Zhi Li, Andan Zhu, et al. compare inbred and hybrid lines to explore how daily changes in metabolic pathways affect hybrid vigor. The Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00320  Background: Heterosis or hybrid vigor refers to the superior growth or fitness in the hybrid progeny compared to one…

Liu et al., generate a novel collection of mutants impaired in PI3P biosynthesis and discovered new features and functions of this phosphoinositide in intracellular trafficking. The Plant Cell (2020). https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00285 By Richard S. Marshall and Richard D. Vierstra, Washington University,…

Lignin is a major functional component of plant secondary cell walls and the second most abundant biological polymer on Earth after cellulose. Understanding the biosynthesis of lignin has huge practical implications because lignin is a major by-product of processes that use cellulosic biomass for industrial…

Charles Copeland1 1Department of Plant Microbe Interactions, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Cologne, Germany ORCID: 0000-0001-8535-8615 [email protected]   As plants grow, they produce new organs such as leaves, lateral roots, and flowers. Plant development…

Creating Crops for the Future: Challenges, Technology, and Sustainable Solutions A special event hosted by Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis and Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Plant Energy Biology Recorded November 11, 11…

Castillejo et al. describe how independent mutations in the transcription factor MYB10 drive natural variation in strawberry color. The Plant Cell (2020) https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00474  By Cristina Castillejo and Iraida Amaya Instituto Andaluz de Investigación y Formación Agraria y Pesquera…

Roma Mukhopadhyay, co-first author of Measuring the dynamic response of the thylakoid architecture in plant leaves by electron microscopy Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, USA Education: PhD. in Chemistry, New Mexico State…

Meng Li, co-first author of Measuring the dynamic response of the thylakoid architecture in plant leaves by electron microscopy Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar in School of Oceanography at University of Washington, Seattle Education: PhD in Biochemistry, Cellular & Molecular Biology with…