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| Despite recent advances in molecular tools and genome sequencing, cereal crop diseases remain a significant challenge to global food security. Yield losses each year from fungi, bacteria, oomycete, viruses, and nematodes need substantial economic investment and impact the world's poorest populations disproportionately. Climate change exacerbates the problem, altering pathogen ranges, allowing the spread of existing plant diseases into new growing areas while facilitating the emergence of new pathogenic strains. Global trade compounds the challenge of pathogen spread. Thus, there is a pressing need for a detailed understanding of the biology of cereal crop diseases, with an expectation that this will identify plant strengths and weaknesses that can be exploited to safeguard grain sources. In this MPMI Focus Issue, we seek to draw together, through reviews and original research papers, the contemporary developments in understanding staple cereal crops and their pathogens. We encourage papers focused on pathogen, host biology, or both. Investigations should be at the molecular, cellular, and/or genomic level and may include studies of effector function and evolution, plant receptors, and pathogen physiology, as well as signal transduction. Both the topic and pathosystem of study are intended to be broad in order to best capture this important field of study. Our goal is that this issue will highlight potential solutions and significant breakthroughs in cereal crop disease research, as well as identify important knowledge gaps, that will guide future studies and ultimately foster the implementation of meaningful management practices. Focus Issue Editors Lida Derevnina, Ksenia Krasileva, Benjamin Schwessinger, and Richard Wilson look forward to receiving your manuscripts addressing this globally important research area. Submission Deadline: September 30, 2024 Submit a Manuscript | Instructions to Authors
Benefits to AuthorsA Focus Issue offers authors several benefits. A single-topic issue gives scientists an opportunity to publish alongside the related work of their peers to highlight progress in a focal area. This MPMI Focus Issue will be widely promoted and is expected to be highly cited, giving authors maximum exposure. Papers will be submitted to Crossref, allowing citation tracking and connectivity as this research area moves forward in MPMI and other scientific journals. MPMI is indexed by PubMed, Web of Science, AGRICOLA, and Scopus, and all content is open access for readers. MPMI is approved by the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and meets gold open access grant funding requirements. If you are working on research described herein, submit your manuscript to MPMI and select "Focus Issue" as the article type. Please also indicate in your cover letter that you would like your manuscript to be considered for the 2025 Focus Issue. For more information about the scope of this issue, please contact MPMI Editor-in-Chief Tim Friesen.
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Zitong Yang, Gan Ai, Xinyu Lu, Yuke Li, Jinlu Miao, Wen Song, Heng Xu, Jinding Liu, Danyu Shen, and Daolong Dou Yang et al. show how the Phytophthora sojae effector PsCRN108 suppresses plant immunity by inhibiting the expression of Heat Shock Protein (HSP) family genes, including NbHSP40, through interaction with NbCAMTA2, a negative regulator of plant immunity, shedding light on a new mechanism by which CRN effectors manipulate transcription factors to impact immunity. Read Amelia Lovelace’s commentary about this Editor’s Pick. |
| Unlocking Nature's Defense: Plant Pattern Recognition Receptors as Guardians Against Pathogenic ThreatsIn the February issue of Molecular Plant–Microbe Interactions, the second of the H.H. Flor Distinguished Reviews has been published, written by Chao Zhang, Yingpeng Xie, Ping He, and Libo Shan.
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| I realized the world is mine. I can do whatever I want. But I still experience intimidation and fear being in a scientific field because communication is not accessible in that context. And so, I was deciding whether I should pursue my education in biochemistry or in another field, and someone said to me, 'Go forth with your education in whatever field you want.' —Dr. Amie Fornah Sankoh
In a new episode of Microgreens, the MPMI journal podcast, Dr. Tiff Mak and Dr. Dominique Holtappels interview Dr. Amie Fornah Sankoh, who highlights the importance of mentorship and disability justice in science. Amie shares her journey to becoming the first deaf, black woman to receive a doctorate in a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) discipline in the United States. A full transcript to the audio recording of the interview can be found here. A video version of the recording will be released later for audiences to experience and engage with Amie through sign language.
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| Timothy L. Friesen, Editor-in-Chief Molecular Plant–Microbe Interactions
For each gene that conditions reaction in the host there is a corresponding gene in the parasite that conditions pathogenicity.
In these words, Harold H. Flor summed up his gene-for-gene concept in his 1971 Annual Review of Phytopathology article (Flor 1971). Flor's gene-for-gene concept provided a new framework for how we think about plant–microbe interactions. Harold H. Flor was born May 27, 1900. He obtained a B.S. degree in agriculture in 1922, an M.S. degree working on covered smuts of small grains in 1924 and was granted a Ph.D. degree for his work on root rot complex of sugar cane in 1929—all three degrees from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Flor then took a position with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Pullman, WA, where he worked on wheat bunt. In 1931, he moved to Fargo, ND, to take a position with the USDA on the North Dakota State University campus, where he was tasked with studying diseases of flax. It was during his time with the USDA in Fargo that he performed his landmark research on the flax–flax rust interaction, which ultimately was used to define the gene-for-gene hypothesis that became so prevalent in describing many host–pathogen interactions. The gene-for-gene concept still stands as one of the most significant contributions to plant pathology and was established long before modern molecular biology or even a complete understanding of genetic material or protein–protein interactions. Based on the landmark research performed by Dr. Flor, it was an obvious choice to use his name to help define what this distinguished review category is all about. An H.H. Flor Distinguished Review is a review written by visionary scientists who have also changed the way we think about an area of molecular plant–microbe interactions. These distinguished reviews will ultimately include all categories of plant–microbe interactions from pathogenic to symbiotic interactions. It is our intent to invite leaders in the MPMI field to write authoritative reviews that provide not only a historical perspective but also to provide a vision for where their respective fields are moving, ultimately providing a valuable resource to the MPMI community. In the August issue of Molecular Plant–Microbe Interactions, the first of the H.H. Flor Distinguished Reviews will be published, including "From Gene-for-Gene to Resistosomes: Flor's Enduring Legacy," written by Peter N. Dodds and "New Biochemical Principles for NLR Immunity in Plants," written by Jijie Chai, Wen Song, and Jane E. Parker.
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| Don't miss the chance to have your latest findings on effectors published in the open access MPMI Focus Issue "Effectors at the Interface of Plant–Microbe Interactions." This focus issue will present the latest developments in the study of microbial effector biology and evolution in the context of plant immunity across diverse systems. As the scientific community seeks to respond to global challenges in agriculture and food production, this focus issue will highlight potential solutions and technology emerging from research on microbial effectors. Editors Melania Figueroa, Gitta Coaker, and Kostya Kanyuka invite research and review articles that explore the complex role of effectors in molecular plant–microbe interactions. Articles highlighting translational research, as well as fundamental understanding, are welcome. Submissions are due by the end of September 2023. Submit Now!
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| The recently published MPMI Focus Issue on The Plant Endomembrane System in Molecular Plant–Microbe Interactions explores how microbes affect the plant endomembrane system and its role in plant disease, defense, and beneficial interactions.
Focus Issue Editors Tessa M. Burch-Smith, Aiming Wang, Eunsook Park, Hailing Jin, and Dong Wang are pleased to share a focus issue that discusses a critical aspect of plant–microbe interactions that will surely be an area of more intense research in coming years. Read all articles for free today!
Focus Issue ArticlesEditor's Pick: Arabidopsis Dynamin-Related Protein AtDRP2A Contributes to Late Flg22-Signaling and Effective Immunity Against Pseudomonas syringae Bacteria Gayani Ekanayake, Michelle E. Leslie, John M. Smith, and Antje Heese Manipulation of the Host Endomembrane System by Bacterial Effectors Hyelim Jeon and Cécile Segonzac Pathogen-Derived Extracellular Vesicles: Emerging Mediators of Plant–Microbe Interactions Zhangying Wang, Jiayue Zeng, Jiliang Deng, Xiangjie Hou, Jiefu Zhang, Wei Yan, and Qiang Cai A Close Look into the Composition and Functions of Fungal Extracellular Vesicles Produced by Phytopathogens Marina F. Maximo, Taícia P. Fill, and Marcio L. Rodrigues Extracellular Vesicles in the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis: Current Understanding and Future Perspectives Samuel Holland and Ronelle Roth Realizing the Full Potential of Advanced Microscopy Approaches for Interrogating Plant–Microbe Interactions Kirk J. Czymmek, Keith E. Duncan, and Howard Berg A Medicago truncatula Cell Biology Resource: Transgenic Lines Expressing Fluorescent Protein–Based Markers of Membranes, Organelles, and Subcellular Compartments Sergey Ivanov, Dierdra A. Daniels, and Maria J. Harrison
The MPMI editorial board also looks forward to the 2024 MPMI Focus Issue “Effectors at the Interface of Plant-Microbe Interactions." Learn more about publishing in this special issue.
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| Microbes Biosciences has generously sponsored MPMI to cover the publication fees for a limited number of authors from countries with low-income or lower-middle income economies (as defined by The World Bank) who elect to publish in MPMI. To apply for a fee waiver, scientists from under-resourced countries must contact MPMI Editor-in-Chief Tim Friesen in advance of their submission and include a detailed cover letter about their submission. Waivers are available on a first-come, first-served basis, and each manuscript must undergo the standard peer-review process and be accepted for publication. Learn more about how to submit your manuscript.
Thank you to Microbes Biosciences for its gracious support of our science!
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