Uncovering the mechanisms behind plant defense signaling can improve strategies to protect crops against disease.

Plants mobilize their immune defenses far earlier than scientists have believed for decades—and through a previously ...

Heterotrimeric G proteins, comprising Gα, Gβ and Gγ subunits, are central to the transduction of extracellular signals into precise intracellular responses in plants. These proteins not only regulate ...

Using newly generated 'optogenetic' tobacco plants, research teams have investigated how plants process external signals. When it comes to survival, plants have a huge disadvantage compared to many ...