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Benjamin A. Merritt

University of Florida

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Organism:Arabidopsis· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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Extracellular salicylic acid activates immune signaling through cell-surface receptors

Qi Li, Mingxi Zhou, Chetna Sharma, Peter Ramdhan, Cassidy R. Louwerse, Benjamin A. Merritt, Fahong Yu, Yanping Zhang, C L Li, Xin WANG, Zhonglin Mou

This study shows extracellular salicylic acid activates immune signaling via cell-surface receptors LecRK-I.8 and LecRK-VI.2 in Arabidopsis.

bioRxiv · Jun 6, 2026 · PreprintPlant Biology

Elevated temperature enhances the infectivity of a pathogenic noncoding RNA and the likelihood of its host expansion

Jie Hao, Zongyun Yan, Yunhan Wang, Junfei Ma, Benjamin A. Merritt, Ethan Tucker, Amit Levy, Bin Liu, Svetlana Yuryevna Folimonova, Jeongim Kim, Zhonglin Mou, Yiliang Ding, Ying Wang

This study shows elevated temperature increases PSTVd infectivity and enables it to infect Arabidopsis, highlighting climate warming's role in viroid host expansion.

bioRxiv · Sep 19, 2025 · PreprintPlant Biology