Hidden influence: How microbial stress responses shape plant natural selection
Plant Science Research WeeklySoil microbial communities respond rapidly to stress, potentially leading to altered compositions in stressful environments and consequently impacting plant natural selection. Bolin and Lau investigated the influence of microbial responses to stress and persistent microbial legacy effects on plant selection.…
Unintended consequences of planting native and non- native trees in treeless ecosystems to mitigate climate change
Plant Science Research WeeklyAfforestation initiatives are globally underway to replace naturally treeless ecosystems with native and non-native trees. The primary objective is to enhance atmospheric carbon capture as a means to combat climate change. This review seeks to illuminate the diverse impacts of afforestation, both positive…
Plant Science Research Weekly: April 19, 2024
WWR Full PostReview: Chloroplast ion homeostasis
Healthy plants require access to several mineral nutrients, which are usually taken up in ionic form. The details of nutrient uptake, distribution, and function have been painstakingly revealed over several decades. In this excellent new Tansley Review, Kunz et…
A key player in glutamate export from Arabidopsis chloroplasts
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellThe et al. identified a chloroplast glutamate exporter in Arabidopsis thaliana. The Plant Cell (2023).
By Samantha The and Mechthild Tegeder, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164, USA
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad310
Background: Plants produce…
MdBPC2 regulates apple growth
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellZhao et al. discovered that MdYUC2a and MdYUC6b are targets of H3K27me3 modification mediated by MdBPC2-MdLHP1, which regulates auxin biosynthesis during apple growth.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad297
Haiyan Zhao, Shuyuan Wan, Yanni Huang, Xiaoqiang Li, Tiantian Jiao, Zhijun Zhang, Baiquan…
Examination of the plant cytokinesis machinery reveals the rules of cellular asymmetry
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellSchmidt-Marcec, Parish and colleagues characterize members of the MACERATOR (MACET) family of proteins in the context of cell division.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad304
By Sharol Schmidt-Marcec, Alyssa Parish, Tetyana Smertenko, Matthew Hickey, Bernard M.A.G. Piette, Andrei Smertenko
Institute…
Mechanisms underlying transposable element load variation in Arabidopsis
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellJiang et al. explore the mechanisms underlying transposable element load variation in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad296
By Juan Jiang (Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences) and Ya-Long Guo (Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Background:…
Thermoprotection by a metacaspase
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellZhou et al. examine the fundamental functions of metacaspases in the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad289
By Yong Zou, Adrian N. Dauphinee, Simon Stael and Peter V. Bozhkov
Department of Molecular Sciences, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University…
Techniques Becoming Obsolete in Plant Molecular Biology in 2024
Blog, CareersThe field of plant molecular biology has experienced remarkable growth in recent decades, contributed by significant milestones such as the recognition of Arabidopsis thaliana as a universal plant model, the Arabidopsis Genome Initiative in 2000 (The Arabidopsis Genome, 2000), and the 1001 Genome Initiative…