The plant immune system, which differs significantly from that of humans, utilises small RNA sequences to deactivate or ...

North Carolina State University researchers continue to push the field of plant disease diagnosis forward, developing ...

German agricultural chemist Adolf Eduard Mayer made a startling discovery in 1886. He was studying mosaic disease on tobacco ...

(Cited in 40 publications through April 1996) Comments by Bernard Vernooij, Ciba-Geigy Corp., Research Triangle Park, N.C. Plants have evolved a host of defense mechanisms for fighting infection by ...

which both escalate the spread of infectious disease. “In nature, plants are constantly being attacked and require a well-functioning immune system,” says Professor Joseph Ecker, senior author ...

Jan. 23, 2025 — Researchers have derived a formula for viral behavior in the Wild Cards, a science fiction series written by a collection of authors about an alien virus called the Wild Card ...

Two-thirds of animal and plant populations are declining in genetic diversity, which makes it harder to adapt to ...

which both escalate the spread of infectious disease. "In nature, plants are constantly being attacked and require a well-functioning immune system," says Professor Joseph Ecker, senior author of ...

But plants don't have this luxury. Because plant cells are immobile, each individual cell is forced to manage its own immunity in addition to its many other responsibilities, like turning sunlight ...