Three Cell Wall Degrading Enzymes and Sorghum Contribute to Virulence and Resistance in the Bacterial Leaf Streak Pathosystem.

With an increasing demand for renewable fuels, bioenergy crops are being developed with high sugar content and altered cell walls to improve processing efficiency. These traits may have unintended consequences for plant disease resistance. pv.

AefR, a TetR Family Transcriptional Repressor, Regulates Several Auxin Responses in Strain DC3000.

The plant hormone indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), also known as auxin, plays important roles in plant growth and development, as well as in several plant-microbe interactions. IAA also acts as a microbial signal and in many bacteria regulates metabolism, stress responses, and virulence. In the bacterial plant pathogen pv.

Auxin Plays Multiple Roles during Plant-Pathogen Interactions.

The plant hormone auxin governs many aspects of normal plant growth and development. Auxin also plays an important role in plant-microbe interactions, including interactions between plant hosts and pathogenic microorganisms that cause disease. It is now well established that indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), the most well-studied form of auxin, promotes disease in many plant-pathogen interactions.