A century of vitamin E research: The innovative journey from basic biology to synthetic bio‐manufacturing For a century, Vitamin E has been studied for its health benefits. This review traces its journey from basic biological discovery, and the recent identification of its link to chlorophyll degradation...

Zhang et al. trace the history of #VitaminE-from its initial characterization and the discovery of its link to chlorophyll degradation to #sustainable microbial #manufacturing, highlighting innovative future #tech!

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Rice plants overexpressing PSY peptides have longer roots with larger aerenchyma compared with Kitaake control. This alters the composition of root exudates, which means that the bacteria in the soil surrounding them produce less methane.

#PlantSci April 10 plantae.org/plant-scienc... (2/2)
Stress accelerates aging! (In leaves);
Real-time climate adaptation study of Arabidopsis;
SAR signaling mediated by jasmonate;
Rice that suppress rhizosphere methane production; Exuded benzoazinoids alter microbiota & promote disease resistance.

Systemic stomatal immunity: A rapid gate‐closing circuit unveiled in plants This Commentary highlights a recent study discovering Systemic Stomatal Immunity, a rapid, targeted immune program, filling a research gap by showing local challenge triggers distal stomatal closure ...

Wu et al. discuss recent work on systemic stomatal immunity (SSIM), a fast-acting, targeted #plant #defense mechanism in which #pathogen challenge triggers distal stomatal closure within hours.

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Fungal effector FolCP1b promotes infection by sequestering host subtilase SlSBT1 to protect apoplastic effectors from degradation Upon infection, the pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici sends the decoy protein FolCP1b into the plant cell. FolCP1b binds to the subtilase defense enzyme SlSBT1, trapping it in the cytopl....

🍅 Miao et al. characterize FolCP1b, a cerato-platanin effector secreted by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici.
🛡️Find out how this intracellular virulence factor disrupts host defenses & protects other Fol effectors.
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The development and domestication of maize ear A comparison between maize and teosinte ears and a simplified model for the origin of the maize ear.

🍿The origin of the #maize ear has been fiercely debated for more than a century.
🌽Using historical accounts and recent advances in maize domestication, Yu et al. propose a model for the origin of maize ear in this #FreeAccess #Review.
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Plants defend themselves against disease using a cellular recycling system called autophagy. This helps remove damaged material and plays a key role in plant immunity. A new #OpenBiology review shows that many plant pathogens target autophagy to promote infection: doi.org/10.1098/rsob... #PlantSci

12‐hydroxylauric acid, a novel growth regulator, promotes plant organ development The pleiotropic gene BnaA09.CYP78A9 regulates silique length, seed number per silique and seed size in rapeseed (Brassica napus). 12-hydroxylauric acid, the catalytic product of the CYP78A9 enzyme, e...

This study by Peng et al. highlights the potential use of 12-HOLA as a natural #plant growth regulator and marks the organ size regulator enzyme gene CYP78A9 as a target for #gene editing and #molecular breeding.
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A conserved fungal Egh16‐like effector suppresses host defense by disrupting ATP binding of wheat MPK3 Fusarium graminearum deploys the conserved effector Cee1 to interfere with wheat immune signaling. Upon entry into host cells, Cee1 associates with the ATP-binding domain of the immune kinase TaMPK3,...

🤔How do TAD-associated chromatin dynamics and CGVs shape transcriptional plasticity, stress responses, and adaptive #evolution in #plants?
🗝️3D #genomics, chromatin accessibility, and multi-omics data hold the key!
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Host adaptation is driving genome evolution and ecological speciation in the ectomycorrhizal basidiomycete Tricholoma Comparative genomics of three Tricholoma species with differing host spectra identified genes and gene families related to adaptive evolution and statistical analysis revealed the role of repetitive ...

Yu et al. combine #ecology-based #genomic evidence and #gene flow analysis in Tricholoma to reveal new insights into the speciation and evolutionary mechanisms of symbiotic #fungi.
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A conserved fungal Egh16‐like effector suppresses host defense by disrupting ATP binding of wheat MPK3 Fusarium graminearum deploys the conserved effector Cee1 to interfere with wheat immune signaling. Upon entry into host cells, Cee1 associates with the ATP-binding domain of the immune kinase TaMPK3,...

🤝ATP binding is essential to #plant #immunity.
💥Here, Kang et al. reveal that a conserved fungal Egh16-like effector disrupts ATP binding of #wheat MPK3, supressing host defense.
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Organ‐specific terpenoid responses in Tanacetum vulgare are chemotype‐dependent Common tansy varieties defend differently: some boost root chemicals against soil pests, while others release stronger leaf scents against aphids.

This paper provides a phytochemical framework for understanding above- versus belowground herbivore interactions.
From @jpschnitzler.net, @robinheinennl.bsky.social, @terrecolgroup.bsky.social et al.

Read #OpenAccess in our societies journal #PlantBiology #PlantSci
DOI: doi.org/10.1111/plb....

CasY7: An optimized Cas12i system for enhanced genome editing in monocot crops The Cas12i-derived nuclease CasY7 system achieved high editing efficiency in rice, maize, and wheat, notably enabling multiplex editing. This establishes CasY7 as a robust CRISPR tool for crop improv...

✂️This comprehensive validation of CasY7 across 942 #transgenic #plants confirmed robust editing in #maize, #rice, and #wheat, establishing CasY7 as a high-efficiency addition to the #CRISPR toolkit.

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We are thrilled to share our latest work uncovering a completely novel pathway in plants, where Pol II elongation factor SPT6L recruits AGO4 to guide mRNA methylation 🌿🔬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
#PlantSci #Epigenetics #RNA #Preprint #epitranscriptomics

HSP101‐encoding NEO‐TETRAPLOID RICE FERTILITY GENE 1 regulates tapetum development through interaction with SAPK2 in polyploid rice In neo-tetraploid rice, the NTRF1–SAPK2 heat shock protein–kinase module coordinates abscisic acid signaling with reactive oxygen species homeostasis to ensure timely tapetal programmed cell death an...

🚨New in #JIPB!
🌾Cao et al. report that HSP101-encoding NEO-TETRAPLOID RICE FERTILITY GENE 1 interacts with SAPK2 to regulate tapetum #development in polyploid #rice, providing a resource for its #genetic improvement.
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Multi-marker eDNA metabarcoding revealed contrasting biodiversity organization and assembly in two alpine river systems on the Qinghai–Xizang Plateau. Climatic and hydrological gradients structured community composition and interactions. Co-occurrence networks showed cohesive communities in the cold Yellow River but modular, flexible ones in the monsoon-influenced Nujiang River.

🏔️The unique alpine #biodiversity of the HKH is highly sensitive to #ClimateChange.
🌊Understanding how #environmental gradients shape riverine #biodiversity can inform adaptive #conservation strategies.
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The beautiful part of the PhD 🌵💖 #ScienceSky #PlantSci

10/🔗 Read the full stories here:

🌱Borniego, Pereyra, et al.: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
🔬Wilkinson, Sageman-Furnas, et al.: doi.org/10.1038/s414...

#PlantPhysiology #Auxin #Thermomorphogenesis #CellBiology #Arabidopsis #OpenAccess #PlantSci

Evolution in Fast-Forward: How Thale Cress Adapts – or Goes Extinct | Aktuelles aus der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt In an unprecedented field experiment, an international research team led by Goethe University Frankfurt, the University of California, Berkeley, and CNRS Montpellier investigated the evolutionary adap...

Result:
Many #Arabidopsis populations rapidly adapted to local climates – some, however, went extinct.

#PlantSci study led by @goetheuni.bsky.social , the @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social , + @cnrs.fr Montpellier

Press Release: aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/evol...

Sainsbury Laboratory Symposium poster with timelapse images. of a developing Arabidopsis thaliana leaf imaged at 9-12 days old under a confocal microscope, with cells segmented and coloured using MorphographX software. Images by Sarah Attrill.. Text reads: Shaping Life: Mechanisms of Morphogenesis Sainsbury Laboratory Symposium 2026 22–24 September 2026 | Cambridge, UK #SLS26. About the Symposium #SLS26 will explore the cellular, genetic and mechanical forces shaping plant form, bringing together researchers across scales of morphogenesis. Under the theme Shaping Life, topics span molecular regulation, biomechanics, live imaging, computational modelling and evolution. Abstracts close: 30 March 2026. Keynote Speakers: Ari Pekka Mähönen (University of Helsinki) and Lucia Strader (Duke University). Invited Speakers: Bénédicte Sanson, Kalika Prasad, Marie-Cécile Caillaud, Sabrina Sabatini, Thomas Greb, Weibing Yang, Joop EM Vermeer, Keiko Torii, Paz Merelo Cremades, Stéphanie Robert, and Utpal Nath.

Just 4 days left to submit your abstract for the Sainsbury Laboratory Symposium 2026 🌱
Join us in Cambridge (22–24 Sept) to share your work on plant morphogenesis — talks & posters all welcome.

🗓 Deadline: 30 March
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Don’t miss out! #SLS26
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"If you don't understand the soil, you don't understand root biology." - Malcolm J. Bennett (from @uniofnottingham.bsky.social)

We started day three with Malcolm’s keynote on why roots must be studied in real soil to truly understand their growth and behaviour.
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Stellenanzeigen - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Webseiten der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

📣 Job opportunity: ERC-funded position as a Five-Year Postdoctoral Researcher (all genders welcome) in @jandevries.bsky.social lab in Göttingen, Germany. Find more info here:
www.uni-goettingen.de/de/644546.ht...
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LpMPK6 regulates leaf color in perennial ryegrass by inhibiting LpMYBR1‐modulated transcription of LpNRT1.5 In perennial ryegrass, the MAP kinase LpMPK6 phosphorylates the transcription factor LpMYBR1 to suppress transcription of the nitrate transporter gene LpNRT1.5, thereby inhibiting root-to-shoot nitra...

🌈Leaf color is an important turfgrass trait, and nitrogen is pivotal for leaf coloration.
⛳️Here, Ye et al. report that #nitrogen-mediated LpMPK6 regulates leaf color in perennial ryegrass.
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Sainsbury Laboratory Symposium 2026 logo - Shaping Life-Mechanisms of Morphogenesis. Timelapse of a developing Arabidopsis leaf imaged at 9-12 days old under a confocal microscope, with cells segmented and coloured using MorphographX software. Images by Sarah Attrill. Overlay text: Abstracts close in 7 days

📣 Call for abstracts from global #plantsci community working on plant development!

⏰ Abstracts close in 7 days (due Monday 30 March)

Registration fees due later (15 June)

Register at:
www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/sainsbury-la...

Out of Africa: Phylogenomics and biogeography of Tribe Euphorbieae (Euphorbiaceae) Phylogenomic analysis of Euphorbieae reveals an African origin in the early Paleocene (~62 Ma), followed by multiple dispersals to Australasia, Asia, and the Neotropics. This “out of Africa” pattern ...

Atolwa et al. reveal insights into tribe Euphorbieae's global “out of Africa” distribution pattern and help us understand the role of key innovations and climatic shifts in #plant diversification.
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GSK3 regulates DOG1L4 to enhance pre‐harvest sprouting resistance in wheat GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3 (GSK3), a negative regulator of brassinosteroid signaling, phosphorylates and stabilizes the seed dormancy protein DOG1L4, which in turn activates ABSCISIC ACID INSENSITIVE...

🍞Pre-harvest sprouting in #wheat leads to premature seed germination and reduces both yield and flour quality.
🫓A new #FreeAccess study in #JIPB reports that GSK3 regulates DOG1L4 to enhance PHS resistance.
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Synergistic engineering of Casδ nuclease for robust genome editing A hierarchical engineering strategy was used to enhance the editing activity of Casδ, yielding an optimized variant termed enCasδ. This variant enables robust genome editing in animal cells and plant...

Meet a hierarchical engineering strategy that improves Casδ-1 #genome editing activity by enhancing its interactions with crRNA, PAM duplex, single-stranded #DNA substrate, and #RNA–DNA heteroduplex.
Read it for free!
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Diagram featuring a choloroplast/plastid, ER, cytosol, and nucleus, illustrating how the O-methyltransferases FsE4MT01 and FsE4MT02, and the glycosyltransferase FsP4′GT catalyze the terminal methylation and glycosylation steps in biosynthesis of the unique antiviral lignan phillyrin in Forsythia suspensa.

🧪Phillyrin is a unique #antiviral lignan with potent anti-#flu activity only found in Forsythia suspensa.
Wang et al. reveal key steps in its #biosynthesis, bringing us one step closer to a valuable #drug.
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Using 485 nuclear orthologous loci and complete chloroplast genomes from 108 globally distributed samples (57 species), this diagram illustrates phylogenetic relationships within Lonicera. Coalescent-based analyses revealed that incomplete lineage sorting is the dominant source of discordance, whereas introgression is widespread but weak and contributes little to topological conflict.

🐝A honey of a paper!
💐Liu et al. share insights into the #phylogeny and biogeographic #evolution of #honeysuckles, plus a reference for future studies on the evolutionary history of both #plant and #animal lineages.
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Yellow flowering daffodils with the glass front of a greenhouse complex in the background on a sunny day.

Wishing you a bright start to spring this weekend! 🌞

The daffodils in front of our greenhouses are in full bloom - and we hope that this season brings blooming research ideas your way! 🌷🌼🪻

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