Sentences with phrase «defenses against pathogens»

Soil water deficits, from increased temperatures and reduced precipitation, can result in larger pathogen populations and lower tree and forest defenses against pathogens (Lorio 1993; Chakraborty et al. 2008).

They form one of the most basic defenses against pathogens, or disease - causing microbes.

The reason could be that plant defenses against pathogens gradually weaken after a fire, Moritz and Odion speculate — for instance, from stiffer competition among plants as they grow, decreased chemical defenses as they age, or depletion of soil nutrients.The findings suggest that California's fight against forest fires over many decades may have precipitated or accelerated the outbreak, and that perhaps controlled burning could be used to halt it, the authors say.

Plant defenses against pathogens follow a salicylic acid mediated pathway.

Not exact matches

She stayed in Boston to take her current position at Harvard Medical School, where today she maintains a lab for her research on mucosal immunology and host defenses against microbial pathogens.

These signals prompt a cascade of defenses designed to kill the pathogen; however, in a person with autoimmune disease, these inflammatory responses inexplicably turn against normal tissue.

In a study published on Jan. 2 in the journal Nature Communications titled «Extreme sensitivity to ultra-violet light in the fungal pathogen causing white - nose syndrome of bats,» the research team suggests that P. destructans is likely a true fungal pathogen of bats that evolved alongside bat species in Europe and Asia for millions of years, allowing Eurasian bats to develop defenses against it.

A high omega - 6 and low omega - 3 diet weakens immune defenses against intracellular pathogens and re-directs the immune system toward extracellular threats.

While dogs have many defenses against bacteria, parasites and other food - borne pathogens, they are not immune to them.