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Green leaf volatiles are a plant’s rapid response to threats. Star61/Wikimedia Commons

January 29, 2024

That sharp, green smell of freshly cut grass? It’s a plant’s cry for help – and it may work as a less toxic pesticide for farmers

Sasimonthakan Tanarsuwongkul, University of South Carolina

Green plants produce a specific gas when under attack to both directly ward off herbivores and pathogens and indirectly lure in herbivore predators.

Though not this obvious from the outside, plants are keeping time. Hua Lu

November 26, 2017

Studying circadian rhythms in plants and their pathogens might lead to precision medicine for people

Hua Lu, University of Maryland, Baltimore County and Linda Wiratan, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Precisely calibrated timekeepers are found in organisms from all domains of life. Biologists are studying how they influence plant/pathogen interactions – what they learn could lead to human medicines.

Our modern crops need some help in the immunity department. Andy / Andrew Fogg

March 11, 2016

Can we ‘vaccinate’ plants to boost their immunity?

John Herlihy, Virginia Tech

Modern agriculture is synonymous with monoculture. That lack of diversity is bad news for plants’ natural immune defenses. Researchers are figuring out how to help plants fend off microbes – without pesticides.

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John Herlihy
Ph.D. Student in the School of Plant and Environmental Science, Virginia Tech
Hua Lu
Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Linda Wiratan
B.S. Student of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Sasimonthakan Tanarsuwongkul
Ph.D. Candidate in Biochemistry, University of South Carolina

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