Auxin is a small molecule that plays a big role in how plants grow and adapt. In this review, Dr. Jorge Hernández García from CBGP, together with Prof. Dolf Weijers from Wageningen University & Research, explores where auxin came from, how it evolved, and why it became a central system controlling plant development.

A new study, led by a CBGP scientist in collaboration with scientists from Sweden, UK, and Czech Republic, reveals how plants control the concentration of an essential hormone for their development through glycosylation. This mechanism has proven to be more important than previously thought in determining how plants grow and develop.

Researchers from the CBGP, in collaboration with the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, show that treating seeds with methyl jasmonate enhances plant resistance to different pests without compromising growth, and reveal that the molecular mechanisms underlying this response vary depending on the plant species and the herbivore involved.

Researchers examine how plant cell walls influence the ongoing evolutionary battle between plants and the pathogens that infect them.