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Journal of Plant Research

• Encourages work based on unique approaches and unprecedented findings.
• Welcomes interdisciplinary studies and newly developing areas of basic plant biology.
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• Covers a broad range of disciplines including taxonomy, phylogeny, evolutionary biology, and more.
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Ral6 encodes a seed allergenic protein that positively regulates grain weight and seed germination.

Athyrium yokoscense , a cadmium-hypertolerant fern, exhibits two cadmium stress mitigation strategies in its roots and aerial parts

• Hiroki Taoka
• Hiroaki Shimada

Impaired inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase leads to plant-specific ribosomal stress responses in Arabidopsis thaliana

• Shugo Maekawa
• Ikuto Nishikawa
• Gorou Horiguchi

Mechanical forces in plant growth and development

• Akitoshi Iwamoto
• Mariko Asaoka

Detection of reproductive interference between closely related Salvia species with small-scale separated distributions by multifaceted pollination and molecular analyses

• Sachiko Nishida
• Atsuko Takano
• Satoshi Kakishima

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Vitaceae history: Diversification and exinction

• Fabiany Herrera
• Mónica R. Carvalho
• Steven R. Manchester

Unlocking alleles from exotic wheat

Genomic and phenotypic screening of the A. E. Watkins landrace wheat collection identifies beneficial novel haplotypes demonstrated to improve modern wheat without negative linkage drag or pleiotropy.

• Seth C. Murray

Keeping D6PK polar

The PIN-FORMED (PIN) auxin efflux carriers in the plasma membrane are activated by the D6 serine/threonine protein kinase (D6PK). A recent study reveals how D6PK is anchored to membranes and trafficked between the plasma membrane and transport vesicles.

• Katarina Kurtović
• Vojtěch Schmidt
• Jan Petrášek

Zinc sensing in nodules regulates symbiotic nitrogen fixation

Plants constantly adjust their gene expression and metabolism to thrive in diverse environments. In legume root nodules, the surprising role of zinc as an intracellular messenger links environmental changes to transcriptional control.

• Takuya Suzaki
• Pengbo Liang

Guidelines for naming and studying plasma membrane domains in plants

This Review aims to define an updated nomenclature for plasma membrane domains in plants. The authors are experts in this field who unite here in an effort to eliminate the ambiguities and confusion that have persisted until now.

• Yvon Jaillais
• Emmanuelle Bayer
• Julien Gronnier

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Pretty privilege, where chloroplasts and er meet.

• Raphael Trösch

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• Guillaume Tena

Harnessing co-evolutionary interactions between plants and Streptomyces to combat drought stress

• Hongwei Liu
• Brajesh K. Singh

Chromosome-level scaffolding of haplotype-resolved assemblies using Hi-C data without reference genomes

• Xiaofei Zeng

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Behind the Paper: Seed longevity and metacaspases

In the quest to understand how seeds can survive extreme desiccation and remain viable for millennia, researchers at IMBB have uncovered the crucial role of type II metacaspases (MCA-IIs), in maintaining seed longevity. Seeds usually remain dry in an idle state by accumulating protective proteins and lipids, but until now, the molecular mechanisms controlling this process were unclear.

Behind the Paper: Non-forest flora threats

The loss of non-forest vegetation is a frequently overlooked threat to the Brazilian Amazon. Vegetation such as savannas, grasslands, seasonally flooded areas, and ecotones. Although less known, these areas are crucial for biodiversity conservation and the provision of essential ecosystem services.

Behind the Paper: Antarctica's frosty flora

Antarctica is the coldest continent on Earth. Well over 99% is permanently covered in ice. However, it is a much more fascinating environment than this suggests. In fact, Antarctica is a testament to life’s resilience, thriving against all odds in a harsh, inhospitable environment.

Behind the Paper: Crop modeling and AI

Combining site-specific yield potential derived from crop modeling and machine learning methods based on biophysical parameters, allowed us to generate gridded maps of yield potential that account for spatial variation in climate and soil properties.

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Underrepresentation of Black and Asian students in UK plant science

The UK plant science strategy establishes “Diverse People and Skills” as an important component of the future of plant science. However, ethnicity data from the UK Higher Education Statistics Authority show that UK plant science students are disproportionately white at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. We explore possible reasons for this and offer recommendations for action.

• Katharine Hubbard
• Nicola Joan Patron
• Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso

Differential FeS cluster photodamage plays a critical role in regulating excess electron flow through photosystem I

Photoinhibition of photosystem I and differential damage of FeS clusters under high light levels are natural phenomena in angiosperms that control electron flow to molecular oxygen while maintaining optimal carbon dioxide assimilation.

• Arjun Tiwari
• Fikret Mamedov
• Eva-Mari Aro

RNA helicase Brr2a promotes miRNA biogenesis by properly remodelling secondary structure of pri-miRNAs

RNA secondary structure is a new regulatory layer of transcript fates. Here, Li et al. find that plant RNA helicase Brr2a, acting beyond its canonical role in spliceosome, can optimize secondary structure of pri-miRNAs to promote miRNA production.

• Songxiao Zhong
• Xiuren Zhang

Increases in plant phenotypic diversity in response to aridity and grazing

• Catherine Walker

Boreal tree species diversity increases with global warming but is reversed by extremes

This study shows that global warming has had an overall positive effect on boreal tree species diversity over recent decades, but a negative effect in areas of extreme warming, with substantial implications for the productivity and temporal stability of boreal forest ecosystems.

• Wenmin Zhang
• Rasmus Fensholt

Understanding cell-type-specific regulation during seed germination

A seed reactivates its genome to germinate. By creating a single-cell atlas of germinating embryos, we show that gene expression is highly dynamic and cell specific. Most cells adopt a single, common transcriptional state early in germination, and then transition to distinct gene regulatory programs that drive the functions of individual cell types.

Establishment of single-cell transcriptional states during seed germination

This study reports a transcriptome atlas of the germinating Arabidopsis embryo at single-cell resolution. It demonstrates that the cells of the embryo transition from a common transcriptional state to cell type-specific states as germination progresses.

• Lim Chee Liew
• Mathew G. Lewsey

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