Unlike animals, plants do not possess an adaptive immune system with antibodies or T cells to fight viral infections. Instead ...

How do climate, evolution, and free-living hosts interact to determine the dynamics of pathogens and the burden of disease? Aa Aa Aa Infectious diseases have long been known to cause devastating ...

In a study published in Scientific Reports, researchers from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, working with partners in Africa and the UK, present a novel plant-host identification method that could ...

Fruits and plant extracts contain bioactive compounds that can help treat or prevent diseases. To characterize and understand their mechanism of action, researchers from universities and research ...

Plant viral diseases are a global and growing problem. Potyviruses are the largest genus of RNA viruses in plants. We are interested in molecular elucidation of the different stages of potyvirus ...

In the unseen sphere of our vegetable gardens, plant pathogens including fungi, bacteria, nematodes, and viruses are ...

Share on Pinterest Healthy plant-based diets could help lower IBD risk, new evidence suggests. Image credit: Painted Wood/Stocksy. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an umbrella-term that covers ...

A new study has uncovered a molecular mechanism by which rice cells perceive viral infections and initiate antiviral response ...