Higher yields and greater resilience: TUM investigates mechanisms of disease resistance in plants (IMAGE)

Technical University of Munich (TUM)

Higher yields and greater resilience: TUM investigates mechanisms of disease resistance in plants

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Brigitte Poppenberger, Professorin für Biotechnologie gartenbaulicher Kulturen an der TUM, hat mit ihrem Team einen neuen Mechanismus der pflanzlichen Immunabwehr entdeckt: pflanzliche Steroidhormone regulieren über einen epigenetischen Mechanismus die Immunabwehr.

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