Unlike animals, plants do not possess an adaptive immune system with antibodies or T cells to fight viral infections. Instead ...

Plant extracts and fruit fibers may help fight infections and support gut health, according to research from Brazil and ...

New RNA-based active agents reliably protect plants against the Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), the most common virus in agriculture and horticulture. They were developed by researchers at the Martin ...

Hoping to stave off a global health crisis, scientists are breeding a new generation of crops that suck the mineral, which helps the thyroid and immune system, from soil ...

Experiments by the two first authors, Debatosh Das and Kartikye Varshney, showed that, contrary to common belief, ethylene does not trigger a defense response by the plant immune system against ...