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Cytokinins are small molecule plant hormones that control every aspect of plant growth and development. Their function in mediating plant susceptibility to plant pathogens is well known. We studied the contrary and found that the interaction between cytokinins and salicylic acid pathways promote plant resistance to pathogen infection. We explored ways in which cytokinin signaling could crosstalk with plant immune networks. Some of these networks are modulated by pathogens to propagate disease, whereas others help the host to mitigate an infection. Besides plants, cytokinins are also shown to be involved in animal/human microbial pathogenesis. I would like to highlight these interesting developments in the field of plant cytokinin biology.
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