Nature is filled with fascinating examples of symbiotic relationships, where different species rely on each other to thrive. These partnerships often evolve over millions of years, creating a delicate ...

Plants and microbes often have a symbiotic relationship, relying on each other for nutrients or shelter. Understanding and engineering such symbioses is an essential step in the journey towards ...

How do symbioses between plants and fungi develop? How do plants decide whether or not to enter into a partnership with fungi ...

Industrial farming practices often deplete the soil of important nutrients and minerals, leaving farmers to rely on artificial fertilizers to support plant growth. In fact, fertilizer use has more ...

A research team has outlined how synthetic biology can accelerate discoveries in plant–microbe interactions, offering ...

Legumes are able to grow in nitrogen-poor soils due to their ability to engage in symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing bacteria. There is a great interest in using the knowledge about this symbiosis, to ...

Symbiotic and pathogenic fungi that interact with plants are distantly related and don’t share many genetic similarities. Comparing plant pathogenic fungi and plant symbiotic fungi, scientists at the ...

CDPKs (calcium-dependent protein kinases) are defined by a unique structural arrangement in which the kinase domain is fused to a C-terminal calmodulin-like regulatory domain. CDPKs are found in ...