Work from the Zipfel group reveals how a class of endogenous plant peptides and their corresponding receptor regulate plant immune responses.
Researchers from Tübingen and The Sainsbury Laboratory uncover the mechanism which triggers host plant resistance against parasitic plants.
Collaborations across scientific institutes and international boundaries will be crucial in finding “durable resistance” to diseases threatening our most important cereal crop. That was one of the key messages from Wheat Disease Resistance Day, hosted by three institutes on the Norwich Research Park.
The Sainsbury Laboratory, the John Innes Centre and The Genome Analysis Centre are hosting a free Wheat Diseases conference on 22nd May 2015, at the John Innes Conference Centre
Professor Cyril Zipfel has received the Charles Albert Shull award. This prestigious award acknowledges the scientific impact in plant sciences of a leading researcher under the age of 45 years of age.
A team of scientists from the John Innes Centre (JIC), the National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) and The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL) have successfully transferred a receptor that recognises bacteria from the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana - a dicot, to wheat – a monocot.
Prof Cyril Zipfel and his team have discovered a new way to manipulate plant immunity, which could lead to the development of new, disease-resistant crop varieties.
