Mingchun Liu

TL;DR: It is shown that RIN affects microbiome-mediated disease resistance via root exudation, leading to recruitment of microbiota that suppresses soil-borne, phytopathogenic Ralstonia solanacearum bacterium and thus suggests that while plant disease resistance is a complex trait driven by interactions between the plant, rhizosphere microbiome and the pathogen, it can be indirectly manipulated using 'prebiotic' compounds that promote the recruitment of disease-suppressive microbiota.

TL;DR: Exogenous GA treatment or increasing endogenous gibberellin content by overexpressing the gibberellin synthesis gene SlGA3ox2 specifically in fruit tissues delayed tomato fruit ripening, whereas treatment with the GA biosynthesis inhibitor paclobutrazol (PAC) accelerated fruit ripening.

TL;DR: The data provide direct evidence that SlERF.G3‐Like, a hierarchical transcriptional factor, can directly manipulate pathways in which tomatoes can coordinate fruit maturation and metabolic changes and can be used as an effective tool for phenylpropanoid metabolic engineering.

TL;DR: A conserved LPL motif is identified in these ERFs responsible for their activities as transcriptional activators and repressors, providing insight into how bifunctional transcription factors modulate distinct developmental processes.