Once a plant recognizes a pathogen, part of its defence strategy is to withhold iron. The mechanism involves suppression of root acquisition of iron by degrading a molecule that activates the ...

SAN DIEGO — Iron is an important mineral for human and plant health. New data is sprouting up on how iron influences a plant's immunity. Scientists at the Salk Institute in La Jolla have started to ...

Plants and animals rely on iron for growth and regulation of microbiomes, the collections of microorganisms that co-exist in places such as the human gut, and the soil around a plant’s roots. Plants ...

Compared to wild-type plants (left), mutants with a non-functional OsIET1 gene begin to accumulate iron in the nodes rather than redistributing it to developing leaves and grain. Iron is shown in blue ...

In demonstrations, the team showed their new technique could be used to give plants iron to treat a disease known as chlorosis and to add B12 to tomato plants to make them more nutritious for humans.