Soilborne diseases continue to threaten crop health, particularly in valuable medicinal plants like Panax notoginseng.

Researchers have identified two key genes, SbSLT1 and SbSLT2, that help sorghum resist Striga by preventing its germination.

Rice cultivation is responsible for around 12% of global methane emissions, and these emissions are expected to increase with global warming and as the human population continues to grow.

Root exudates and the rhizosphere microbiome play critical roles in controlling crown gall disease, but their roles in suppressing crown gall disease in grafted plants remain unclear. Here ...

RKN overwinters in the soil as eggs. Root exudates from a susceptible host (i.e. soybean) will trigger RKN juveniles to hatch if soil temperature exceeds 50°F. Once hatched, the juveniles seek ...

2005) endodermis - a single layer of cells enclosing the vascular tissue of the root (Raven et al. 1999) exudates - compounds released into the soil/rhizosphere by plant roots (Walker et al.

Scientists from Prof. XIE Qi's lab at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ...

Rice is a staple food for half the world's population, but its cultivation leads to significant emissions of the greenhouse ...

In collaboration with professors at the University, researchers are working on a new nitrogen-retaining corn breed.

To understand root-microbe interactions in detail ... “This was not clearly shown until now … this micro-niche concept, where we have different exudates … and, of course, different microorganisms that ...