The Bug‐Network (BugNet): A Global Experimental Network Testing the Effects of Invertebrate Herbivores and Fungal Pathogens on Plant Communities and Ecosystem Function in Open Ecosystems
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.72111
Abstract: ABSTRACT Plants are consumed by a variety of organisms, including herbivores and pathogens, which significantly impact plant biomass, diversity, community composition, and ecosystem functioning. While the impacts of vertebrate herbivores are well established, the effects… read more here.
Keywords: consumer; plant; plant communities; network ... See more keywords
Plant immune receptor pathways as a united front against pathogens
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011106
Abstract: Plants evolved the innate immune system to activate disease resistance mechanisms and fend off microbial invaders. This system comprises two major signaling cascades initiated by two classes of immune receptors, the cell-surface immune receptors, also… read more here.
Keywords: pathogens plant; plant immune; pathways united; receptor pathways ... See more keywords