Manohar, Murli https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1622-0369
Sistenich, Andrea https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0225-5248
Liu, Shoashuai
Baby, Shine
Chen, Shiyan
Dejonghe, Wim https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-2228
Kumari, Anshu
Luna, Emily
Levecque, Sophie https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2056-1193
Manosalva, Patricia M. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2580-6521
Leach, Jan E. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7252-4397
Wang, Xiaohong
Kachroo, Aardra
Kogel, Karl-Heinz https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1226-003X
Conrath, Uwe https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8503-1943
Schroeder, Frank C. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4420-0237
Klessig, Daniel F. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1315-5920
Funding for this research was provided by:
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R35GM131877)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR G-20011-01)
United States Department of Agriculture | Agricultural Research Service (ARS 8062-22000-023-000D)
United States Department of Agriculture | Agricultural Research Service (AFRI 2011- 68004- 30154)
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (271511104)
Article History
Received: 4 December 2024
Accepted: 24 April 2026
First Online: 6 May 2026
Competing interests
: D.F.K., M.M., and F.C.S. are founders of Ascribe Bioscience Inc., a company developing crop protection products based on nematode-derived metabolites. F.C.S. is a member of the Board of Directors of Ascribe Bioscience and serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of Hexagon Bio. M.M. is a founder of CryoBio, Inc., a company developing frost protection products based on natural antifreeze molecules. U.C. is a founder of AgPrime, a contract research organization for agricultural companies that develops crop protection products based on defense priming activation. U.C. is also a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of AgPrime and Ascribe Bioscience and a scientific advisor to Südzucker. The remaining authors declare no competing interests.