Highlighted Article: In Arabidopsis stomatal cells, SPEECHLESS persists into maturing guard cells where its balance with FAMA is essential for guard cell development. Transcriptomic and genetic analys...

Teosinte alleles enhance nitrogen assimilation and seed protein without lowering crop yield when expressed in modern maize, providing a powerful strategy for crop improvement to meet future population...

RNA viruses co-opt host endomembranes to form replication complexes, often triggering cellular stress and immune responses. Here, we show that Arabidopsis thaliana activates selective autophagy to res...

Inositol pyrophosphate messengers regulate arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis and phosphate uptake in Lotus japonicus.

This study identifies epidermal patterning factor (EPF)-processing proteinases as the key activators of EPF1 and EPF2 peptides, establishing their proteolytic processing as the critical missing link f...

Nature Plants - A genetic screen across Arabidopsis accessions identifies SBG1 as a regulator of root abscisic acid response and endodermal suberin deposition via type 1 protein phosphatases,...

Plants can propagate their own clones through asexual reproduction. Genetic and hormonal factors regulating asexual reproduction have begun to be eluc…

De novo gene origination from noncoding regions is a major source of genetic innovation. Dong et al. [1] (Nat. Genet. 2025; 57:2562–2569) reveal that bryophytes harbor an exceptionally high abundance of such genes, establishing them as a new and key system for studying the mechanisms and evolutionary consequences of new gene emergence in plants.

Gene duplication and subsequent paralogue diversification are major obstacles to genotype-to-phenotype predictability.

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Stem cell protection is key to proper plant development. The root cap tissue performs this task by enclosing delicate stem cells in the root meristem and consists of columella cells at the tip and lat...

A genus-wide super-pangenome across 16 tomato species generated by integrating 20 telomere-to-telomere genome assemblies and 27 published genomes identifies structural variants associated with salinit...

Proteomic mapping uncovers endocytosis adaptors that drive receptor internalization for robust stomatal development.

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How plant cells coordinate developmental patterning remains a fundamental question in biology. This review synthesizes current knowledge of how ERECTA-family receptors interpret spatiotemporal peptid....

The ecological significance of root exudation has long been recognized, yet most research on root-trait organization has focused on easily measurable morphological and chemical traits. Root exudation, despite representing a substantial carbon investment in rhizosphere processes and belowground interactions, remains largely overlooked in the current Root Economics Space (RES) framework. Emerging evidence reveals inconsistent correlations between root-exudation traits and the collaboration versus conservation gradients of the RES. We explore potential mechanisms underlying these inconsistencies and propose two testable hypotheses: that root exudation can either be integrated into the existing two-dimensional RES or constitute an independent axis that extends the framework to three dimensions. Finally, we identify key research priorities to address critical knowledge gaps and improve trait-based predictions of belowground carbon allocation.

Phloem companion cell-enriched BRASSINOSTEROID-INSENSITIVE 1-LIKE3 controls Arabidopsis temperature adaptation.

A study maps terpene biosynthesis in Marchantia polymorpha oil bodies and identifies the ABC transporter MpABCG1 as a key factor for endogenous sesquiterpene accumulation in oil bodies, informing futu...

Inositol pyrophosphates (PP-InsPs) are central regulators of eukaryotic signaling events. While certain PP-InsP isomers have been conclusively linked to the regulation of phosphate homeostasis throug...

The E3 ubiquitin ligase NLA postively regulates cold tolerance and negatively regulates phosphate uptake in maize, and a genetically engineered variant of this enzyme leads to improved cold ...