Santos Barrera Lemus: Plant Direct First Author
Plant Direct: Author ProfilesSantos Barrera Lemus, first author of "Large genomic introgression blocks of Phaseolus parvifolius Freytag bean into the common bean enhance the crossability between tepary and common beans"
Current Position: Biotech Research Manager at Plant Sciences Inc.
Education: Ph.D. in Agronomy and Horticulture,…
Gabriel DESLANDES-HÉROLD: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesGabriel DESLANDES-HÉROLD, first author of "The PRK/Rubisco shunt strongly influences Arabidopsis seed metabolism and oil accumulation, affecting more than carbon recycling"
Current Position: Lab Manager at Institute of Plant Science, University of Bern, Switzerland
Education: Dr. sc. ETH Zurich
Non-scientific…
Nan Wang: Plant Physiology First Author
Plant Physiology: Author ProfilesNan Wang, first author of “Kinase CIPK9 integrates glucose and abscisic acid signaling to regulate seed oil metabolism in rapeseed”
Current position: Seeking for a job
Education: PhD from Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
Non-scientific Interests: Music, Movie, and Sports
Brief…
A fresh mechanism for drought tolerance in apple
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellNiu, Jiang, Cao et al. discover the role of a ferredoxin-NADP+ oxidoreductase gene in drought tolerance in apple.
Background: Global climate change and rapid population growth have been increasing the shortage of water resources, enhancing the effects of natural disasters such as drought. Drought…
Brassinosteroids in the organization of rice internodes
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellNiu et al. discovered how the organization of rice internodes is regulated by the steroid hormone brassinosteroid. The Plant Cell (2022)
By Mei Niu and Hongning Tong
Background: Rice culms consist of 5–7 internodes and the length of these internodes determines plant height and resistance to wind,…