Danning Wang

Pathogenic fungus exploits the lateral root regulators to induce pluripotency in maize shoots

This study identifies fungal effectors that hijack maize lateral root regulators to induce gall formation by derepressing auxin signaling and promoting cell proliferation.

Heritable microbiome variation is correlated with source environment in locally adapted maize varieties

The paper investigates how host genotype and source environment influence the microbiome of maize, finding genetic variants linked to microbiome composition and environmental adaptation.

Large-scale multi-omics analyses identified root-microbiome associations underlying plant nitrogen nutrition

The paper identifies root-microbiome associations affecting plant nitrogen nutrition through multi-omics analyses of 1,341 rapeseed samples.