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HZAU scholar introduces new approach for crop disease resistance
Pubdate : 2024-12-12Li Bo, a professor at the National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Huazhong Agricultural University (HZAU) and the Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, recently published groundbreaking research in Nature Plants.The study uncovered a molecular mechanism by which RuvC, a Holliday junction resolvase, regulates biofilm dynamics in Ralstonia solanacearum. This regulation promotes biofilm dissociation ...
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HZAU's plant-based vaccines: new tech to boost wheat yield
Pubdate : 2024-12-12Grain and oil crops are easily infected by various pathogens during their growth. Traditionally, the approach to solve it relies on pesticides which are effective but may lead to drug resistance of pathogens. So is it possible to improve the plants' own disease resistance?On May 9, at the wheats demonstration base in Maogang Village, Xiangyang City, Hubei Province, a field visit themed "Applying plant-...