Enhancing plant immunity often improves resistance to pathogens, yet its consequences for beneficial symbionts remain underexplored. Here, we assessed the effects of disrupting GmLOPP, a soybean type 2 C protein phosphatase, on both immune activation and rhizobial symbiosis. Loss-of-function Gmlopp mutants displayed enhanced resistance against both bacterial blight and pustule disease. Upon treatment with lipopolysaccharides (LPS), major components of the bacterial outer membrane, these mutants showed elevated reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and upregulated expression of GmOXI1 and GmWRKY33 . Importantly, Gmlopp plants exhibited no detectable trade-offs in growth or nodulation compared with the wild type. Collectively, our findings establish that GmLOPP knockout confers disease resistance without compromising rhizobial symbiosis, highlighting its potential as a gene-editing target for soybean breeding.
Some claim that especially in the field of agile software development the research lags years behind of the practice. In this paper, we characterize the status and main challenges for research on agile software development, and propose a preliminary roadmap, focusing on providing more empirical research, primarily on e...
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The results indicate that software developers are a slightly happy population, but the need for limiting the unhappiness of developers remains, and 219 factors representing causes of unhappiness while developing software are identified.
D. Graziotin, Fabian Fagerholm, Xiaofeng Wang et al.· International Conference on...· 84 citations· ⚡6
This study investigates how Lean internal startup facilitates software product innovation in large companies and identifies its enablers and inhibitors, and shows the potential of the method-in-action framework to investigate the Lean startup approach in non-startup context.
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The goal is to not only refine the accuracy of the LLM-based tool but also to underscore its potential in streamlining the software development lifecycle through proactive code improvement and education.
Z. Rasheed, Malik Abdul Sami, Muhammad Waseem et al.· arXiv.org· 62 citations· ⚡3
Agile methods continue to gain popularity. In particular, the Scrum method appears to be on the verge of becoming a de-facto standard in the industry, leading the so called Agile movement. While there are success stories and recommendations, there is little scientifically valid evidence of the challenges in the adoptio...
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A comprehensive overview of how enhanced sampling methods are reshaping the field, with a particular focus on the data-driven construction of collective variables, is provided.
Kai Zhu, Enrico Trizio, Jintu Zhang et al.· Chemical Reviews· 58 citations
Zero-knowledge proofs can verify computing results without rerunning workloads or exposing sensitive data. Magnetar helps bring them into the mainstream with support for standard programming languages, major speed gains, and quantum-resistant security. The post Proof-based general-purpose computing with Magnetar appeared first on Microsoft Research.
