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Bacterial social interactions in synthetic Bacillus consortia enhance plant growth - Liu - 2025 - iMeta - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/im…

Biological Control of Postharvest Diseases: The Evolution of New Concepts and Perspectives | Annual Reviews - go.shr.lc/47sw9ts

Changes in microbial assembly and ecological processes following appli... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

World’s first personalized CRISPR therapy given to baby with genetic disease nature.com/articles/d4158…

A rare PRIMER cell state in plant immunity | Nature nature.com/articles/s4158…

"Why does the brain need billions of neurons to process 10 bits/second? Why can we only think about one thing at a time?" by @jieyusz and @mameister4 @Caltech @NeuroCellPress cell.com/neuron/fulltex…

The plant microbiome is controlled by host genes, so-called M genes. Targeted breeding of crops with high M gene activity could become a transformative technique in agriculture. nature.com/articles/s4146… @sotonbiosci @unisouthampton @NatureComms @NaturePlants

New paper in @NaturePlants we discuss Harnessing co-evolutionary interactions between plants and Streptomyces to combat drought stress Led by @hongweiliu10 with contribution from Jiayu Li Full article can be found here rdcu.be/dONMn We propose that advancement in fundamental knowledge of eco-evolutionary interactions between plants and Streptomyces spp. is holds substantial promise for developing effective strategies to combat drought stress, ensuring sustainable agriculture and environmental sustainability in the face of climate change nature.com/articles/s4147…

Attenuation of phytofungal pathogenicity of Ascomycota by autophagy modulators | Nature Communications nature.com/articles/s4146…

Plants and agriculture nature.com/collections/jg…

Upon pathogen attack, plants can trigger the “cry for help” response & assemble beneficial rhizobacteria. Liu et al. use nonpathogenic Pseudomonas syringae DC3000 derivatives to elicit a similar response as the wild-type pathogenic DC3000 in Arabidopsis. nature.com/articles/s4146…

Nature research paper: On the genetic basis of tail-loss evolution in humans and apes go.nature.com/3uQyFJ0

An impressive work from the lab of @Volcaninstitute researcher Einat Sadot and her collaborators @TelAvivUni (@WeinstainLab) and around the world. Kudos to everyone involved!

The journey to understand previously unknown microbial genes nature.com/articles/d4158…

NEW PAPER: Ever wondered why insects fly in all sorts of crazy patterns around lights at night? So did we! We set about recording flying insects to work out what's going on. I'll summarise what we found in this 🧵. Spoiler: We don't think they confuse lights with the moon.

1/n: There are some academic papers that are so brilliantly and so accessibly written and so universal in scope that they transcend disciplines and stand as timeless testaments to both great thinking and great writing. Here's a short personal selection:

Great start into 2024: who determines the #phyllosphere in #rice ? Congrats to @TomiSci1 @wisnu_adi_w and all other coauthors 🌾 #citeas" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">nature.com/articles/s4146…

Microbiome engineering in rice plants protects against disease. nature.com/articles/s4146… @GBerg_ubt @wisnu_adi_w @unisouthampton @tugraz

📢Our first #preprint @biorxivpreprint is online! Ever wondered about #autophagy`s role your fruits🍌🍎🥑🍅? Of course you did… haven’t we all... A🧵follows Autophagy Restricts Tomato Fruit Ripening Via a General Role in Ethylene Repression biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Microbiome succession during apple fruit development: Healthy and path... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…