Author:Ntuli, Jean FelistasDate:2016Grey Leaf Spot (GLS) is a fungal disease of Zea mays (maize) that is caused by Cercospora zeina. It thrives in sub-tropical climates and causes devastating crop losses of up to 60% in southern Africa where maize is grown as a staple food ...Read more
Author:Cowlin, Ross MartinDate:2017The accumulation of exceptionally high concentrations of heavy metals in plant tissues is an extreme phenotypic trait that has evolved independently in multiple plant taxa. The majority of research undertaken in this area has been performed ...Read more
Author:McCrindle, Tyronne KDate:2015Plants have evolved a complex system of defence to prevent pathogen establishment. The Arabidopsis thaliana cir1 (constitutively induced resistance 1) mutant displays enhanced resistance to infection by the virulent bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas ...Read more
Author:van der Pas, LlewelynDate: 2020Nickel hyperaccumulation is a unique plant adaption that has led to roughly 390 plant taxa being able to not only withstand the toxicity associated with Ni but actively translocate it to aerial tissues. However, the underlining molecular ...Read more
Author:Lyall, RafeDate:2016A small, diverse group of angiosperms known as resurrection plants display vegetative desiccation tolerance and can survive loss of up to 95% of cellular water, a feat only seen in the seeds and pollen of other angiosperms. Xerophyta humilis ...Read more
Author:Hendry, Tia LynneDate:2016Bacterial plant pathogens have evolved a wide range of mechanisms to suppress the immune response that they trigger in their hosts, including the production of effectors and phytotoxins. The tri-carboxylic acid citrate, which is secreted into ...Read more
Author:Mackay, AngusDate:2017Metal hyperaccumulating plants accumulate exceptionally high concentrations of metal ions in their above ground tissues and are defined as containing 1000 μg/g dry mass Co, Cu, Cr, Pb, Zn or Ni. This is remarkable because plants typically ...Read more
Author:Lyall, Rafe; Ingle, Robert A; Illing, NicolaDate:2014Resurrection plants are renowned for their vegetative desiccation tolerance (DT). While DT in vegetative tissues is rare in angiosperms, it is ubiquitous in mature orthodox seeds. During germination, seedlings gradually lose DT until they ...Read morecb