Ambient temperature within the normal range of plant growth influences both pathogen virulence and host immune response. Plants rely on multilayered and multibranched immune systems to fight off pathogens. Plant immune responses are regulated by multiple plant hormones including salicylic acid (SA),…

Shade-intolerant plants sense surrounding light competitors and respond rapidly with shade-avoidance responses (SARs), including elongation of the stem, hypocotyl, or petiole. Far-red light (FR) is known to be an important light cue during this process. Gibberellins (GAs) are known to play an important…

High soil salinity affects the growth and development of plants, thus reducing crop yields. The wild relatives of modern crops often have adaptations to environmental stressors, and the alleles underlying these adaptations represent a rich source of genetic material that can be explored to improve environmental…

Among cereal crops, barley (Hordeum vulgare) is the most salt-tolerant species and is widely used for salt-tolerance studies. Recently, a genome-wide association study on 2,671 barley genotypes showed that single nucleotide polymorphisms from HvHKT1;5, a member of the high-affinity K+ transporter (HKT)…

Most evidence supports the idea that the C4 photosynthetic pathway arose via a series of innovations that initially enabled plants to refix a large fraction of photorespired CO2 via the shuttling of Gly from the mesophyll (M) to a sheath of cells surrounding the vascular tissue, where the Gly is decarboxylated.…

Meng Wang, first author of TaANR1-TaBG1 and TaWabi5-TaNRT2s/NARs link ABA metabolism and nitrate acquisition in wheat roots Current Position: Assistant Professor, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences Education: Bachelor degree (2006-2010): Shandong University, China; Doctor degree…

Huang  et al. found that SA inhibits hook formation and is dependent on the ET pathway in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc. 19.00658 By Peixin Huang, Yichuan Wang, and Hongwei Guo Background: For germnating seedlings to survive and become a mature plant, they must push through…

Ross Hendron, first author of Subdivision of light signalling networks contributes to partitioning of C4 photosynthesis Current Position: Post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Plant Sciences, Oxford University Education: Dphil in Interdisciplinary Bioscience, Oxford University Non-scientific…