Engineers showed that some types of soil bacteria can influence a plant's balance of growth and defense. The bacteria produce an enzyme that can lower a plant's immune activity and allow its roots to ...

The bacterial pathogen Xanthomonas citri, which causes canker disease in citrus trees, activates selected parts of the fruit ...

The capacity of bacteria to spread disease across the Plant Kingdom may be much more widespread than previously suspected, according to new analysis. The capacity of bacteria to spread disease across ...

If this trait can be transferred successfully, these crops could become self-sufficient in nitrogen. This would reduce the ...

A single loading platform for plant growth-promoting bacteria and other active ingredients has been developed. A team of researchers from North Carolina State University (NC, USA) has developed a ...

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a spray-on polymer coating that could help plants resist ...

The "microbiome" is the unique population of microorganisms found in and on every plant and animal. Scientists have now genetically altered that population in rice plants, making them more resistant ...

Healthy soils depend on a healthy soil microbiome, with beneficial organisms like bacteria providing key ecosystem services.

An international team of researchers led by the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology has uncovered a hidden world of ...

To stay healthy, plants balance the energy they put into growing with the amount they use to defend against harmful bacteria.