Jean‐Benoit Morel

This study analyzes genetic diversity in rice landraces from the Yuanyang Terraces, finding high genetic variation and differences in immune gene evolution between traditional and modern rice varieties.

This study shows that benzoxazinoids exuded by maize roots are taken up by rice roots, triggering chromatin changes and systemic chemical defense that reduce rice blast disease.

This study analyzes P. oryzae genomes from the Yuanyang Terraces to show increased genomic diversity and lineage complexity compared to global populations, suggesting long-term crop diversity drives pathogen adaptation.

The paper shows that root-root interactions in durum wheat mixtures delay foliar defense responses to Septoria tritici blotch, increasing susceptibility.

The paper investigates how root phenolics mediate reduced disease susceptibility in wheat mixtures by disrupting root interactions and analyzing transcriptomic and metabolomic responses.

This study shows that plant-plant interactions in wheat mixtures affect the mean and variance of Septoria tritici blotch symptoms, with specific genotypic combinations influencing susceptibility.

This study shows that cytokinin treatment enhances rice resistance to blast fungus by modulating defense and cytokinin-responsive genes.