Plant ‘first responder’ cells warn neighbors about bacterial pathogens

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Source: Purdue University Photo/Joshua Clark

Researchers have found that a subset of epidermal cells in plant leaves serves as early responders to chemical cues from bacterial pathogens and communicate this information to neighbors through a local traveling wave of calcium ions.

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