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At the IS-MPMI Congress in Glasgow, the MPMI journal asked attendees to identify their top unanswered questions in MPMI then had them vote to compile a list of the top ten.
 
Watch for articles about these top unanswered questions in upcoming issues of MPMI and additional content in Microgreens, the official MPMI podcast.

 
Top 10 Unanswered Questions of MPMI
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10. How do observations of binary plant-microbe interactions hold in an ecological context? 
 
9. How do pathogens evolve novel virulence activities? 
 
8. Why do some pathogens need so many effectors when others need a few? 
 
7. How do resistance proteins activate cell death? 
 
6. What's the molecular basis of non-host resistance? 
 
5. Does ETI potentiate and restore PTI -- or is there really a binary distinction between ETI and PTI?   
 
4. How do microbe-microbe interactions affect plant-microbe interactions? 
 
3. How can we translate basic research into emerging crop plants? 
 
2. How does abiotic stress, such as climate change, influence plant-microbe interactions? 
1. How do plants emerge with beneficial microorganisms while at the same time restricting pathogens? 
 

 
Reduced Page Fees for IS-MPMI Members
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Did you know that MPMI recently reduced page fees for members? Members now pay $60 per page for the first six pages and $95 per page after. Member authors also pay $90 total for the first three color figures. Only one author needs to be a member to take advantage of these member discounts. Find out more about these changes in this Interactions article.
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