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The September issue is now fully online: www.nature.com/nplants/volu... #PlantScience

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New Editorial: "Engineering resilient forests" rdcu.be/9VhEudRpKxCa Climate change leads to changes in precipitation distribution and the frequency of extreme weather conditions. For temperate forests to survive this may require a targeted forest engineering approach. #PlantScience

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"How SCREW finds its NUT" rdcu.be/k8vBj18vix9a A News & Views on 3 complementary structural studies published together about SCREW/CTNIP–NUT/HSL3 signalling: rdcu.be/AY11kgcFgTia rdcu.be/S6g7YM6WPjTa rdcu.be/16bsh4fYzpna

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New OA Article: "REAP1/AtSWAP70 integrates RAB5 and ROP signalling during sexual reproduction" rdcu.be/kyZ4R2qBg9Da With News & Views: "ROP meets RAB at crossroads" rdcu.be/bqKfMzXQ26fa #PlantScience

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New Review Article: "Advancing the adoption of RNA interference-based biopesticides" rdcu.be/1FyqN1rWWL5a Reliability, regulation, public acceptance and advances in design and delivery will shape growers’ decision-making and adoption of RNA interference-based biopesticides.

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New Article: "Overcompensation of vegetation productivity after late-spring frost in the Northern Hemisphere" rdcu.be/hPE75sdFpLTa With Research Briefing: "Vegetation overcompensation after late-spring frost is widespread across terrestrial ecosystems" rdcu.be/8Kot7saaUrpa #PlantScience

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Now with a News & Views: "Ancient trees, different genetic legacies" rdcu.be/6w3GzBU3P5Ua

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New Correspondence: "CRISPR beyond biology: building a sustainable innovation system" rdcu.be/vPZVgFHi4Jza

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Nature Plants @natplants.nature.com · 15/09/2026

New Resource: "Decoding the landscape of cell-type-specific co-expressed transcription factors in soybean" rdcu.be/Utz7VVXv9V4a With Research Briefing rdcu.be/no6fLGakNtya

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Xu Wang (Schaller's lab), giving a talk at #PPRM2026 about new systemins in tomato, reminds us of the 1991 Science paper from Clarence Ryan's lab that basically started the whole field: 2 kg of tomato leaves to finally extract 1 ug of systemin. Amazing biochemistry. www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....

Our editors write: - Climate change: Routes and rates rdcu.be/gyAhX2fVsrra - Arabidopsis: Col-0 genetic divergence rdcu.be/f6LHr9wpTXpa - Maize domestication: Yet another domestication-selected enhancer rdcu.be/nZMHQqeUfaba #PlantScience

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New Letter: "An LRR co-receptor kinase essential for systemic nitrogen-demand signalling" rdcu.be/bePgscq8DY4a It is co-receptor for CEPR1, assigning a function to the last unknown clade of this receptor family. Key regulator of systemic N-demand signalling in plants. #PlantScience

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New Article: "Zinc-finger proteins C3H14 and C3H15 maintain meiocyte identity in flowering plants" rdcu.be/u85ab4jLd2La ...by eliminating somatic transcripts in anthers. Their loss leads to ectopic transcript accumulation, pachytene arrest, ROS bursts and PCD in meiocytes. #PlantScience

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Nature Plants @natplants.nature.com · 04/09/2026

New Brief Communication: "Cell-based CRISPRa screen identifies a papillae-specific receptor kinase mediating broad-spectrum fungal resistance in rice" rdcu.be/ZZFv8dTuRi8a A RK that positively regulates fungal resistance via silicon-mediated physical & biochemical defences. #PlantScience

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New OA Article: "Mapping genetic modifiers of epimutation rates identifies VIM2/4 as dosage-sensitive negative regulators of CG methylation maintenance" rdcu.be/Dbiv5mgVFwVa With N&V: "Epigenetic inheritance: A deletion loosens methylation memory" rdcu.be/1b868gz3jwCa #PlantScience

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New News & Views: "Breaking the apomixis trade-off" rdcu.be/zwkmkDh2S9Ta A sperm cell-specific TF, HUAXU, can trigger fertilization-independent embryogenesis when coupled with clonal gametogenesis, achieving near-complete clonal seed production in hybrid rice. #PlantScience

New News & Views: "Plant immune receptors built in silico and evolved in vivo" rdcu.be/Kh9wTHbDrKva Protein design & directed evolution in planta to build synthetic immune receptors that detect diverse pathogen proteins: on-demand design and refinement of resistance genes.

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New Comment: "Evolution and implementation of EU regulation on new genomic techniques" rdcu.be/FNqnZw7iVk8a Regulation (EU) 2026/1388 on plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their products was finally adopted by the European Union on 17 June 2026.

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Nature Plants @natplants.nature.com · 31/08/2026

New Article: "A domestication-selected CIPK–MYB–HAK module improves salt tolerance in modern maize" rdcu.be/wE44ss3pmQpa Modern maize has evolved enhanced salt tolerance via a CIPK20–MYB28–HAK4 regulatory module, absent in its wild progenitor teosinte. #PlantScience

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New OA Article: "Brassinosteroids promote sugar synthesis by inhibiting BIN2 phosphorylation of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase" rdcu.be/Q5Fqmnw1EPna BRs were found to relieve BIN2-mediated inhibition of PCK1, a key enzyme in gluconeogenesis and photosynthesis. #PlantScience

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Nature Plants @natplants.nature.com · 28/08/2026

New OA Article: "PAX-regulated self-organizing polarity drives procambial strand formation" rdcu.be/fCz7y The polarly localized protein kinase converts auxin cues into coordinated cell polarity, propagating polarity between neighbouring cells to form connected veins. #PlantScience

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Nature Plants @natplants.nature.com · 26/08/2026

New Article: "Evolutionary tuning of the molecular charge state of UBP24 shapes responses to high temperature" rdcu.be/fCfWE A conserved heat-adaptation mechanism in plants and yeast. Elevated temperatures increase protein negative charges, stabilizing key proteins. #PlantScience

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Nature Plants @natplants.nature.com · 26/08/2026

New Article: "A conserved hexapeptide switch controls autoinhibition of plant cytosolic invertases" rdcu.be/fCbGT With News & Views: "A paradigm shift in the regulation of plant invertases" rdcu.be/fCbHB #PlantScience

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Nature Plants @natplants.nature.com · 26/08/2026

New Article: "Atypical E2F transcription factors couple Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 to endosperm cell division and differentiation" rdcu.be/fCbFH ...curbing premature G1/S transitions and sustaining endosperm developmental homeostasis. #PlantScience

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The August issue is now fully online: www.nature.com/nplants/volu...

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New Article: "Plant-specific and conserved mechanisms of the polymerase-associated factor 1 complex in replication stress responses" rdcu.be/fBLTD With Research Briefing: rdcu.be/fBLUv #PlantScience

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New Article: "The origin and domestication of modern cultivated Chrysanthemum × morifolium" rdcu.be/fBLQ5 With Research Briefing: "Chrysanthemum genomics reveals the origin and domestication of modern cultivated chrysanthemums" rdcu.be/fBLRq

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New Article: "Biogeographical variation of angiosperm taxonomic traits exhibits a globally consistent structure" rdcu.be/fBLPL Biogeographical variation is organized along 2 axes associated with hydrothermal environmental gradients and regional phylogenetic structure. #PlantScience

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New Editorial: "Epic flora" rdcu.be/fBLMZ C. Nolan’s cinematic retelling of the classical saga The Odyssey is currently garnering praise from critics and audiences alike. The role of flora in the original story is small, but ripe with ethnobotanical significance. #PlantScience

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New OA Resource: "Profiling maize embryonic leaf development and discovering new genes using high-resolution spatial long-read isoform sequencing" rdcu.be/fBLLb ... cataloguing 5228 novel genes & functional isoforms to resolve regulatory networks. #PlantScience

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New OA Brief Communication: "Disequilibrium between chloroplast proton motive force and ATP levels in Arabidopsis" rdcu.be/fBLIG With News & Views: "Rethinking ATP balance in photosynthesis" rdcu.be/fBLKi #PlantScience

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New Article: "Diverse phytocytokines derived from conserved subtilase scaffolds co-evolved with clustered receptors to confer defence responses in legumes" rdcu.be/fBLGG SubPEP variants in soybean that confer tissue-specific immunity via GmSubPEP Receptors. #PlantScience

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New OA Article: "The state of plant photosystem II reaction centres affects the rate of non-photochemical quenching" rdcu.be/fBLE1 With Research Briefing: rdcu.be/fBLFJ

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New OA Article: "Endophytic Flavobacterium promotes root hair development and enhances drought tolerance via an ERF–CEP5 hormonal regulatory module" rdcu.be/fBLDA Role of plant–microorganism interactions for improving crop resilience under water limitation. #PlantScience

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New OA Article: "Bottom-up reconstruction of synthetic pyrenoids provides insights into the mechanisms and evolution of carbon concentration by EPYC1 proteins" rdcu.be/fBLCs With Research Briefing: rdcu.be/fBLC7 #PlantScience

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New Article: "A natural allele of TaSCE1-A1 confers drought resistance in wheat" rdcu.be/fBLzc A natural allele of the SUMO-conjugating enzyme SCE1-A1 enhances wheat drought resistance by improving water-use efficiency without compromising growth innormal conditions. #PlantScience

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New OA Article: "A STRUBBELIG–NHL3 cell surface receptor complex mediates the response to cellulose deficiency in Arabidopsis" rdcu.be/fBLtO Signalling by SUB in cell wall integrity involves two functionally distinct cell surface complexes. #PlantScience

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New OA Article: "Population history rather than tree age contributes to the evolutionary importance of ancient trees in an endangered conifer" rdcu.be/fBLrC Revealed by genome analyses of Glyptostrobus pensilis. #PlantScience

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Our editors write: - Drought genes: Narrow origin yet broad action rdcu.be/fBLoz - Saxifraga confirmed carnivorous rdcu.be/fBLpn - Cambium needs no preprophase band rdcu.be/fBLpq - Forest ecology: Going against gravity rdcu.be/fBLpJ #PlantScience

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New OA Article: "A mechanistic framework for the recognition of chemically diverse brassinosteroids by BRI1-family receptor kinases" rdcu.be/fBLmi The ligand-binding spectrum of the four brassinosteroid receptors in the model plant Arabidopsis is investigated. #PlantScience

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New Letter: "Interspecific competition negates CO2 benefits for most plant species" rdcu.be/fxOGi Although community biomass increases under elevated CO2, dominant species capture most gains, masking substantial variation in species-level responses. #PlantScience

New Article: "The dual trxG/PcG protein ULTRAPETALA1 modulates H3K27me3 and directly enhances POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2 activity for fine-tuned reproductive transitions" rdcu.be/fxOEJ With News&Views: "ULTRA(PETALA)-boosted plant Polycomb" rdcu.be/fxOET #PlantScience

New OA Article: "A VIM2/4 deletion, and premature truncations of CMT2 and FBX5, drive DNA methylation changes after colonization of a novel habitat" rdcu.be/fxOCc Cape Verde Arabidopsis rapidly evolved altered DNA methylation patterns through high-impact mutations. #PlantScience

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New News & Views: "A grass-specific route to salicylic acid" rdcu.be/fxOA1 Two complementary studies in rice identify the missing SA biosynthesis enzymes and reveal that grasses and eudicots evolved distinct biochemical solutions to produce the same defence hormone. #PlantScience

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