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Plant elicitor peptides (Peps) enhance immunity against diverse pathogens. Engineering a naturally occurring rhizobacterium to deliver Peps to the plant root system offers a new opportunity in integrated pest management.

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Fig. 1: Pep delivery through B. subtilis enhances plant immunity against RKN.

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  1. Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA

    Clarissa Hiltl & Shahid Siddique

  2. Department of Molecular Phytomedicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

    Clarissa Hiltl

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C.H. drafted the initial version of the manuscript. S.S. finalized the manuscript and designed the figure.

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Hiltl, C., Siddique, S. New allies to fight worms. Nat. Plants 6, 598–599 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-020-0699-y

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