🍬SWEET but not defenceless... @abhimanyujogawat.bsky.social et al. uncover a role for the #Arabidopsis SWEET12 sugar transporter in symbiosis, where it is essential for balancing fungal colonization & host defence for optimal plant growth Editor's Choice🆓 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... #PlantScience

🌿🔬Novel pyridinium dyes stain xylem with high sensitivity & specificity—outperforming traditional stains. Clear vascular imaging across species, even in xylem mutants A faster tool for plant development & stress research #plantscience @plantcellphysiol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/pcp/advance-...

Pyridinium derivatives as novel fluorescent probes for xylem staining in plant tissues

Abstract. Vascular plants (tracheophytes) rely on specialized tissues, xylem and phloem, for structural support, nutrient transport, and physiological adap

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Missing #ICPR26 already?? You can watch our highlights reel online now 👉 youtube.com/shorts/YlMY9... #plantscience #photosynthesis

ICPR26 - International Conference on Photosynthesis Research 2026

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July Issue cover 🍓 Ripe fruits of the cultivar 'Yubeni', which produce significant levels of the monoterpene (S)-linalool that contributes floral notes to the scent of strawberries Photo credit: Kazufumi Yazaki, Kyoto University, Japan Link to article: doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... #PlantScience

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

Strawberry fields forever…🍓 Check out the July issue - out now! academic.oup.com/pcp/issue/67/7 Featured cover paper by Tachibana et al. who report on GPP & FPP biosynthesis in strawberry - both important for the production of monoterpene signalling compounds in plants doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...

Strawberry fields forever…🍓 Check out the July issue - out now! academic.oup.com/pcp/issue/67/7 Featured cover paper by Tachibana et al. who report on GPP & FPP biosynthesis in strawberry - both important for the production of monoterpene signalling compounds in plants doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...

Volume 67 Issue 7 | 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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Last day at #ICPR26 😢 Come find us at the booth and grab yourselves a postcard! #Photosynthesis Special Issue: academic.oup.com/pcp/issue/66...

Lots of interesting topics covered in today’s session. If you have any questions related to science publishing please do get in touch with us or come and find us at the PCP booth tomorrow - last day at #ICPR26 !!!

Association of Applied Biologists@aabiologists.bsky.social · last wk.

Great pointers from the #ICPR26 editorial panel on 'Demystifying Scientific Publishing' 📝 Ft our own @plantbiotechj.bsky.social EiC @johnathan-n.bsky.social alongside fellow society owned journals @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social @jxbotany.bsky.social @embojournal.org @plantcellphysiol.bsky.social

Back to the future… #ICPR26 Wednesday’s Plenary Session: @angadmehta.bsky.social reports exciting work towards engineering artificial photosynthetic life by creating synthetic endosymbiosis between #Cyanobacteria and yeast

Don’t miss our joint publishers’ session on demystifying science publishing & the editorial process - with PCP’s Senior Managing Editor, Liliana Costa 🗓️ Weds 29th July 🕚 11am-12.30pm 📍 #ICPR26 Hall 1C, level 1

In the heat of the night… PCP editor Shizue Matsubara discusses the impact of elevated nighttime temperatures on daytime photosynthesis activity in plants, at #ICPR26

#ICPR26 #chloroplast session Takeshi Nakano discusses his group‘s latest work on how #brassinosteroid signalling influences #chlorophyll biogenesis See recently accepted paper: doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...

A clever HA(c)K!🧠 Ishikawa et al show that #rice OsHAK1, a high-affinity potassium ion (K+) transporter, mediates the uptake of toxic monovalent thallium ions in roots; uptake & translocation to aerial plants parts is however suppressed in the presence of K+ ions #PlantSci doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...

OsHAK1 is a major transporter mediating the uptake of monovalent thallium ions in rice under potassium-deficient conditions

Abstract. Thallium (Tl) is one of the most toxic elements to ecosystems, even at very low concentrations. Monovalent Tl ions (Tl+) can be readily taken up

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From lab to field.... Olakunle Sansa discusses recent efforts to integrate photosynthesis traits into breeding pipelines to generate climate-resistant cowpea varieties #CropScience #Photosynthesis #ICPR26

Stomata session at #ICPR26 Hanna Horak discusses the link between stomatal density / distribution in leaves and yield in plants (incl. #barley)

Missed our session yesterday at #ICPR26? Worry not -come & find us at the booth TODAY during the session breaks to meet & chat with our Editors: Ryouichi Tanaka, Shizue Matsubara @watarusakamoto.bsky.social & Senior Managing Editor: Liliana Costa You can also find us tomorrow & Thursday @10.30am

Tuesday plenaries at #ICPR26 Dario Leister reveals unexpected plasticity of the Cyanobacterial electron transport chain, providing alternative solutions to the canonical pathway #photosynthesis #cyanobacteria

Tuesday plenaries at #ICPR26 @mariaermakova.bsky.social opens the session with her illuminating talk on faster and higher photoprotection by the PGLR1 paralogs in grasses

Going wild!🥔 While cultivated potato comprises >90% α-solanine & toxic /bitter tasting α-chaconine steroidal glycoalkaloids (SGAs) content, Akiyama et al. have identified 6 structurally & metabolically diverse SGAs in wild potato, adding to the repertoire of known SGAs doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...

Life in the shade… 🌊 PhD candidate Claire Gibbs discusses her work on understanding how Acaryochloris marina is able to survive and thrive in far-red-light enriched environments #ICPR26

C4 omics… 💻🌿 Shifeng Cheng discusses phylogenomic & transcriptomic approaches to decoding the evolution of C4 #photosynthesis in angiosperms #ICPR26

20 years in 20 minutes… @janelangdale.bsky.social discusses the challenges and impressive successes of C4 metabolic and anatomical engineering in #rice #ICPR26

Don’t miss our session today at #ICPR26 ‘Publishing your way to the top with PCP‘ 🗓️ Monday 27th July 🕑 2pm 📍Meeting room 7, level 2 Find out about the publishing landscape & PCP‘s rich history of #photosynthesis research, plus editor tips & perspectives on working with impact See you later!🤩

Greetings from Liverpool!👋 🏁We’re all set up at #ICPR26 and ready to go! Stop by & chat with us at the PCP booth - located at the front of the Exhibition Hall (2A level 0), by the bar 🍻 ☕️ See you soon! 🤩 #Photosynthesis #PlantScience

One of our recent papers describing techniques to identify root barriers to parasitic plant infection. Plus we show that lignin in the cortex can block branched broomrape infection of tomato.

Plant & Cell Physiology@plantcellphysiol.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Hairy link... Gouran et al. @bradylabs.bsky.social @plantdevo.bsky.social provide an integrated experimental framework that enables holistic analysis of broomrape parasitism, which may be applied at scale to accelerate resistance gene discovery in #tomato & other hosts 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...

Can’t wait to meet & chat with delegates at #ICPR26 this week! Don’t miss our session: ‘Publishing your way to the top with PCP‘ 🗓️ Monday 27th July 🕑 2pm 📍Meeting room 7, level 2 👥Academic editors: R Tanaka, @watarusakamoto.bsky.social, S Matsubara Managing editor: L Costa See you all soon!🤩

Association of Applied Biologists@aabiologists.bsky.social · 2w ago

Less than 1 week to go until Photosynthesis 2026 and our programme books and goodie bags have arrived at AAB HQ 🎉 🌿 Looking forward to welcoming our delegates to Liverpool on Sunday!! #ICPR26 #photosynthesis

A family affair… Wang et al assessed transcriptional regulation of well-known immune-related subfamilies of OsPRRs, OsRLCKs, and OsTFs, & identified several novel subfamilies that contribute to pathogen perception & plant defense doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... #PlantScience #PlantImmunity

(CW)Integrity checks....✔️ Jobe et al. show that transmembrane receptor kinase FERONIA (FER) and its downstream receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase MARIS (MRI) not only regulate tip growth but also negatively regulate ABA-mediated growth responses in #Marchantia #PlantScience doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...

True Colors 💮 Featured paper by Kuriyama et al who uncover the molecular mechanism underlying floral bicolor pigmentation in some cultivars of #petunia & #dahlia = a bidirectional feedforward loop incl. mutual antagonism between DCL4 & flavonoid aglycons 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... #PlantScience

Fukayama et al. have identified & characterised two CRCT transcription factors in #Arabidopsis involved in the regulation of starch synthesis-related genes & #starch content albeit to a lesser extent than their corresponding #rice ortholog 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... #PlantScience 🌱

Congratulations to PCP Editor Iris Finkemeier and team @ifink-lab.bsky.social !

Universität Münster@uni-muenster.de · 3w ago

Researchers led by Professor Iris Finkemeier @ifink-lab.bsky.social from the Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology discovered a specific chemical mark in the ‘histone code’ of thale cress that is responsible for adaptation to salt stress. #Biology