New Plant Defence Mechanism Identified by Hungarian Researchers

New Plant Defence Mechanism Identified by Hungarian Researchers

A team of researchers at the University of Szeged (SZTE) has identified a previously unknown element in plant defence mechanisms that could boost resistance to harmful pathogens. The study, led by Zalán Czékus and Péter Poór from the university’s Department of Plant Biology, was recently published in Physiologia Plantarum, a top-tier scientific journal in the field. Plants, when under attack by pathogens like bacteria, are known to rapidly close…