In a rosette-forming plant like Arabidopsis, leaf radial angle is optimized to prevent self-shielding. By contrast, in a plant such as sorghum, leaf vertical angle affects self-shading. A “smart canopy” model has been proposed in which upper leaves have a more upright orientation to allow more light…

Within the bacterial genus Xanthomonas there are many plant pathogens, some of which colonize living cells within leaves, and others of which are vascular pathogens that colonize and spread through vascular tissues. Gluck-Thaler et al. looked at genomes from sets of closely related bacteria that…

During the Triassic and Jurassic periods (approximately 250 – 140 million years ago), Earth was dominated by gymnosperms including conifers. Today, the number of species and individuals is greatly reduced from their heyday, and instead Earth is dominated by angiosperms. Although it is widely stated…

Review: Integration of reactive oxygen species and hormone signaling during abiotic stress During its life cycle, a plant experiences many types of abiotic stress including drought. While waiting for the next drops of water, a thirsty plant acclimates by initiating a series of tolerance responses.…

Since 2004 the NAASC has fully funded ~100 students and PDs from groups underrepresented in STEM, particularly plant sciences, and faculty from PUIs and MSIs to participate in the annual International Conference on Arabidopsis Research (ICAR) thru the ICAR Inclusivity Scholars Program (ISP, formerly…

Wang et al. uncover the role of Laccase8 from the model system Cleome hassleriana in initiating C-lignin polymerization. The Plant Cell (2020) https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00598   By Xin Wanga,b,, Chunliu Zhuoa,c, and Richard A. Dixona aUniversity of North Texas, 1155 Union Circle #311428,…

Author: Sjon Hartman ORCID: 0000-0002-6709-6436 Plant Ecophysiology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands [email protected] Ripening of climacteric fruits such as banana (Musa acuminata), tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), and…

Virginie Perlo, first author of Metabolic changes in the developing sugarcane culm associated with high yield and early high sugar content Current Position:  PhD Candidate, Bioinformatics on Sugarcane at The University of Queensland (UQ), Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) Education:…