25 July 2022
Exotic plants have the potential to increase pathogen inoculum that can affect native plants. New Zealand’s iconic kauri tree (Agathis australis) is threatened by disease caused by Phytophthora agathidicida, which is…
27 May 2022
Clonally propagated monoculture crop plants facilitate the emergence and spread of new diseases. Plant pathogens cause disease by the secretion of effectors that function by repressing the host defense response….
29 April 2022
Highlights Nature-based management uses biodiversity and targeted biotic introductions to improve sustainable agroecosystem production, but results have been variable. A network perspective can drive research to improve the future design…
14 March 2022
Epigenetic DNA methylation plays an important role in bacteria by influencing gene expression and allowing discrimination between self-DNA and intruders such as phages and plasmids. Restriction–modification (RM) systems use a…
10 January 2022
Meaden and Biswas et al. use metagenomic data to test associations between CRISPR-Cas abundance and viral abundance and diversity across environments. There is a positive association between CRISPR-Cas abundance and…