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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 5h
Petal infrared transmission warms flowers and reduces microbial abundance Williams et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/UEETQR...
Lyonia lucida and L. fruticosa have translucent, unpigmented regions at the proximal end of the corolla (‘windows’). White arrows point to a window on each flower. Photos: J. Williams and J. Francis.
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Plant Science Spotlight @plant-sci.bsky.social · 7h
🌾🧬 A 3D spatiotemporal atlas of rice spans 10 organs and 61 stages—851,725 nuclei and 347,640 spatial bins. It defines 119 cell types, reconstructs developmental trajectories, and links OsARF1 to distinct spatial programs A framework for crop improvement. #plantscience www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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A spatiotemporal lifecycle atlas decodes spatial coordination in rice
A 3D spatiotemporal cell atlas of rice spanning the entire seed-to-seed lifecycle. Developmental trajectories are captured, and the spatially distinct roles of OsARF1 in rice development and dorsovent...
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Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Dof20 transcription factor activates SRPP7 expression to promote natural rubber biosynthesis in Taraxacum kok-saghyz (Fengyan Fang , Hongzhi Ge , Mei Wang , Xiaoyou Wu , Jintao Li , Shouling Li , Wei Li , Shugang Hui , Xuchu Wang) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
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The Dof20 transcription factor activates SRPP7 expression to promote natural rubber biosynthesis in Taraxacum kok-saghyz
A transcriptional mechanism enhances natural rubber production by promoting laticifer cell development, providing promising targets for developing higher-y
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Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Phased T2T genome of a tetraploid grapevine reveals segmental allopolyploid origin and allele-specific alternative splicing during fruit development (Yingchun Zhang , Xu Wang , Yanshuai Xu , et al) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
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Phased T2T genome of a tetraploid grapevine reveals segmental allopolyploid origin and allele-specific alternative splicing during fruit development
Abstract. The tetraploid table grape Kyoho, a cultivar of major global economic importance, has long presented a challenge in understanding its genetic arc
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Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Physiology-informed high-throughput phenotyping of grain moisture dynamics provides enhanced insights into rice grain weight formation (Xu Wang , Feng Xiao , Zejun Li , Zhenghui Liu , Frédéric Baret , Yanfeng Ding , Chen Zhu , Shouyang Liu) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
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Physiology-informed high-throughput phenotyping of grain moisture dynamics provides enhanced insights into rice grain weight formation
Abstract. Grain filling is the decisive period for rice grain weight formation. However, traditional static traits fail to capture its complex, nonlinear d
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Nature Plants @natplants.nature.com · 05/10/2026
New Article: "N-glycosylation code diversifies paralogous chitinases to balance plant immunity and growth" rdcu.be/FYUFGfiTi8Xa Two chitinases that produce or degrade immunogenic chitin oligomers => plants that gain chitin-triggered fungal resistance without a growth penalty. #PlantScience
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Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Phenomics-derived temporal maize health and environmental index enhance physiology-informed genomic prediction of yield across environments (Alper Adak , Aaron J DeSalvio , Seth C Murray , et al) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
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Phenomics-derived temporal maize health and environmental index enhance physiology-informed genomic prediction of yield across environments
Integrating temporal phenomics, genomics, and environmental data improved maize yield prediction by ∼18.5% and identified key loci underlying growth, devel
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Abiotic Stress in Plants @abioticstress.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Single-cell #transcriptomics and DNA #methylomics reveal cell type–specific #heat stress response mechanisms in #alfalfa academic.oup.com/plphys/artic... #PlantScience @plantphys.bsky.social @aspbofficial.bsky.social @plantteaching.bsky.social @planteditors.bsky.social @plant-sci.bsky.social
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Single-cell transcriptomics and DNA methylomics reveal cell type–specific heat stress response mechanisms in alfalfa
Abstract. Heat stress severely limits crop yield and threatens global food security; it also significantly influences the growth and development of alfalfa
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Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
GhCOR27 confers Verticillium wilt resistance in cotton by relieving the GhASIL1-GhERF114-mediated repression of lignin accumulation (Huiting Weng , Wenfang Guo , Chao Zhang , Huiming Guo , Jun Li , Hongmei Cheng , Xiaofeng Su) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
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GhCOR27 confers Verticillium wilt resistance in cotton by relieving the GhASIL1-GhERF114-mediated repression of lignin accumulation
Abstract. Verticillium wilt (VW) severely limits cotton production; yet, the molecular mechanisms underlying cotton immunity remain incompletely understood
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
✨ Paper spotlight ✨ (🧵 1/3) Engineering a TurboID-based proximity labeling tool to track the dynamic secretomes under salt stress nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Fig. 3 Sodium chloride (NaCl)-induced conventional secretion of Apoplastic EDS1-Dependent 3 (AED3) protein.
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Belowground growth is the primary driver of radial oxygen loss from Typha angustifolia to sediment Stein and Cardon nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Oxygen pool accompanying the growth of a new Typha angustifolia rhizome through anoxic sediment.
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Plant Science Spotlight @plant-sci.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🌾🧬 Warming alters how rice roots split carbon between growth and respiration. Cortical cell expansion peaks at ~28°C; extremes shift carbon toward respiration. ABA mutants show reduced sensitivity. Root physiology matters for plant-soil carbon fluxes. #plantscience academic.oup.com/plphys/artic...
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Temperature responses of root carbon use efficiency are linked to cortical cell expansion
Abstract. Plant roots are essential for water and nutrient acquisition and constitute a major source of organic matter input to soil, underscoring their si
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Plant & Cell Physiology @plantcellphysiol.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Another missing link..? Li, Jin et al. show how #MYB factor (MYB41) is involved in the crosstalk between cell wall mannose & #brassinosteroid signalling pathways, thereby promoting lateral root development in #Mirabilis jalapa doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... #PlantSignalling #PlantHormones #PlantScience
Proposed model for MirMAN-mediated mannose regulation of lateral root development. MirMAN-mannose activates BR biosynthesis via AtMYB41, which in turn potentiates auxin signaling, ultimately working synergistically to promote root development.
Image taken from Hui Li, Xun Jin, Mengyao Rong, Sitong Guo, Caiyu Yang, Dongxu Wang, Hui Ma, Jingwei Lin, Shuisen Chen, Ming Zhong, Zhifu Guo, Mirabilis jalapa mannanase-mediated mannose promotes root development in Arabidopsis via the MYB41-DWF4 module regulating brassinosteroid signaling pathways, Plant and Cell Physiology, Volume 67, Issue 9, September 2026, Pages 1489–1502, https://doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcag053
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Plant Science Spotlight @plant-sci.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🌲🧬Conifer reproduction is poorly understood. A spatiotemporal atlas of Norway spruce maps the vegetative-to-reproductive transition, characterizes MADS-box gene DAL55, and clarifies YABBY evolution across gymnosperms and angiosperms A foundational resource #plantscience www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Norway spruce spatiotemporal programs of conifer reproductive development
Spatiotemporal transcriptomics across conifer reproductive and vegetative shoots reveals candidate developmental regulators and evolutionarily conserved tissue patterning genes in seed plants.
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Subversion of plant endomembrane trafficking by a Plasmodiophora brassicae effector PbALE that recruits membrane components at the host–pathogen interface to aid in colonization Hossain et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Schematics of ΔSPPbALE-induced disruption of plant endomembrane trafficking impairs both preinvasive and postinvasive immunity against filamentous fungi and facilitates intracellular colonization by Plasmodiophora brassicae.
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
An invasive weed responsible for severe pollen allergies around the world has revealed how rapidly plant genomes can change as species colonise new environments: www.monash.edu/science/news... Read the research published in New Phytologist: doi.org/10.1111/nph....
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Invasive ragweed is rewriting its genome as it conquers new territory
Invasive ragweed is rewriting its genome as it conquers new territory. Discover how Monash University scientists are uncovering the genetic adaptation driving its rapid spread.
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Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology at UW Madison @plantcmb.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This week, Ben Binstock (Bent Lab, genetics.wisc.edu/staff/bent-a...) will present " A Mechanistic Study of a-SNAP Function in SCN Resistance" at the PlantCMB seminar series. Please join us This Wednesday at noon in Biochemistry Room 2131 (Otc 7).
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Andreas P.M. Weber 🌾🌱🧬 @apmweber.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Two out of the three Nobel Prize winners are members of @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We are pleased to sponsor the Signals in wood and fluxes FLUXNET workshop, Tucson, AZ, USA, 6–9 October. fluxnet.org #PlantScience
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The Data Portal serving the FLUXNET community
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Plant Science Spotlight @plant-sci.bsky.social · 22h
🌱🧬Domestication stripped rice of microbes aiding N use. Mapping wild × cultivated populations uncovered OsRLK, a receptor kinase linked to Acinetobacter. Validated in transgenic lines & field trials—a framework for re-domesticating beneficial microbiomes #plantsci www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Wild rice locus enables microbiome re-domestication for enhanced nitrogen-use efficiency - Nature Microbiology
Hybridization of wild and cultivated rice plants improves nitrogen use efficiency through microbiome re-domestication.
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Plant Science🍀🌱 @sciplant.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
#PlantScienceJobs #PlantSciJobs #PlantScienceJob #PlantSciJob
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Abiotic Stress in Plants @abioticstress.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Chemical #priming of #hypoxia responses via PLANT #CYSTEINE OXIDASE inhibition improves #flooding tolerance academic.oup.com/plphys/artic... #PlantScience @plantphys.bsky.social @aspbofficial.bsky.social @planteditors.bsky.social @isplore.bsky.social @plant-sci.bsky.social @sciplant.bsky.social
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Chemical priming of hypoxia responses via PLANT CYSTEINE OXIDASE inhibition improves flooding tolerance
Abstract. Extreme flooding driven by climate change demands strategies to enhance plant tolerance to low-oxygen stress. We investigated the ability of bioa
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Botany One @botany.one · 04/10/2026
Senior Research Technician www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DTD099/s... We are looking for an enthusiastic research technician with molecular biology skills to join a small team studying plant cell biology. #BotanyJobs
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Senior Research Technician at University of Warwick
An academic position as a Senior Research Technician is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.
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Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Temperature responses of root carbon use efficiency are linked to cortical cell expansion (Tino Colombi , Anke M Herrmann , Aneesh Lale , Brian S Atkinson , Darren M Wells , Sacha J Mooney , Rahul A Bhosale , Craig J Sturrock) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
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Temperature responses of root carbon use efficiency are linked to cortical cell expansion
Abstract. Plant roots are essential for water and nutrient acquisition and constitute a major source of organic matter input to soil, underscoring their si
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The New Phytologist Foundation is pleased to sponsor AUXIN, taking place in the Algarve, Portugal, this week: web.cvent.com/event/81f0e8... #PlantScience
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Summary. - Auxin2026
We are delighted to announce that the Auxin2026 meeting will take place on the Algarve in Portugal between October 4th-9th 2026.
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Botany One @botany.one · 03/10/2026
Research Assistant - Auxin Signalling www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DTC116/r... A solid foundation in molecular biology - in particular gene cloning, protein biochemistry and quantitative imaging - is strictly required. #BotanyJobs
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Research Assistant - Auxin Signalling (Fixed Term) at University of Cambridge
An opportunity for an academic position as a Research Assistant - Auxin Signalling (Fixed Term) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
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Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The fungal effector CvA10999 suppresses plant immunity by targeting VvSnRKb1 to facilitate Colletotrichum viniferum virulence (Mengru Dou , Yuhang Li , Zinuo Feng , Xi Xu , et al) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
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The fungal effector CvA10999 suppresses plant immunity by targeting VvSnRKb1 to facilitate Colletotrichum viniferum virulence
C. viniferum effector CvA10999 suppresses plant immunity by targeting sucrose nonfermenting 1-related protein kinase β-subunit VvSnRKb1 and interfering non
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Plant Science Spotlight @plant-sci.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🌿🔆 How does PsbS trigger NPQ? Phosphorylation at T259 wasn't detected, and mutations impaired quenching. Evidence favors C-terminus–LHCII interactions over phosphorylation-based control. #plantscience @jxbotany.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...
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Mutation of a stromal C-terminal threonine residue of Photosystem II subunit S slows down NPQ induction and speeds up relaxation
Abstract. In order to prevent damage by excess light, light harvesting antennae can switch to an energy dissipative mode (termed non-photochemical quenchin
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in silico Plants @insilicoplants.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
💧 CPlantBox: a fully coupled #modelling platform for the water and carbon fluxes in the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum buff.ly/0XmEEOc #PlantScience
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CPlantBox: a fully coupled modelling platform for the water and carbon fluxes in the soil–plant–atmosphere continuum
Abstract. A plant’s development is strongly linked to the water and carbon flows in the soil–plant–atmosphere continuum. Expected climate shifts will alter
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Journal of Integrative Plant Biology @jipb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Medicago #seed pod morphology is highly variable, ranging from standard legume-like pods to spiral and spiny forms, and this shape variation has led to the adaptive radiation of the genus. doi.org/10.1111/jipb... @wileylifesci.bsky.social #PlantScience #FreeAccess #systematics #evolution
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Key innovation triggers adaptive radiation of the genus <i>Medicago</i>
Reconstruction of a robust phylogeny of Medicago using genome-scale nuclear data from the Angiosperms353 probe set sheds light on the origin of the genus and provides evidence that pod morphological ...
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Eirik Lågeide @eiriklag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In parallel, Yuan and colleagues in @asantiagofrangos.bsky.social's lab with @jpkbravo.bsky.social & Balwina Koopal described the Tiamat family in-depth. They show that Tiamat displays domain variations, and the Tiamat with homology to NOV has ssDNAse activity! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 11/n
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The bacterial antiphage protein Tiamat is an ATPase and DNase whose homologs are found across the tree of life
Bacteria and archaea encode hundreds of antiviral defense systems, some with homologs found in eukaryotic innate immunity. GHL ATPases like plant MORCs and prokaryotic Tiamat defend against viruses an...
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Eirik Lågeide @eiriklag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
As we found a Tiamat homolog in plants, we also wondered if it's present outside plants as well. We found that NOV with its long N-terminal extension, was also present in other eukaryotes. RNA binding domain acquisitions in fish suggests that it might play some regulatory role there as well. 9/n
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in silico Plants @insilicoplants.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
💧 Phloem anatomy restricts root system architecture development: theoretical clues from in silico experiments buff.ly/kcoaRfU #PlantScience #CPlantBox #RootScience
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Phloem anatomy restricts root system architecture development: theoretical clues from in silico experiments
Abstract. Plant growth and development involve the integration of numerous processes, influenced by both endogenous and exogenous factors. At any given tim
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Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The NAC17–PUB30 module enhances drought stress tolerance by regulating adventitious root development in apple (Bingyang Du , Xiang Zhang , Yuqin Xiao , Maihemuti Turupu , Zhengyang Wen , Xinyu Wang , Shuo Wang , Tingting Sun , Tianhong Li) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
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The NAC17–PUB30 module enhances drought stress tolerance by regulating adventitious root development in apple
A regulatory circuit that boosts root growth and auxin production in apple trees enhances drought tolerance, offering a target for breeding hardier dwarf r
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Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ethylene regulates organic acid metabolism in strawberry via the FaMAP3K–FaERF13–FaKAT module (Jian-Qiang Yu , Chang-Xu Duan , Bing-Xin Liu , Zhao-Ting Li , Li-Xia Sheng) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
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Ethylene regulates organic acid metabolism in strawberry via the FaMAP3K–FaERF13–FaKAT module
Ethylene fine-tunes strawberry organic acid levels via the FaMAP3K–FaERF13–FaKAT module, integrating transcriptional and protein regulation to shape fruit
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Plant Science Spotlight @plant-sci.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🌱🧬 Embryonic patterning depends on maternal epigenetics. H3K27me3 changes in integuments activate AUX1/LAX1, guiding auxin to the embryo. Blocking this pathway lowers embryonic auxin and disrupts development. #plantscience @natplants.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Maternal epigenetic regulation of embryonic patterning in plants - Nature Plants
Post-fertilization remodelling of H3K27me3 in integuments regulates the timely activation of auxin transport genes, thereby facilitating maternal-to-embryo auxin transport and shaping embryonic patter...
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Plant Science Spotlight @plant-sci.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Spotlighting global #plantscience that drives the field forward. We share AI-generated summaries of key papers/news that deserve more eyes, always with source links. Inbox us a paper link or tag us to be featured. #plantsci
Spotlighting global #plantscience that drives the field forward. We share AI-generated summaries of key papers/news that deserve more eyes, always with source links. 
Inbox us a paper link or tag us to be featured. #plantsci
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Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
JrCDPK13L-mediated phosphorylation of JrERF113L promotes walnut resistance to Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Haiyi Yu , Yuhui Dong , Kun Zhang , Jing Zhao , et al) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
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JrCDPK13L-mediated phosphorylation of JrERF113L promotes walnut resistance to Colletotrichum gloeosporioides
Abstract. Walnut anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides poses a serious threat to the walnut industry. Calcium-dependent protein kinases (CDP
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Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
CsANU10 maintains chloroplast structural integrity and transcriptional resilience during heat stress in cucumber (Yuxuan Ma , Qinqin Jiang , Zeqiang Huang , et al) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
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CsANU10 maintains chloroplast structural integrity and transcriptional resilience during heat stress in cucumber
Abstract. Heat stress destabilizes chloroplast function and frequently leads to leaf chlorosis in crops, yet the genetic mechanisms linking chloroplast int
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Nick Desnoyer @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Arabidopsis has never looked so good. Micro-rose imaged under the SEM by staff & students @johninnescentre.bsky.social bioimaging facility. Mag 15x. Image ~8mm. Left: false-colored.
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#TansleyInsight: Contrasting influences of ectomycorrhizal fungi on decomposition depending on soil fertility Lindahl et al. 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue #PlantScience
Fig. 1 Ecosystem types along a gradient of increasing nutritional and climatic constraints with an overall transition from carbon (C)- to nitrogen (N)-limitation on decomposition.
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Plant Science Spotlight @plant-sci.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Spotlighting global #plantscience that drives the field forward. We share AI-generated summaries of key papers/news that deserve more eyes, always with source links. Inbox us a paper link or tag us to be featured. #plantsci
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#TansleyReview: Navigating shoot apical meristem plasticity for plant adaptation Zhu, Han & Yang 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue #PlantScience
Fig. 1 Key molecular signalling pathways regulating stem cell activity in the shoot apical meristem (SAM).
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Plant Science Spotlight @plant-sci.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🌱🧬 Maternal H3K27me3 dynamics in integuments control auxin transport genes AUX1/LAX1, driving auxin flow from mother to embryo. Disrupting this reduces embryonic auxin and perturbs patterning. A new maternal epigenetic mechanism shaping development. #plantscience www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Maternal epigenetic regulation of embryonic patterning in plants - Nature Plants
Post-fertilization remodelling of H3K27me3 in integuments regulates the timely activation of auxin transport genes, thereby facilitating maternal-to-embryo auxin transport and shaping embryonic patter...
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GeminiTeamLab @geminiteamlab.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Now out! Together with Kenneth Berendzen, Yu Zhou et al., in a commendable team effort, set up a FANS-FAPS protocol for the isolation of plant Cajal bodies @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social — revealing kingdom-specific protein composition: academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
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Proteome profiling of plant Cajal bodies uncovers kingdom-specific components
Abstract. Membraneless organelles (MLOs) in eukaryotic cells, such as the nuclear Cajal body (CB), have been notoriously difficult to biochemically isolate
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Andreas P.M. Weber 🌾🌱🧬 @apmweber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Asgard archaea can actively crawl, using protrusions that are filled with an actin-based "cytoskeleton". Speed in the range of µm / s. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Dynamic protrusions mediate crawling motility in Asgard archaea - Nature
Anoxic live-cell imaging shows actin-dependent crawling motility and dynamic protrusions in Asgard archaea, providing insights into cellular innovations that may have contributed to eukaryotic evoluti...
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Disrupting two Arabidopsis thaliana xylosyltransferase genes results in plants deficient in thermomorphogenesis Liu et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/Z3GEAQ...
Several expansin and xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolases genes are required for warm-temperature-induced hypocotyl elongation in Arabidopsis seedlings.
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Fantin Mesny @mesny.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
5 years ago, @hacquardst.bsky.social and I became very interested in 𝑃𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑠𝑝ℎ𝑎𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎 𝑐𝑢𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑎, an emerging fungal pathogen that colonizes the roots of many plants 🌱 🍅 🌾 🆕📝 Final result of a huge team effort to uncover the bases of its multi-host compatibility👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Carbohydrate-active enzymes from a core root mycobiota member enable infection of multiple plant hosts - Nature Microbiology
Host-induced fungal CAZymes act as disease determinants and drive multihost compatibility.
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
✨ Paper spotlight ✨ (🧵 1/6) Linking genomic variation to floral trait adaptation across species boundaries nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Fig. 1 Examples of floral trait divergences between sister species adapted to different pollination modes.
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Plant Science Spotlight @plant-sci.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🌱🧬Wild rice harbours genes lost during domestication that recruit beneficial microbes. OsRLK, found mainly in wild rice, associates with Acinetobacter to boost N uptake. Overexpression increased yield in field trials A way to microbiome-guided breeding #plantscience www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Wild rice locus enables microbiome re-domestication for enhanced nitrogen-use efficiency - Nature Microbiology
Hybridization of wild and cultivated rice plants improves nitrogen use efficiency through microbiome re-domestication.
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