Francisco Llorente

TL;DR: It is reported that Arabidopsis PEN2 restricts pathogen entry of two ascomycete powdery mildew fungi that in nature colonize grass and pea species.

TL;DR: Comparative transcriptomic analyses identified a set of common irx upregulated genes, including a number of abscisic acid (ABA)–responsive, defense-related genes encoding antibiotic peptides and enzymes involved in the synthesis and activation of antimicrobial secondary metabolites.

TL;DR: Arabidopsis resistance to the necrotrophic fungus Plectosphaerella cucumerina is complex and depends on the ethylene, jasmonic acid and salicylic acid signaling pathways, which suggest a putative function of ERECTA and heterotrimeric G protein in P. cucumerinas perception.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that Arabidopsis auxin signaling mutants axr1, axr2, and axr6 that have defects in the auxin-stimulated SCF (Skp1-Cullin-F-box) ubiquitination pathway exhibit increased susceptibility to the necrotrophic fungi Plectosphaerella cucumerina and Botrytis cinerea.

TL;DR: Analysis of intraspecific freezing tolerance variation existent between two geographically distant accessions of Arabidopsis, Cape Verde Islands, and Landsberg erecta found that freezing tolerance differences after cold acclimation were determined by seven quantitative trait loci (QTL), named FREEZING TOLERANCE QTL 1 (FTQ1) to FTQ7.