Researchers discover a new switch in resistance to plant diseases

Powdery mildew is a tricky pathogen: The fungus can manipulate barley in a way that it is not only granted entry into the plant, but also gets the plant's cells to supply it with nutrients. A team of researchers at Technische Universitaet Muenchen in Germany has just identified, on a molecular level, how the fungus manages this feat -- and how barley can fight back. The results have now been published in the Plant Cell.

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