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March 9, 2023

  • Feng Kong published a review on plant development and defense

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    Feng Kong, a postdoc in our lab, published a review on plant development and defense (doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1122947). We discuss that pathogen-induced changes in host development could be a target of pathogen virulence strategies or an active defense mechanism of plants.

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  • Our work on salicylic acid and plant regeneration published!

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    This project, led by graduate student Sorrel Tran, revealed how salicylic acid, a key defense hormone, inhibits root regeneration. This work is published in PLOS GENETICS. (https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1010636)

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  • Congratulations to Alan Peper!

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    Alan Peper (co-advised by Dr. Timothy Brenneman) has won the award for graduate student publication of the year (PHD level)! His paper, published in Frontiers in Microbiomes (https://doi.org/10.3389/frmbi.2022.1019134), sheds light on the functions of calcite dissolving bacteria in regulating soil calcium levels. This research has the potential to address soil calcium deficiency issues in peanut…

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