Sentences with phrase «plant resistance»

Tests of related wild species have identified a limited number of potential donors which may provide useful genetic material to improve host plant resistance to sheath blight.

This makes me happy: a research project has identified a gene that gives wheat plants resistance to one of the most deadly races of the wheat stem rust pathogen, Ug99.

Furthermore, basic knowledge on how this signaling path is organized and its key role in plant resistance to substrate flooding is the first step towards the biotechnological production of citric fruits that are more resistant to this type of stress.

The advent of rice varieties bearing genes with resistance to the disease has changed the perception about the disease: the incorporation of host - plant resistance genes in rice varieties, their adoption and deployment in the world's main rice - producing environments is probably one of the most significant evidences of the role of plant pathology in agricultural development.

«Those could be great targets for plant resistance,» Kamoun says.

Natural plant resistance to aphids and better tolerance to heat stress are of interest for plant breeding companies.

Increased levels of cytokinins also bolster plant resistance to disease and could prolong the shelf life of crops — which, Meyer believes, could help people in less - developed countries.

The work, which appeared in Nature Communications on December 19, 2017, sheds light on plant resistance generally and could lead to strategies to boost plants» natural immunity or to better contain infections that threaten to destroy an entire agricultural crop.

«The idea that changes in plant chemistry and therefore plant resistance may change the probability of cannibalism is very original,» says Andre Kessler, a chemical ecologist at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, who did not participate in the study.

Plant, root, and soil microbiome Potential for plant biocontrol activity of isolated Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Bacillus stratosphericus strains against bacterial pathogens acting through both induced plant resistance and direct antagonism — Kaliannan Durairaj — FEMS Microbiology Letters

Gregg (Michigan State University, East Lansing) is well known for his research on understanding the mechanisms underpinning plant resistance to insect herbivores.

Host plant resistance: Natural defenses plants evolved to reduce the impact of herbivores.

Purpose of the release: To test field performance of the novel wheat plants resistance to aphids.

The advent of rice varieties bearing genes with resistance to the disease has changed the perception about the disease: the incorporation of host - plant resistance genes in rice varieties, their adoption and deployment in the world's main rice - producing environments is probably one of the most significant evidences of the role of plant pathology in agricultural development.

«The more we understand the molecular mechanisms involved in the infection process and in plant resistance, the more effective we're going to be in breeding resistant crops,» said Martin.

The windblown spores of Puccinia can travel great distances and quickly adapt to host plant resistance.

Eduard Akhunov, associate professor of plant pathology at Kansas State University, and his colleague, Jorge Dubcovsky from the University of California - Davis, led a research project that identified a gene that gives wheat plants resistance to one of the most deadly races of the wheat stem rust pathogen — called Ug99 — that was first discovered in Uganda in 1999.

Pathogen / pest virulence, abundance and geographic range, host plant resistance or compatibility, and environmental conditions all influence disease severity, yield and quality.

«It is very surprising that the «inactivation» of a map kinase is used to turn on a plant resistance mechanism,» says plant biochemist Dierk Scheel of the Institute of Plant Biochemistry in Halle, Germany.

«Our findings could allow geneticists and plant breeders to purposefully push the right buttons for activating the natural defense mechanisms and turning on plant resistance,» he says.

Of the various strategies tried, enhancing host - plant resistance is considered one of the important approaches to tackle this disease.