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New lab paper: Mbaluto & Zytynska (2025) New Phytologist 🦠🌾🦗 with @crispus-mbaluto.bsky.social
Rhizobacteria inoculation primes barley defences against aphids — microbes fine-tune plant resistance over time.

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🔗 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Rhizobacteria prime the activation of plant defense and nutritional responses to suppress aphid populations on barley over time
Interactions between plants and soil microbes are widespread and are documented to modulate plant–insect herbivore interactions. Still, it remains unclear how these shape the overall plant defense r...
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June 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
CAAS researchers used #CRISPR/Cas9 to knock out NtCYP94B3 in tobacco, preventing JA-Ile degradation to elevate trypsin inhibitor (+43.5%) and nicotine (+34.8%), suppressing Spodoptera litura cutworms without field yield drag. 🌿🤖 #TobaccoGenomics #PlantBiotech2026 #InsectResistance #Jasmonate
September 17, 2026 at 6:21 AM