Common buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) is a self-incompatible orphan crop which is gaining interest as it can be grown worldwide and grows well in low fertility soil. However, there are limited genomic resources available for common buckwheat. Here Fawcett et al. combined Illumnia short-read data with…

The shoot apical meristem (SAM) is a wonderous thing. How this tiny clump of cells generates the entire above-ground organ system regularly, predictably, and dynamically is a question that has been investigated for decades, with models incorporating cascades regulatory genes, diffusible peptides, hormone…

Marchantia polymorpha, the common (but adorable) liverwort, has earned its spot in the ranks of very important plant model systems, joining Physcomitrium patens as representatives of the bryophyte clade. Many systems first characterized in Arabidopsis and other angiosperms are now being studied in these…

Review: Red macroalgae in the genomic era I highly recommend this excellent and accessible article by Borg et al. that provides an overview of the red macroalgae, which “may have been the first eukaryotic lineage to have evolved complex multicellularity”. It’s full of fascinating information:…

Bournonville et al. explore which factors control ascorbic acid biosynthesis in plants and its accumulation in fruits. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad108 Céline Bournonville, Bayer SAS, 1050 Route de Pardies, 40300 Peyrehorade, France Kentaro Mori, Université Bordeaux, INRAE, UMR Biologie…

Plantae Presents: Enhancing Teaching Skills for Plant Scientists Featuring Debayan Bose, Ronda Hamm, Andrea Paterlini, and James Piercy When: Tuesday, September 19, 2023, at 08:00 AM PDT | 11:00 AM EDT | 4:00 PM BST | 11:00 PM Beijing About this Webinar Join us for an engaging webinar where…

In July, we published many innovative manuscripts in Plant Physiology. Behind those manuscripts are researchers, professors, professionals and students dedicated to advancing the field of plant science. You’ve seen our First Authors on Twitter  and Facebook— now, read more about why they chose to…

Yin, Romero-Campero, Yang, et al. identify CDs in the Arabidopsis genome and investigate the role of PRC1 in 3D structure. Xiaochang Yin1, Francisco J. Romero-Campero2 3, Minqi Yang1, Myriam Calonje2, Yue Zhou1 1State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Advanced Agricultural…