Volume 8 • 2024

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….

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…

Plan to attend the 2025 IS-MPMI Congress Sunday through Thursday, July 13–17, in Cologne, Germany. More information is available online. IS-MPMI members will receive discounted registration rates for the conference. Scientists from some countries are eligible for discounted membership in IS-MPMI.

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Join us for the first in our series highlighting early-career scientists and their recent discoveries. Graduate student Danielle Stevens and postdoctoral scientist Dr. Alba Moreno Pérez from the Coaker lab at UC Davis answer questions about their advice for choosing and navigating graduate school and their scientific inspirations. Learn about…

Dr. Patricia Baldrich González, director of Strategic Initiatives and Research Funding at the UC Davis Genome Center, describes her journey from Spain to the United States studying plant-microbe interactions and experiencing science across cultures….

Submit your research for possible inclusion in the MPMI Focus Issue on Fine Grain: Molecular, Cellular, and Genomic Details of Cereal Crop Diseases. Learn more about this issue and submit your research by September 1, 2024….

There are four Focus Issues of MPMI, Phytobiomes Journal, PhytoFrontiers, and Phytopathology with upcoming deadlines. Learn more about these Special Issues and submit your research….

In the May MPMI Editor’s Pick, Julien Alassimone et al. shed light on gene-for-gene resistance mechanisms in the wheat-Zymoseptoria tritici pathosystem. Read the commentary by Manish Tiwari on this Editor’s Pick. Catch up on Editor’s Picks from January and April and the H. H. Flor Review from February….

IS-MPMI is part of ROOT & SHOOT, a Research Coordination Network of six plant science societies that aims to catalyze cultural changes and provide training and opportunities in mentoring and allyship across plant biology. Learn more….

The 2025 IS-MPMI Congress will be held July 13–17 in Cologne, Germany. IS-MPMI members will receive discounted registration rates. Scientists from some countries are eligible for discounted IS-MPMI membership. A short list of upcoming events is included….

Join The American Phytopathological Society July 27–30 in Memphis, TN, for Plant Health 2024! Engage in dynamic sessions, immerse yourself in interactive experiences, and network with leading professionals in the field at this premier event….

Tune in to the new Microgreens episode with Dr. David Thoms, assistant professor at Florida State University, who discusses how to navigate the twists and turns of an academic career….

IS-MPMI members Savithramma P. Dinesh-Kumar and Richard Michelmore have been inducted into the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and Maria Harrison has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Learn more about these scientists and others in future issues….

The IS-MPMI Board of Directors recently reviewed and amended the IS-MPMI Bylaws. IS-MPMI voting members are being asked to ratify the amended bylaws. An electronic ballot was emailed in early March to members. Voting is open through March 25, 2024….

Join us at the IS-MPMI Congress, July 13–17, 2025, at the Confex Conference and Exhibition Centre in Cologne, Germany, for groundbreaking research, sessions, and dialogues on molecular plant-microbe interactions….