The concept of "Scaling Sustainability with Urban Farming Innovations" seeks to tackle the issues of food security, environmental sustainability, and urbanization by employing inventive urban farming techniques. The primary objective of this effort is to employ urban places that are currently not being…

Bradamante et al. investigate the heterogeneity of stem cells of the shoot apical meristem https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad295 By Vu Nguyen, Gabriele Bradamante, Ortrun Mittelsten Scheid and Ruben Gutzat Background: In plants, stem cells in the shoot apical meristem (SAM) produce new organs…

Lee, Liu, Kim et al. demonstrate that a plant m6A reader dampens stress responses. By Keun Pyo Lee, Kaiwei Liu, Eun Yu Kim, and Chanhong Kim CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences (CEMPS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad300 Background:…

Lesch et al. reveal that the mitochondrial RNA editing factor PPR78 of Physcomitrium patens is conserved among mosses despite the loss of its two known C-to-U editing sites due to the additional editing target ccmFNeU1465RC.  https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad292 By Elena Lesch, Volker Knoop…

 Yao, Wang et al. identify the mechanisms regulating inflorescence meristem determinacy in Arabidopsis. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad249 By Wang Jinsong Yao1, Yi Peng Wang1, Jing Peng1, Pei Pei Yin1, Hengbin Gao1, Li Xu1, Thomas Laux2, Xian Sheng Zhang1, and Ying Hua Su1 1Shandong…

Geng et al. reveal a feedback system that orchestrates the expression of genes controlling crown root development in rice (Oryza sativa) and uncover a molecular rheostat of this system. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad318 By Leping Geng and Yu Zhao National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic…

Read all about why these Plant Direct First Authors chose to pursue plant sciences and see their manuscripts here. Kyoko Takamatsu Kyoko Takamatsu is the First Author of α-Tomatine gradient across artificial roots recreates the recruitment of tomato root-associated Sphingobium published 18 December…

Wherever you might be in your scientific career, whether you are just dipping your toes into science or already conducting research, reading scientific manuscripts, and referencing them in your work is going to be a big part of your life. It is easy to be quickly overwhelmed by the substantial amounts…