Invited Panel: Michael Kasumovic & Dominique Potvin

The emergence of widely virulent Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici (Pgt) races over the past two decades has motivated global efforts to identify effective stem rust (Sr) resistance genes.

Using information adaptively is crucial to survival. Accordingly, animals have evolved sensory and cognitive systems for detecting and processing information, including from other individuals.

New developments in robotics, virtual reality, and especially artificial intelligence (AI) are giving rise to a new type of technologies: the ‘artificial intimacies’.

A simple and effective bacterial-based intratumoural cancer immunotherapy.

Plant resistance proteins act as immune receptors to recognise pathogen effectors and activate defense.

As the intermediary between DNA and proteins, RNA has a major regulatory role in gene expression.

The rhizobium-legume symbiosis that occurs within root nodules provides a crucial way for legumes to acquire nitrogen under nitrogen limited conditions.

Intrinsic water use efficiency (iWUE) is an important trait that influences crop productivity.