Plant Science🍀🌱

Register now to listen to PCA member Dae Kwan Ko's talk on "Mapping Transcriptional Regulatory Networks Underlying Abiotic Stress Responses in Sorghum."

SpikeFlow-4D maps rice panicle grain-filling kinetics by computed tomography #research #PlantCommunications cell.com/plant-commun...

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

Spotlighting global #plantscience that drives the field forward. We share AI-generated summaries of key papers/news that deserve more eyes, always with source links. Inbox us a paper link or tag us to be featured. #plantsci

#Apple Alternaria blotch is a devastating disease that threatens global apple production. Bai et al. identify MdWRKY9 as a key positive regulator of A. alternata resistance and provide insights for future breeding programs. doi.org/10.1111/jipb... @wileylifesci.bsky.social #PlantSci #JIPB

Congrats to @dennisbrandt.bsky.social on his new paper! 🌱 A "stay-green" mutant revealed that plastid LEA proteins are crucial for degreening and long-term seed survival 🫛 Big thanks to all involved - a massive team effort! @uni-muenster.de @newphyt.bsky.social #PlantSci doi.org/10.1111/nph....

Single-cell multi-omics reveals distinct regulatory architectures coordinating carbon assimilation and cyclic electron flow in maize C4 photosynthesis #research #MolecularPlant cell.com/molecular-pl...

#ASPBPlantPhysMonday #NewsandViews #ICYMI

FACULTY POSITION: We are seeking an Assistant Professor to join our growing and vibrant Department of Microbiology at Cornell! FOCUS: Using bacteria to address 21st century challenges. (part of a cohort hire in SynBio). *please repost* academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/33098 #MicroSky

A planthopper-secreted miRNA facilitates viral infection by disrupting plant growth–defense balance in rice #research #MolecularPlant cell.com/molecular-pl...

☀️🔬 RESEARCH 🔬☀️ This study provides practical guidance on which steady-state C3 photosynthesis models and response curve measurements allow reliable estimation of key photosynthetic parameters from gas exchange data - Xu et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

Interested in learning how emerging pangenomic and pantranscriptomic resources can help elucidate specialized plant metabolism? Check out our new review, published in The Plant Journal: doi.org/10.1111/tpj....!

🌳 RESEARCH 🌳 Wind triggers long-distance electrical signals in poplar stems that encode stimulus strength and speed. Root pressurization alone replicates these suggesting water pressure drives electrical responses to mechanical stress- Tinturier et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

Engineering BBM cis-regulatory elements releases epigenetic repression to enable highly efficient parthenogenesis and haploid induction #research #MolecularPlant cell.com/molecular-pl...

Spotlighting global #plantscience that drives the field forward. We share AI-generated summaries of key papers/news that deserve more eyes, always with source links. Inbox us a paper link or tag us to be featured. #plantsci

Seeking a tool for the reciprocal exchange of crucial breeding-specific beneficial alleles in #soybean, Jiao et al. engineered a navigable #genomic resource for knowledge-driven design breeding to ensure future #food security doi.org/10.1111/jipb... @wileylifesci.bsky.social #PlantSci #OpenAccess

How do unrelated plants make the same neuroactive molecules? Here, we show how two medicinal plants independently evolved to produce alkaloids that inhibit monoamine oxidase, a historical target of antidepressants. Excellent work by @fabiolamurov.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Plant Science Research Weekly --   How salicylic acid switches plant defence genes on and off (Nature) (Summary by Gourav Arora) buff.ly/NeLak8w #PlantaePSRW

The #TORC–SnRK axis: An integrative #signaling framework balancing #growth & #stress responses in plants www.cell.com/molecular-pl... #PlantScience @mplantpcom.bsky.social @plant-sci.bsky.social @stomata-tweets.bsky.social @plantteaching.bsky.social @sciplant.bsky.social @healthycrops.bsky.social

A single amino-acid switch reprograms ROP6 signaling to drive functional #evolution in plants Liuqin Zhang, et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/FYEBNB... #PlantScience

🌸🧬 INSIGHT 🧬🌸 "Orchestral maneuvers: integrated cytokinin and gibberellin signals regulate flowering". Johnston & Argueso discuss findings published in JXB by Werner et al. 📝 Insight: doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... 🔬 Research: doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

🌱🧬 Protein-coding transcripts do more than make protein. BT2 and GSL8 modulate target genes independently of their protein products—BT2 via RNA–DNA triplexes, GSL8 triplex-independently. This blurs the coding/noncoding boundary. #plantscience @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Postdoc opening in my lab! Looking for someone excited about genomes, symbionts and plant–insect interactions to join our team at @thesainsburylab.bsky.social. 🧬🍄🌿🦟 Applications reviewed from 16 Nov. buff.ly/WZtMcGs

Congratulations to @sannie-zishanfu.bsky.social for publishing the major paper from her PhD in Nature Plants. 👇🎉🌿 www.nature.com/articles/s41... Wonderful collaboration with @rafadscruz.bsky.social and @jensen-research.bsky.social @ukri.org #UKRIFLF @instmolplantsci.bsky.social

Plant Science Research Weekly --   Do roots rely on damage signaling for effector-triggered immunity? (Nature Communications) ((Summary by Aditi Bhat) buff.ly/E5Q4CYr #PlantaePSRW

Reconsidering photorespiration through the eyes of guard cells #plantscience

🌸🧬 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 🧪

Comparative genomics of dark septate endophytes: shedding light on the enigmatic lifestyle and biology of DSEs Sándor Csíkos, et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PlantScience

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

Anther middle layer fatty acid synthesis is essential for pollen development and fertility restoration at low temperature in Arabidopsis (Ben-Shun Zhu , Chi Zhang , Wen Hu , Jia-Jie Chen , et al) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial

#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

🌿🪨Rewriting early land plant evolution: the ancestral embryophyte produced unenveloped spores via monoplastidic meiosis & trilete spores appeared earlier than assumed New molecular clock estimates place crown embryophytes in the Late Ordovician (~457–450 Ma) #plantsci www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New OA Article: "The class VIII myosin ATM2 stabilizes actin–plasma membrane contacts in tobacco pollen tubes by locally promoting PtdIns(4,5)P2 formation" rdcu.be/gf9AZAuUiBga The modulation of plasma membrane lipids stabilizes membrane-proximal actin dynamics. #PlantScience

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

#Phytohormonal networks & thermomemory in plant #heat stress tolerance:From mechanistic integration to precision #engineering academic.oup.com/plphys/advan... #PlantSci @plantphys.bsky.social @sciplant.bsky.social @func-metabo-lab.bsky.social @plantmetabolism.bsky.social @plantresearch.bsky.social

#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 🌾 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 Article: "Rewriting wheat karyotypes through centromere-targeted chromosome engineering" rdcu.be/M5dMQ9xEboMa Centromere editing in wheat drives extensive, heritable rearrangements across multiple chromosomes; for engineering complex karyotypes in polyploid crops. #PlantScience

New Resource: "Chromosome-level phylogenomics and genome evolution of the grape family" rdcu.be/25RCaLYxvmia Family-wide phylogenomics sheds light on evolution of grapevine; role of Helitron transposons in the expansion and regulation of NLR resistance genes in grapevines. #PlantScience

🌽🧬 Modern maize is a hybrid of two wild grasses—parviglumis and mexicana. This mix gave it diversity and adaptability. Alleles from both ancestors could aid stress resistance and future breeding. #plantscience @jipb.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🌱 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

🌱🧬To solve Fe scarcity, Arabidopsis adjust its root chemistry by pH, enlisting bacteria that unlock Fe via different routes. The microbial tools are ancient, predating land plants Evidence of a deep partnership for nutrient acquisition #plantscience @cp-cell.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

🫒🧬 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 🧪

The @newphyt.bsky.social #TansleyMedal recognises an outstanding contribution to #PlantScience. 🌱 Open to researchers 3–5 years post-PhD 🌱 Shortlisted applicants submit a #TansleyInsight 🌱 Winner receives £2000 (GBP) Deadline: 1 November 2026 Apply now! 🔗 https://bit.ly/4xqJ5u6

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

Happy to share my first-ever #OpenAccess review in @plantphys.bsky.social now online🎉😍 #Phytohormonal networks and #thermomemory in plant #heat stress tolerance🌡️🌞: From mechanistic integration to precision #engineering🧬✂️🌿 🔗 academic.oup.com/plphys/advan... @plantteaching.bsky.social #PlantScience

#Ubiquitin signalling redefines #nutrient trade-offs in #crops www.cell.com/trends/plant... #PlantScience @cp-trendsplantsci.bsky.social @plant-sci.bsky.social @pauljarvislab.bsky.social @sciplant.bsky.social @healthycrops.bsky.social @novelcropnet.bsky.social @plantsignaling.bsky.social

#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

Plant Science Research Weekly --   Using eDNA from leaf and flower surfaces to assess plant-arthropod interactions (Ecology and Evolution) (Summary by Cael Dant) buff.ly/8Qn6ZCq #PlantaePSRW

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