Have you checked out the latest issue of PCP yet❓ Packed with illuminating Commentaries (c/o budding editors Hatsune Morinaka & @hisanaga-t.bsky.social), Review & Research articles🌱 What are you waiting for⁉️ 📖 academic.oup.com/pcp/issue/67/8 #PlantScience @jspp-news.bsky.social @academic.oup.com

Volume 67 Issue 8 | Plant and Cell Physiology | Oxford Academic

The official journal of the Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists. Publishes original articles reporting significant findings in broad aspects of plant biology.

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A single genetic innovation at the origin of plant terrestrialization https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.14.744897v1

Finally out!! Beatifull work leaded by Arezo Rahimi and Salma Balazadeh group at University of Göttingen and colaborators showing the power of root hairs induced by Flavo98 to enhance drought tolerence in plants!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Endophytic Flavobacterium promotes root hair development and enhances drought tolerance via an ERF–CEP5 hormonal regulatory module - Nature Plants

Flavobacterium sp. 98 promotes root hair development and enhances plant drought tolerance via a novel signalling pathway, highlighting the role of plant–microorganism interactions for improving crop r...

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Happy to have this out @maxstassen.bsky.social @shuhuah.bsky.social @cornepieterse.bsky.social @utrechtpmi.bsky.social #coumarins #beneficial_microbes #induced_resistance

bioRxiv Plant Bio@biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · last mo.

Coumarins link rhizobacteria perception in roots to systemic resistance in leaves https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.11.741996v1

Extracellular vesicles drive cross-genus mycovirus transmission and suppress two fungal diseases https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.03.742386v1

Reduced benzoxazinoid defences favour maize beneficial colonisation by Colletotrichum tofieldiae https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.31.742045v1

⏳ Only 5 days left to register! Our Rising Stars take the (virtual) stage Wednesday 29 July, 3PM UTC — the latest in plant-microbe interactions, from researchers around the globe. Free & open to all 👉 uchicago.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions@ismpmi.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Meet our first four Rising Stars of IS-MPMI! Join us on Wednesday 29 July, 3PM UTC to hear about the latest advances in plant-microbe interactions from the next generation of scientists. Free, online, and open to all! Register here: uchicago.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Meet our first four Rising Stars of IS-MPMI! Join us on Wednesday 29 July, 3PM UTC to hear about the latest advances in plant-microbe interactions from the next generation of scientists. Free, online, and open to all! Register here: uchicago.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Microbial chitinases perform functions beyond antagonism, including facilitating host colonization by interfering with chitin-triggered immunity. We review evidence that their diversification reflects adaptation to distinct host-associated ecological niches. academic.oup.com/femsre/artic...

My first Commentary as a PCP Budding Editor is now out!🌱🌱🌱 @plantcellphysiol.bsky.social I wrote about a fascinating study linking the cell wall-derived sugar mannose to brassinosteroid signalling and root development. doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...

From mannose to root development: MYB41 links cell wall-derived sugars to brassinosteroid signalling

Ryo Tachibana; From mannose to root development: MYB41 links cell wall-derived sugars to brassinosteroid signalling, Plant and Cell Physiology, , pcag093,

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We have an open professor position at my institute, the Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo! www.iqb.u-tokyo.ac.jp/recruiting/2...

Bacillus adaptation to Pseudomonas secondary metabolites enhances its root competitiveness https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.04.736374v1

Happy #WorldMicrobiomeDay! Announcing our upcoming special issue on ‘Microbiome-Mediated Plant Nutrient Acquisition’ 🪴 Organising Editors: • @keihiruma.bsky.social • Hiromu Kameoka • Rina Shinjo • Ioannis A. Stringlis • @kenichitsuda.bsky.social Find out more: academic.oup.com/pcp/pages/sp...

The last 5 years with @teamthomma.bsky.social have been an incredible journey. I learned incredibly much during my PhD and made many great friends 🤓 Now I'm moving to Tokyo 🇯🇵 to join the group of @keihiruma.bsky.social for my first postdoc. Excited for this new chapter and all that's ahead!

📢Calling all #icar2026 participants: ❓Do you have a question about PCP? ❔What to discuss your latest study with a PCP Editor? ❓Interested in any of our current special issues? Well, here's your chance to catch up with some of our amazing & v. friendly PCP Editors over the next couple of days! 😃

Thrilled to see this finally out!! Our new work suggests #Starships helped #Colletotrichum acquire the genes needed to infect lupin. A glimpse into how fungal pathogens emerge through horizontal transfer and genome reshaping. biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #Fungi #Genomics #Pathogenicity #evolution

🎉 📰 Very happy to share the journal publication of our manuscript "Plant-associated fungi co-opt ancient antimicrobials for host manipulation"! #ScienceAdvancesResearch @science.org @teamthomma.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Plant-associated fungi co-opt ancient antimicrobials for host manipulation

Fungal effectors may have evolved from ancient antimicrobials, shaping plant microbiota and immunity during infection.

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Rooting for your frenemies @keihiruma.bsky.social et al show how plants orchestrate endophytic fungi to keep pathogenic ones in check to maintain health & prevent disease onset 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... 🧑‍🏫 commentary by Zhe Wang doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... #PlantScience #PlantImmunity 🤩Cover Image👇

Check out our latest issue to read an interview with Junko Kyozuka, who studies plant growth with a focus on branching at Tohoku University. Find out more about her key early influences and advice Junko would offer to young scientists! Read the Q&A here: www.cell.com/current-biol...

Junko Kyozuka

Interview with Junko Kyozuka, who studies plant growth with a focus on branching at Tohoku University.

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Very proud to share our new paper led by Mathias Brands from my team at @UniCologne! With Markus Pauly team @HHU. Host-adapted enzymatic deconstruction of acetylated xylan limits immune activation and facilitates mutualistic colonization of monocot roots: Molecular Plant www.cell.com/molecular-pl...

Host-adapted enzymatic deconstruction of acetylated xylan limits immune activation and facilitates mutualistic colonization of monocot roots

This study identifies a monocot-specific enzymatic module in the beneficial root endophyte Serendipita indica, showing how ancestral saprotrophic enzymes have been repurposed into an immune-compatible...

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Coevolution of plant–microbe interactions, friend–foe continuum, and microbiome engineering for a sustainable future Molecular Plant (@mplantpcom.bsky.social) review www.cell.com/molecular-pl...

Coevolution of plant–microbe interactions, friend–foe continuum, and microbiome engineering for a sustainable future

This review synthesizes 450 million years of plant–microbe coevolution into a three-pillar framework centered on organellogenesis, root evolution, and immune gatekeeping. It organizes the friend–foe c...

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Really proud of this work led by Ruben Eichfeld! We show how a CBM domain gain/loss can rewire fungal chitinases, turning them from antifungal enzymes into immune-suppressing effectors that support plant symbiosis. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Domain gain or loss in a fungal chitinase enables specialization towards antagonism or immune suppression - Nature Communications

Gain or loss of a particular domain contributes to functional specialization of a conserved chitinase in beneficial root endophyte towards microbial antagonism or host immune suppression.

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A surprising observation of hundreds of nuclei in a single cell led researcher Norio Takeshita to investigate the remarkable powers of a fungus renowned across Japan. Read the latest interview from Inside Discovery: buff.ly/0i4KBTi @fungalcell.bsky.social

CDPKs regulate ROS burst during plant cell death Hino et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/32FTI7...

Some reflections on #Fungal26 This was a great meeting as always but set against some turbulent times of course, which meant many regular attendees were not present. This thread is mainly for them. However, the proportion of first-time attendees was very high and very international. #Fungal26 1/15

New review out! This might be the most up-to-date textbook on plant surface receptors and signaling. Great job, @brunongou.bsky.social ! dx.doi.org/10.1111/tpj....

Plant cell surface receptors

Plant cell surface receptors have evolved to perceive peptides, proteins, glycans, lipids, and small molecules through diverse ectodomains, integrating these inputs into distinct physiological output...

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Thank you very much for highlighting our work!

Plant & Cell Physiology@plantcellphysiol.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Rooting for your frenemies @keihiruma.bsky.social et al show how plants orchestrate endophytic fungi to keep pathogenic ones in check to maintain health & prevent disease onset 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... 🧑‍🏫 commentary by Zhe Wang doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... #PlantScience #PlantImmunity 🤩Cover Image👇

"New preprint: We found that a fungal nutrient-sensing factor coordinates virulence and adaptation under nutrient-limiting conditions!

Ren Ujimatsu@rujimatsu.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Please check the latest from our lab! Root-fungus senses host nutrient status, determining its infection strategies!

🔥Hot off the press....!🔥 ⭐The February Issue of Plant & Cell Physiology is out now!⭐ 🛋️ academic.oup.com/pcp/issue/67/2 @academic.oup.com @jspp-news.bsky.social #PlantScience 🌱 📸Photo credit: Shunsuke Miyashima, Ishikawa Prefectural University, Japan 📝Related paper: doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...

Really happy to see this one out: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Alibek's drive & great coll w/ friends @gekaragoz.bsky.social & E. Hallacli resulted in a cool story that starts with our beloved #Marchantia and ends with iPSC-derived neurons 🤩🤪 A short 🧵