🌱🧬Elevated CO₂ boosts growth—but only for some. Under competition, dominant species gain, while many others show neutral or negative responses. Acquisitive traits, not CO₂ sensitivity, predict success eCO₂ can reshape community dynamics #plantsci @natplants.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Interspecific competition negates CO2 benefits for most plant species - Nature Plants

Interspecific competition strongly constrains realized CO2 fertilization benefits. Although community biomass increases under elevated CO2, dominant species capture most gains, masking substantial var...

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🌱🧬Biomolecular condensates form dynamic, membrane-less compartments that help plants adapt to change. They associate with membranes to regulate signaling, trafficking & gene expression New methods are uncovering the biophysical rules—a new frontier in plant cell biology www.cell.com/trends/plant...

Emerging roles of biomolecular condensation in plant membrane biology

Plants require dynamic mechanisms of cellular organization to continuously adapt to fluctuating environmental conditions. Biomolecular condensation, which refers to nonstoichiometric assembly of macro...

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🌱🧬A maternal safeguard—TIE1—prevents endosperm from developing without fertilization. When TIE1 is disabled, seeds form autonomously, echoing natural apomixis This mechanism could be harnessed to fix hybrid vigor in crops, a path to clonal seed production. #plantsci www.nature.com/articles/s41...

TIE1 acts as a maternal brake on fertilization-independent endosperm development by associating with PRC2 to enforce imprinting - Nature Plants

Plants that form seeds without fertilization could fix hybrid vigour. This study determines that the maternal protein TIE1 serves as a brake to prevent autonomous seed development without fertilizatio...

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Plant Science Spotlight@plant-sci.bsky.social · 12h ago

🌱🧬AI and cryo-EM are powerful but experimental structural biology remains essential in plants. Static models miss dynamic interactions & plant-specific pathways Experiments are key for understanding hormone sensing, immunity & transport—driving crop improvement www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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PlantEvolution 🌱🌾@plantevolution.bsky.social · 3d ago

Many years ago, my lab helped to discover YUCCAs. Later, Jia-Wei Wang in the lab sussed out the role of miR156s in a range of developmental processes. And now YUCCA and miR156 reappear as partners in this beautiful paper from the Lenhard lab! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #plantscience

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New Phytologist@newphyt.bsky.social · 21h ago

Temperature and light responses of moss-associated nitrogen fixation vary across climates Yunyao Ma and Kathrin Rousk nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @voltcenter.bsky.social #PlantScience

Harnessing #metabolomics for enhanced crop #drought tolerance www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #PlantSci @plantmetabolism.bsky.social @func-metabo-lab.bsky.social @plantmetabolism.bsky.social @plant-sci.bsky.social @sciplant.bsky.social @plantmetaphor.bsky.social @chemodiversity.bsky.social

#Climate change and #crop resilience: harnessing #metabolomics for predicting stress #tolerance nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PlantScience #SciComm @newphyt.bsky.social @plantmetabolism.bsky.social @plant-sci.bsky.social @func-metabo-lab.bsky.social @bdxmetabolome.bsky.social

🌱🧬Elevated CO₂ boosts growth—but only for some. Under competition, dominant species gain, while many others show neutral or negative responses. Acquisitive traits, not CO₂ sensitivity, predict success eCO₂ can reshape community dynamics #plantsci @natplants.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Interspecific competition negates CO2 benefits for most plant species - Nature Plants

Interspecific competition strongly constrains realized CO2 fertilization benefits. Although community biomass increases under elevated CO2, dominant species capture most gains, masking substantial var...

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🌱🧬Biomolecular condensates form dynamic, membrane-less compartments that help plants adapt to change. They associate with membranes to regulate signaling, trafficking & gene expression New methods are uncovering the biophysical rules—a new frontier in plant cell biology www.cell.com/trends/plant...

Emerging roles of biomolecular condensation in plant membrane biology

Plants require dynamic mechanisms of cellular organization to continuously adapt to fluctuating environmental conditions. Biomolecular condensation, which refers to nonstoichiometric assembly of macro...

cell.com

🌱🧬A maternal safeguard—TIE1—prevents endosperm from developing without fertilization. When TIE1 is disabled, seeds form autonomously, echoing natural apomixis This mechanism could be harnessed to fix hybrid vigor in crops, a path to clonal seed production. #plantsci www.nature.com/articles/s41...

TIE1 acts as a maternal brake on fertilization-independent endosperm development by associating with PRC2 to enforce imprinting - Nature Plants

Plants that form seeds without fertilization could fix hybrid vigour. This study determines that the maternal protein TIE1 serves as a brake to prevent autonomous seed development without fertilizatio...

nature.com

🌱🧬AI and cryo-EM are powerful but experimental structural biology remains essential in plants. Static models miss dynamic interactions & plant-specific pathways Experiments are key for understanding hormone sensing, immunity & transport—driving crop improvement www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Beyond prediction: Why experimental structural biology remains essential in plants

Structural biology is undergoing a transformative era driven by advances in artificial intelligence (AI)-based protein structure prediction and cryo-e…

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Plant Science Spotlight@plant-sci.bsky.social · yesterday

🌾🧬 Super-pangenomes expand from species to genus level, capturing hidden diversity from wild & cultivated genomes. They reveal structural variants and rare alleles for stress adaptation A powerful tool for fast-tracking stress-smart, high-yielding crops. #plantscience www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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Plant Science Spotlight@plant-sci.bsky.social · yesterday

🌱🧬 TDIF peptides boost shoot regeneration via PXY/PXL, WOX14, and LBD4. External application enhances regeneration in recalcitrant sorghum—offering a way to ease tissue culture bottlenecks in crop editing and transformation. #plantscience @jipb.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Plant Science Spotlight@plant-sci.bsky.social · yesterday

🌱🧬 Legume wild relatives and landraces offer key traits for stress resilience and nitrogen fixation. Modern breeding tools can unlock this diversity for climate-adapted, productive varieties—boosting sustainability and food security. #plantscience www.frontiersin.org/journals/pla...

The CPK8-AHA1 #phosphorylation module dampens plasma #membrane H+-ATPase activity to confer #drought tolerance academic.oup.com/plphys/artic... #PlantScience @theplantcell.bsky.social @aspbofficial.bsky.social @aspbplantbiology.bsky.social @plant-sci.bsky.social @plantresearch.bsky.social

The CPK8-AHA1 phosphorylation module dampens plasma membrane H+-ATPase activity to confer drought tolerance

Drought-induced Ca2+ signals activate CPK8, which phosphorylates AHA1 at Ser-899 to inhibit its H+-ATPase activity, thereby enhancing plant drought toleran

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Linking #redox & #calcium signaling via #thioredoxins academic.oup.com/jxb/article/... #PlantScience @jxbotany.bsky.social @sebiology.bsky.social @sciplant.bsky.social @plant-sci.bsky.social @plantresearch.bsky.social @plantbiology.bsky.social @plantscientist.bsky.social @plantscience.bsky.social

Linking redox and calcium signaling via thioredoxins

A crosstalk exists between reactive oxygen species (ROS) and calcium (Ca2+) signaling. This review highlights how thioredoxins mediate redox regulation of

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🌱🧬 TDIF peptides boost shoot regeneration via PXY/PXL, WOX14, and LBD4. External application enhances regeneration in recalcitrant sorghum—offering a way to ease tissue culture bottlenecks in crop editing and transformation. #plantscience @jipb.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A CLE–RLK–LBD signaling module promotes <i>de novo</i> shoot regeneration in plants

A group of CLAVATA3/ESR-RELATED (CLE) peptides redundantly promote de novo shoot regeneration, signaling through PXY/TDR-subfamily receptors to transcriptionally activate WUSCHEL-RELATED HOMEOBOX 14,...

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🌱🧬 Legume wild relatives and landraces offer key traits for stress resilience and nitrogen fixation. Modern breeding tools can unlock this diversity for climate-adapted, productive varieties—boosting sustainability and food security. #plantscience www.frontiersin.org/journals/pla...

🥒🧬A pangenome built from 125 cucumber accessions uncovers the SVs behind key traits. Duplications, deletions & rearrangements shape everything from flowering time to disease resistance & fruit length This genomic toolkit offers a path to smarter, faster breeding. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Pangenome-resolved structural variation drives adaptation and trait evolution in cucumber - Nature Genetics

Pangenome analyses of chromosome-scale genome assemblies for 125 diverse cucumber accessions highlight structural variation shaped by selection for geographical adaptation, fruit-length diversificatio...

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🌾🧬 Super-pangenomes expand from species to genus level, capturing hidden diversity from wild & cultivated genomes. They reveal structural variants and rare alleles for stress adaptation A powerful tool for fast-tracking stress-smart, high-yielding crops. #plantscience www.nature.com/articles/s44...

From the genome to super-pangenome: a new paradigm for accelerated crop improvement - npj Science of Plants

npj Science of Plants - From the genome to super-pangenome: a new paradigm for accelerated crop improvement

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🧬🌱SuB3 is a simple, rapid & cost-effective protocol for nuclear-cytoplasmic fractionation from plant tissues—without protoplast isolation. Works for RNA & protein from the same sample A tool for studying subcellular gene expression systems in plant molecular biology academic.oup.com/jxb/article-...

SuB3: a simple nuclear–cytoplasmic subcellular fractionation protocol for localization studies of nucleic acids and proteins in plants

We present SuB3, a simple, fast, and inexpensive method to separate nuclear and cytoplasmic contents of plant cells to study where genes are active and how

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Plant Science Spotlight@plant-sci.bsky.social · last wk.

🌾🧬Pairing cover crops with enhanced rock weathering boosts carbon capture, nutrient cycling & soil health while cutting emissions. Root-driven processes drive the synergy. A route to climate-resilient agriculture, with scaling & governance challenges ahead. #plantsci www.cell.com/trends/plant...

Improving flood tolerance in #agricultural #plants is critical for sustainable #crop production. New work on the mechanisms of submergence tolerance marks GmSUR2a as a promising target for breeding flood-resistant #soybean. #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1111/jipb... @wileylifesci.bsky.social #PlantSci

A cytochrome P450 gene, <i>GmSUR2</i>^<i>a</i>, confers submergence tolerance and improves yield in soybean by modulating auxin homeostasis

The key cytochrome P450 gene GmSUR2a enables soybeans to withstand destructive submergence stress. By lowering the level of the plant hormone indole-3-acetic acid, this gene improves soybean survival...

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Want to up your tissue culture game?🤔 🔎Hu et al. have the solution you've been looking for. Their latest paper in #JIPB describes a CLE–RLK–LBD signaling module that promotes de novo shoot regeneration in #plants. doi.org/10.1111/jipb... @wileylifesci.bsky.social #PlantSci #Arabidopsis

A CLE–RLK–LBD signaling module promotes <i>de novo</i> shoot regeneration in plants

A group of CLAVATA3/ESR-RELATED (CLE) peptides redundantly promote de novo shoot regeneration, signaling through PXY/TDR-subfamily receptors to transcriptionally activate WUSCHEL-RELATED HOMEOBOX 14,....

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Journal of Integrative Plant Biology@jipb.bsky.social · 3d ago

This new #JIPB #OpenAccess #review explores how #melatonin seed priming enhances abiotic stress tolerance and proposes an integrative roadmap of advanced molecular and breeding tools to design next-gen, stress-smart #plants. doi.org/10.1111/jipb... @wileylifesci.bsky.social #PlantSci #CropSci

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Journal of Integrative Plant Biology@jipb.bsky.social · 6d ago

Want to up your tissue culture game?🤔 🔎Hu et al. have the solution you've been looking for. Their latest paper in #JIPB describes a CLE–RLK–LBD signaling module that promotes de novo shoot regeneration in #plants. doi.org/10.1111/jipb... @wileylifesci.bsky.social #PlantSci #Arabidopsis

MAPK cascades play crucial roles in #plant #growth, #reproduction, and responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. This🔥new #OpenAccess #review in #JIPB explores their role as an essential signaling hub in activating plant immunity. doi.org/10.1111/jipb... @wileylifesci.bsky.social #PlantSci

Decoding MAPK cascades in plant immunity: Activation, regulation, integration, and pathogen manipulation

This review focuses on mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activation and summarizes how plants regulate and integrate MAPK signaling in modulating plant immune responses. It also examines the ef...

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Plantae.org@plantaeofficial.bsky.social · 5d ago

#JustIn on Plantae - Who Gets to Be in the Room? Making Scientific Conferences More Accessible. In this new piece, ASPB Plantae Fellow Sonia Balyan looks at what it really takes to make scientific conferences accessible. buff.ly/4bKXf9v #PlantScience #PlantSci

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Plant Science Spotlight@plant-sci.bsky.social · 5d ago

🌱🧬Single-cell & spatial omics reveal cellular heterogeneity and hidden programs in plants. Key challenges: data integration, interpretation, and design Moving from atlases to mechanisms will unlock their potential for research and breeding @theplantcell.bsky.social academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...