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🌸🧬 RESEARCH 🧬🌸 Cytokinin depends on a functional gibberellin biosynthesis and signaling pathway to promote flowering time in Arabidopsis under short-day conditions, establishing an epistatic relationship between the two hormones - Werner et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

🎉 Two fern evo-devo PhD opportunities available at the University of Birmingham: warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa... warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa... Application deadline 23rd November. Please spread the word to anyone who might be interested 🙂 #Plantsci_jobs #Plantscience

#Molecular Links Between #Heat Stress & #DNA Damage Response in Plants onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PlantSci @wileylifesci.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social @plant-sci.bsky.social @sciplant.bsky.social @plantresearch.bsky.social @plantbasednews.bsky.social @plantscience.bsky.social

A well-resolved phylogeny of #Cuscuta subgenus Monogynella based on data drawn from all three plant genomes New #AJB research by Asawari Albal & Saša Stefanović doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #phylogenomics

ASHS Career Center Asst Prof - Spec Crop Weed Sci https://ow.ly/xnMu51015V7 Coop Ext Area Water and Soil Rsrcs Adv https://ow.ly/na3b51015V9 Multi-Omics Asst/Assc/Full Prof https://ow.ly/7CaE51015Va More jobs https://ow.ly/1uES51015V8 #plantsciencejobs

Shifting roles...🌿 Kaiho-Soma et al. investigate the transcriptional reprogramming involved in sink-to-source transitioning in developing #soybean leaves, & identify key hormonal, physiological & metabolic factors involved in this process 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... #PlantScience

This PhD aims to engineer gene expression to improve disease resistance in crops, applying automation and #engbio skills from the Earlham Biofoundry (@Carolina G) alongside collaborators at @2blades.bsky.social 📅 Applications close: 30 November 2026 #phd #synbio #plantscience

Our new Prepring is out! We show transcriptional variability in heat stress response and how plants control it. #plantbiology #systemsbiology #heatstress #heterogeneity #transcriptonalNoise #singlecell

🌾 RESEARCH 🌾 Brassinosteroids promote rice seed germination by activating Wx expression. The Wxa allele accelerates post-germinative growth by enhancing starch mobilization. The effect of sugar on shoot elongation depends on the Wx allele- Xiong et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

New OA Brief Comm: "Metabolically robust ratiometric autoluminescent reporters" rdcu.be/MdNALGQ53dGa In glowing plants, monitoring colour shifts instead of changes in luminescence intensity enables quantitative measurements of physiology despite changes in metabolic activity. #PlantScience

⏰️ Don't miss tomorrow's webinar all aabout plant virology!! ⏰️ Join for FREE 👇 #virology #plantscience bsky.app/profile/aabi...

♻️ Localized chilling of crowns promotes floral bud differentiation in strawberry transplants in a closed transplant production system by Jaewook Shin and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/rtp4 #PlantScience

#Engineering uORFs in #wheat improves #abiotic stress tolerance without #growth penalties nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1... #PlantScience @newphyt.bsky.social @wileylifesci.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social @wheatgenome.bsky.social @plantgenomics.bsky.social @planteditors.bsky.social

🌱 RESEARCH 🌱 The Cytosolic Iron–Sulfur Cluster Assembly Targeting Complex Is Hijacked by Magnaporthe Effector AvrPi9 to Suppress Rice Resistance - Shi, Liu et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pbi.... #plantscience

🫒🧬 EDITOR’S CHOICE 🧬🫒 A new chromosome-level genome and root single-cell atlas of Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata reveal its genetic diversity and provide insights into the cellular basis of root development and stress adaptation - Hu et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

#Jasmonate-Induced Metabolic Reprogramming Enhances #Fruit Quality, Bioactive Compounds, and #Stress Tolerance onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PlantScience @pplplantarum.bsky.social @wileylifesci.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social @plant-sci.bsky.social @sciplant.bsky.social

Deadline alert, get those applications in for the @newphyt.bsky.social Tansley Medal, #PlantScience researchers!

Caloric food security isn't enough on its own; micronutrient deficiencies remain a major global health challenge. Our latest review reframes crop biofortification within a nutrition-sensitive food systems approach. Read the review: https://bit.ly/477XZtx @jipb.bsky.social #PlantScience

Curious which JIPB research is shaping the field? Our 2024 and 2025 Top Cited Papers collection features the papers your peers are reading, citing, and downloading most. @jipb.bsky.social Explore the collection: https://bit.ly/46FEatt #JournalSpotlight #ResearchImpact #PlantScience

Come be my colleague! Two Faculty positions opening now at @umdentomology.bsky.social @umdscience.bsky.social! #UMD Our department is awesome. Very collegial. Supportive. Welcoming. Friendly. This is truly a bit of a hidden gem. 💎 Get in touch if you have questions! Happy to answer questions!

⚖️ #Zinc homeostasis is essential for #plant #growth, and now Deng et al. reveal how CPK10 kinase acts as a delayed brake on zinc uptake, preventing plants from taking up too much and maintaining this critical balance. 🌱 doi.org/10.1111/jipb... @wileylifesci.bsky.social #PlantSci #JIPB

This aromatic #wheat developed via targeted mutagenesis of BADH1 and/or both BADH1 and BADH2 using #CRISPR/Cas9 is a promising tool for breeding fragrant cultivars with higher consumer preference and market value. #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1111/jipb... @wileylifesci.bsky.social #PlantSci

No need to exceed: #tomato ripening is controlled by a small amount of #ethylene A Commentary by Sara Zenoni and Alessandra Amato nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PlantScience 🍅

Engineering uORFs in #wheat improves abiotic stress tolerance without growth penalties Xiaomin Si, et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/9FTBNM... #PlantScience

⏰️ Last chance to submit an abstract for Sustainable Crop Nutrition ⏰️ Join our invited speakers: 📍 York & Online, 17-18th November ⏰️ Abstract submission closes 28th October Find out more & register now! 👉 buff.ly/38OQYvy #sustainableagriculture #plantscience #soilhealth

Professorship (W2) (6 years/tenure track) of Computational Plant Systematics. Munich, Germany. #plantscijob #plantscijobs #plantsciencejob job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/9...

Want to know more? Stay tuned or check out some of our recent work and reviews on the topic 🌱🌊 #plantscience doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...

📢 New Research Published in Agronomy! Cross- and Multiple-Resistant Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne) to ALS or/and ACCase Inhibitors 👏 Congratulations to the authors! 🔗 Read the full article here: www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/16... #Agronomy #PlantScience #Research #OpenAccess

This study reveals the role of insect #endosymbionts as crucial #evolutionary drivers, ultimately leading to the formation of morphologically similar yet genetically distinct cryptic #insect species through multiple mechanisms. doi.org/10.1111/jse.... @wileyecology.bsky.social #PlantSci #BugSky

AOP @ijpsjournal.bsky.social Phylogenetic diversity of flowering plants declines across the growing season in Rocky Mountain wildflower communities ​ @leahveldhuisen.bsky.social, Brian J Enquist, Katrina M Dlugosch www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #PlantScience

🌾🧬 VIEWPOINT 🧬🌾 Integrating evolutionary physiology with experimental evolution shows how transient herbicide stress responses can become stable heritable resistance traits, improving the prediction and management of rapid weed adaptation - He et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

This Monday: Fellowship Writing for Beginners. Panelists who’ve won NSF-GRFP, USDA-NIFA & FFAR on how they found the right fellowships and what made their applications stand out. Free, on Zoom. Mon Oct 26, 3 PM ET / 12 PM PT Register: udel.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #PlantScience #GradSchool

Here's a short blog post about the second article of my PhD which was recently published in @journalofecology.bsky.social and was selected as the cover photo for the October 2026 issue! #aquaticplants #plantscience #ecology #climatechange jecologyblog.com/2026/10/22/a...

Exciting new #OpenAccess #PlantScience in @theplantjournal.bsky.social reveals non-peroxisomal allantoin biosynthesis, a key step in #purine catabolism and #nitrogen remobilization. doi.org/10.1111/tpj.... @wileylifesci.bsky.social

Happy to share our🆕 #OpenAccess article " #Engineering the #paclitaxel biosynthetic pathway in #Physcomitrium patens for de novo and stable biosynthesis🧬🌿" is now published in @natcomms.nature.com🥳🎉 Congrts to all authors👏 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natureportfolio.nature.com #plantscience

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⏰ Deadline extended! The submission deadline for our special issue on plant immune receptors is now 30 November. More time to share your latest discoveries. We look forward to your contributions! 🌱 #PlantScience #PlantImmunity #MPMI

Smells eggy?🥚 Wang et al provide fundamental insight into sulfur nutrient utilization efficiency by examining the roles of S-containing primary compounds & secondary metabolites (produced via S assimilation pathways), in plant development & stress responses doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... #PlantScience

🎉Good news! The paper ‘Floral morphology tracks divergence time despite radical ecological shifts in southern South American mistletoes’ in @annbot.bsky.social by Fiorella Muñoz-Domínguez and co-authors is now #free for 2 weeks 🧵(1/7) 👉 doi.org/rttj #PlantScience #AobPlants

🌱 RESEARCH 🌱 A Heat-Inducible Rubisco Activase Safeguards Photosynthesis via Multilevel Regulation and Dual Function - Cao, Zhang, Qu et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pbi.... #plantscience

🌸 REVIEW 🌸 This review comprehensively integrates the structural evolution, multilayered regulation, and cutting-edge biotechnological applications of chalcone synthase, the key rate-limiting gateway enzyme in flavonoid biosynthesis - Chen et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

Professorship Experimental Plant Biochemistry. Tübingen, Germany. #plantscijob #plantscijobs #plantsciencejob www.academics.de/jobs/w3-prof...

New OA Article: "Reconstructing spore evolution recalibrates the timescale of land plant diversification" rdcu.be/ZqJutaiDfFLa This study models the evolution of spore characteristics in living land plants to reinterpret their spore-dominated early fossil record. #PlantScience

Arabidopsis cyclin-dependent kinases and MAP65 phosphorylation link microtubule dynamics with salt stress adaptation Xiaoxiao Qu, et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/JQ3UWK... #PlantScience

Mitochondrial genome homeodynamics across scales by Juan C. Landoni & Suliana Manley authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

An ancient genetic switch controls avocado flowering time by Jose I. Hormaza FREE till Dec. 10th at authors.elsevier.com/a/1n%7EAQcQb...

As global food demand rises, breakthroughs like new work on TGW1aJZ-the OsFTL1 allele that balances high grain yield with early maturity in #rice may hold crucial solutions. doi.org/10.1111/jipb... @wileylifesci.bsky.social #FreeAccess #PlantScience