Plants use sophisticated molecular machinery to distinguish friend from foe, co-exist with other organisms and defend against pathogens. Similarly, plant pathogens have evolved intricate strategies to ...

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 3. In recent years, fungal pathogens have been recognized as a significant global concern, with a growing number of species demonstrating ...

Wastewater-based surveillance has gained wide recognition throughout the COVID-19 pandemic to monitor trends of SARS-CoV-2. While the current approaches focus on a single pathogen at a time, ...

The COVID pandemic illustrated the grave, global threat that a novel pathogen can pose. It also brought to the fore an uncomfortable idea that had long circulated in some corners of the life sciences: ...