enhancing Stress Resilience for Crop Improvement

Plant, Cell &Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Molecular chaperones play a central role in the plant proteostasis machinery by aiding the folding of nascent proteins, preventing aggregation, and repairing or degrading damaged proteins. These functions are especially essential during abiotic and biotic stress, which can destabilise cellular proteins and disrupt metabolic homoeostasis.
Mingfang Yang, Anqin Gao, Tsz‐Yan Chan, Hafiz Mamoon Rehman, Sehar Nawaz, Sehrish Bashir, Noman Mahmood, Muhammad Wajid Ullah, Chunlin Long, Hon‐Ming Lam, Muhammad Arif   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of strigolactone structural diversity in the host specificity and control of Striga, a major constraint to sub‐Saharan agriculture

Plants, People, Planet
Social Impact Statement The parasitic weed Striga affects crops such as sorghum, maize, millet, and rice in over 40 countries on the African continent and negatively impacts the livelihood of over 300 million small‐holder farmers. Striga seeds can remain
Mahdere Z. Shimels, Stefano Rendine, Carolien Ruyter‐Spira, Patrick J. Rich, Gebisa Ejeta, Harro J. Bouwmeester   +5 more
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Cross‐species transcriptomics uncovers shared responses to water deficiency in plants

The Plant Genome, Volume 19, Issue 4, December 2026.
Abstract Deepening our knowledge of conserved molecular mechanisms governing stress responses in plants is fundamental for identifying new core genes and processes involved in tolerance to adverse environmental conditions. For this purpose, we developed a bioinformatic pipeline to retrieve and integrate stress‐related RNA‐seq transcriptomic data from ...
Francesco Punzi, Diana Lucia Zuluaga, Qiao Wen Tan, Marek Mutwil, Gabriella Sonnante, Pasquale Luca Curci   +5 more
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Strigolactones: Destruction-Dependent Perception? [PDF]

Current Biology, 2012
Strigolactones control many aspects of plant growth and development, but the active form(s) of strigolactones and their mode of action at the molecular level are unknown. A new study provides evidence that an α/β-fold protein plays a central multifunctional role in strigolactone metabolism, perception and signalling.
Smith, Steven M., Waters, Mark T.
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Multiplexed Nanosensors for Real‐Time Monitoring of VOC‐Mediated Signalling Response in Plants

Plant, Cell &Environment, Volume 49, Issue 12, Page 9907-9931, December 2026.
ABSTRACT To enhance crop performance, intercropping strategies leverage volatile organic compound (VOC)‐driven interactions with companion plants that constitutively emit VOCs. Despite the agricultural importance, the mechanisms and kinetics of VOC‐mediated sensory transduction in receiver plants eavesdropping on neighbouring non‐kin emitters remain ...
Mervin Chun‐Yi Ang, Jolly Madathiparambil Saju, Sayyid Mohaideen, Niha Dhar, Sarangapani Sreelatha, Sayuj Koyyappurath, Thomas K. Porter, Gabriel Sánchez‐Velázquez, Vaishnavi Reddy Amarr, Song Wang, Duc Thinh Khong, Suh In Loh, Michael S. Strano, Sarojam Rajani   +13 more
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Nodulation does not alter root hydraulic conductance in pea

New Phytologist, Volume 252, Issue 4, Page 1360-1365, November 2026.
Root hydraulic conductance (Kr) normalised by root dry mass (including nodules) under hydrated and drought conditions in Pisum sativum wild‐type (Frisson, Nod+), non‐nodulator (sym19, Nod−), and supernodulator (Psrdn1, Nod++).
Jiacan Sun, Timothy J. Brodribb, Ibrahim Bourbia, Eloise Foo   +3 more
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Drought-induced molecular changes in crown of various barley phytohormone mutants

Plant Signaling & Behavior
One of the main signal transduction pathways that modulate plant growth and stress responses, including drought, is the action of phytohormones. Recent advances in omics approaches have facilitated the exploration of plant genomes. However, the molecular
Anetta Kuczyńska, Martyna Michałek, Piotr Ogrodowicz, Michał Kempa, Natalia Witaszak, Michał Dziurka, Damian Gruszka, Agata Daszkowska-Golec, Iwona Szarejko, Paweł Krajewski, Krzysztof Mikołajczak   +10 more
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BES1 Functions as the Co-regulator of D53-like SMXLs to Inhibit BRC1 Expression in Strigolactone-Regulated Shoot Branching in Arabidopsis

Plant Communications, 2020
Shoot branching, determining plant architecture and crop yield, is critically controlled by strigolactones (SLs). However, how SLs inhibit shoot branching after its perception by the receptor complex remains largely obscure.
Jie Hu, Yuanyuan Ji, Xiaotong Hu, Shiyong Sun, Xuelu Wang   +4 more
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