Anthracnose Defence Decoded -- How Bacteria Prime Sorghum for a Stronger 'Security System' (VIDEO)
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Sorghum anthracnose devastates crops of the drought- and heat-resistant cereal worldwide. Priming with rhizobacteria can boost the plant's resistance against a range of microbial attacks.
Professor Ian Dubery and Dr. Fidele Tugizimana from the University of Johannesburg's Centre for Plant Metabolomics decoded how priming enhances the 'security system' of plants for a much stronger, faster defense.
Using metabolomics and machine learning algorithms, they identified changes in the sorghum plant's chemical response to fungal attack. The low-cost approach can counter other pathogens in economically important food crops.
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Therese van Wyk, University of Johannesburg.
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