By Mária Šimášková, Norbert Brugière, and Moritz K. Nowack VIB Center of Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium; Corteva Agriscience, Johnston, Iowa, US  Mária Šimášková and colleagues increase seed yield in maize by modulating the activity of the transcription factor KIL1  Background:…

Yang and Zhao et al. examine the control of seed germination at the chromatin level. Zhe Wu and Deyue Yang, Key Laboratory of Molecular Design for Plant Cell Factory of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Institute of Plant and Food Science, Department of Biology, School of Life Sciences, Southern…

Plant Physiology Webinar: Celebrating the October 2022 Focus Issue on Circadian Rhythms (Part 2) Recorded Tuesday, October 18 2022   About this Webinar Circadian rhythms are ubiquitous across eukaryotes, but are perhaps of particular importance to plants. In all model organisms…

Minsoo Yoon, the first author of "A conserved glutamate residue in RPM1-INTERACTING PROTEIN4 is ADP-ribosylated by the Pseudomonas effector AvrRpm2 to activate RPM1-mediated plant resistance"   Current Position: Scientist, The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Auckland,…

Jiaxi Yong, first author of "Clay nanoparticles efficiently deliver small interfering RNA to intact plant leaf cells" Current Position: PhD candidate in Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, the University of Queensland, Australia Education: PhD candidate (University of Queensland,…

Ka Zhang, first author of "Transcription factor WRKY28 curbs WRKY33-mediated resistance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in Brassica napus" Current Position: Crop Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, research associate Education: Huazhong Agricultural University, Crop genetics…

Nargis Parvin Laha, first author of “INOSITOL (1,3,4) TRIPHOSPHATE 5/6 KINASE1-Dependent Inositol Polyphosphates Regulate Auxin Responses in Arabidopsis” Current Position: DBT-Ramalingaswami Re-Entry Fellow, Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India Education:…

Kevin Cox, first author of "Automated imaging of duckweed growth and development" Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO Education: B.S. from University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, MO; Ph.D. from Texas A&M University, College…