Wang et al. investigate the role of MdMPK4 in fruit peel degreening during light/dark transitions By Shuai Wang, Zhenhai Han and Ting Wu Background: One of the most important visual indicators of fruit ripening in apple is the color change caused by anthocyanin accumulation and chlorophyll degradation. We previously showed that the apple ethylene response […]
Yang et al. explore the mechanism of grain filling in maize. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac044 Tao Yang and Yongrui Wu, National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China. Background: Early seed development and grain filling in maize […]
Sun et al. explore the molecular basis of the stomatal response and stomatal development in maize. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac047 Guiling Sun, State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, School of Life Sciences, Henan University David Galbraith, School of Plant Sciences and Bio5 Institute, The University of Arizona Chun-Peng Song, […]
Author et al. explore the non-autonomous mechanism controlling stomatal aperture https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac038 Manuel Nieves-Cordones, Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UMR BPMP, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, INRAE, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier 34060, France. Present address: Departamento de Nutrición Vegetal, CEBAS-CSIC, Campus de Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain Hervé Sentenac, Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UMR BPMP, Univ Montpellier, […]
Author(s) and Institutions: Leelyn Chong and Yingfang Zhu State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng 475001, China Sanya Institute, Henan University, Sanya, 572025, China Leelyn Chong and colleagues provide cues as to how plants accelerate their flowering when faced with adverse conditions like drought, using tomato […]
Deng, Chen and colleagues focus on fruit ripening in tomato and describe the role of the EAR domain-containing Ethylene Response Factor SlERF.F12 in recruiting transcriptional repressors to the promoter regions of their targets By Heng Deng, Yao Chen and Mingchun Liu, Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, […]
Fuchs et al. report that reductive stress triggers retrograde signaling to safeguard the endoplasmic reticulum by boosting mitochondrial respiratory capacity. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac017 By Philippe Fuchs, Markus Schwarzländer Background: A strict division into specialized compartments, such as the cytosol, the chloroplasts, the mitochondria or the vacuole, is a principle that underpins the versatility of plant […]
Hasegawa, Reyes et al. discover a link between the ubiquitination of a key membrane trafficking regulator and carbon/nitrogen nutrient stress. Background: Ubiquitination is a post-translational modification that functions in numerous cellular processes by serving as a molecular signal, such as protein degradation, membrane trafficking, and complex formation. Although numerous reports describe the ubiquitination of cargo […]
Qin et al. identify a mechanism by which ethylene activates gibberellin catabolism to determine primary root growth in rice. Hua Qin and Rongfeng Huang Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Background: The optimization of root architecture is one of the most effective ways to improve crop productivity and stress resistance. The primary root, […]