Research Spotlight
MPMI Assistant Feature Editor Meenu Singla-Rastogi interviews Suchismita “Suchi” Ghosh, Ph.D. student in Roger Innes’ lab at Indiana University Bloomington, about her new paper published in MPMI, “Infection of Alfalfa Cotyledons by an Incompatible but Not a Compatible Species of Colletotrichum Induces Formation of Paramural Bodies and Secretion of EVs.”
InterCareers
Abigail Rogers Talks with Matt Helm About His Career
In this new section, we explore what it’s like to work in different areas of plant-microbe interactions. Here, Matt Helm is interviewed by Abigail Rogers, a Ph.D. student at Purdue University, about his experiences as a USDA scientist researching plant-microbe interactions.
InterFaces
Welcome to our new miniseries on science outreach and communication! Over the next three issues, Dr. Priyamedha Sengupta, postdoctoral researcher, will tell us about her journey into plant-microbe outreach and communication. Join us in exploring why communicating our science to a wider audience is so important.
In 2020, MPMI spearheaded an effort to add assistant feature editors (AFEs) to the MPMI Editorial Board. AFEs have two-year appointments to explore new ways to present and amplify journal articles. Four new AFEs have joined the MPMI Editorial Board. Get to know Jawahar Singh, Ved Prakash, Meena Singla-Rastogi, and Ruby Tiwari.
Opportunities
IS-MPMI President Adam Bogdanove discusses the benefits of publishing your research in MPMI. Learn how publication in MPMI strengthens our society and community and enables your research to reach a wider, more diverse audience through open access publishing, webinars, and author interviews in Interactions.
Join host Jeanne Harris for the free upcoming What’s News in MPMI Virtual Seminar on October 24, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. CT, as she discusses the H. H. Flor Distinguished Review “Unlocking Nature’s Defense: Plant Pattern Recognition Receptors as Guardians Against Pathogenic Threats” with author Yingpeng Xie.
PhytoFrontiers and Phytopathology are accepting submissions for upcoming Focus Issues. Learn more about these special issues and submit your research today.
The interplay between microorganisms and plants in degradation of diphenyl ether herbicides is unclear. In their paper published in MPMI, Yanning Tian et al. found that the bacterium Bacillus sp. Za increases root exudate secretion by maize, leading to improved rhizosphere colonization, biofilm formation, and herbicide degradation.
Awards
MPMI Best Student Paper Awards
Ye-Eun Seo et al. received the MPMI Best Student Paper Award for their paper on “Phytophthora infestans RxLR Effector PITG06478 Hijacks 14-3-3 to Suppress PMA Activity Leading to Necrotrophic Cell Death.” Honorable Mentions were given to Jiyeong Choi et al. and Xing Wang et al. Learn more about these exciting papers.
Events
Plan to Attend the 2025 IS-MPMI Congress!
Plan to attend the 2025 IS-MPMI Congress Sunday through Thursday, July 13–17, in Cologne, Germany. More information is available online.
Check out the Job Center on the IS-MPMI website.