There could be many reasons why your tomato plant (Solanum lycopersicum) is turning brown, but let's hope it is not a bacterial infection! If it is, know what to look for so you can catch it early. It ...

In the microscopic battlefield of plant-microbe interactions, plants are constantly fighting off invading bacteria. New research reveals just how clever these bacterial invaders can be. In the ...

Phytoplasma effector SAP05 induces witches' broom in Arabidopsis [John Innes Centre] The results of studies in a plant model organism suggest that a newly discovered mechanism used by parasitic ...

Sometimes the most niche plant pathogens pack the greatest punch. Such is the case for the Florida citrus industry, which has seen a 70% decline in its orange production since the introduction of ...

In an interdisciplinary study, researchers discovered that symbiotic bacteria communicate with legume plants through specific molecules and that this communication influences which bacteria grow near ...

Scientists have discovered that erucamide, a plant-produced fatty acid amide, disrupts the function of the bacterial injectosome—a syringe-like nanomachine that some pathogenic bacteria use to help ...

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

A tiny insect is wreaking havoc on Europe’s sugar beet industry, not by biting plants, but by spreading bacteria that rob ...