October 13, 2020

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For plant and animal immune systems the similarities go beyond sensing

October 6, 2020

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Hungry plants rely on their associated bacteria to mobilise unavailable iron

June 15, 2020

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Unpacking the two layers of bacterial gene regulation during plant infection

December 30, 2019

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Plants from diverse European habitats associate with the same small group of highly abundant microorganisms

November 22, 2019

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Self-restrained genes enable evolutionary novelty - Evolution can promote novelty by keeping gene expression in check
Selbsthemmende Gene machen neue Formen möglich - Die Evolution fördert Neuerungen, indem sie die Aktivität von Entwicklungsgenen in engen Grenzen hält

April 5, 2019

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Cryo-electron microscopy reveals the molecular steps in plant immune receptor activation

February 19, 2019

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Plants can skip the middlemen to directly recognize disease-causing fungi 

February 15, 2019

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Linking sensing to signaling during plant immunity

November 19, 2018

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Genome-wide association with structural variants

November 1, 2018

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With a little help from their friends: plants rely on their resident bacteria to protect them from harmful microbes

October 17, 2018

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Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS) secures funding for an additional 7 years

September 9, 2018

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Early career researchers are the future of a European Research Area

September 7, 2018

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The Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics, the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research and the John Innes Centre form an alliance to promote the vision of a pan-continental European Research Area, and to strengthen research links across Europe

September 5, 2018

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New director at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

August 7, 2018

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Stellungnahme der Direktoren am Max Planck Institut für Pflanzenzüchtungsforschung zu der jüngsten Entscheidung des Europäischen Gerichtshofs bezüglich genetisch veränderter Organismen
Statement from the directors of the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research on the recent decision of the European Court of Justice regarding gene-edited organisms

July 11, 2018

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AgBiome collaboration with Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research published in Cell Host & Microbe 

Nitrogen-fixing bacteria and their plant hosts: old friends that go way back

March 13, 2018

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Revealing the intricacy of plant-bacteria interactions 

July 26, 2017

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Neue Studie zur Regulation der Samenruhe bei Pflanzen

November 18, 2016

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A small piece of DNA with a large effect on leaf shape (PhysOrg)

November 15, 2016

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Not without my microbiome - Legume-rhizobia symbiosis influences bacterial community in plant roots

June 2, 2016

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Exploding myths about seed dispersal - Scientists discover how a common garden weed expels its seeds at record speeds

May 30, 2016

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Flowering at the right time: robust control of reproduction by age and environment 

May 9, 2016

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When foes become friends - A few modifications in the genome turn a fungal plant pathogen into a potentially beneficial organism
Wenn aus Feinden Freunde werden - Wenige Veränderungen im Erbgut machen aus einem pflanzenschädlichen Pilz einen potenziellen Nützling

March 18, 2016

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Plants take on fungal tenants on demand - Innate immune system of the thale cress plant ensures a good phosphate supply
Pflanzen halten sich Pilz-Untermieter nach Bedarf - Angeborenes Immunsystem sichert für Arabidopsis thaliana die Phosphat-Versorgung

January 21, 2016

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The art of being connected in the microbial world

December 18, 2015

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"The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend”. Abraham Lincoln’s political wisdom can also be transferred to evolution as illustrated by many examples of mutually beneficial interactions or even symbioses between species that started out as deadly adversaries

December 3, 2015

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Toolkit for microbiota research - Researchers cultivate the majority of bacteria in the laboratory that colonize Arabidopsis plants in nature
Werkzeugkasten für die Mikrobiom-Forschung - Forscher kultivieren Großteil der auf Arabidopsis vorkommenden Bakterien

June 22, 2015

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Dr. Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig, a retired geneticist from the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, on the Law of Recurrent Variation (Evolution News)

February 28, 2015

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New light shed on the microbial battleground between soil and roots