Entries by Plant Cell

Microtubule-associated proteins regulate tomato fruit shape

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Bao et al. reveal how microtubule-associated proteins regulate tomato fruit shape formation from a cell biology perspective.  Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad231  Zhiru Bao and Pengwei Wang National Key Laboratory for Germplasm Innovation & Utilization of Horticultural Crops, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, Hubei Province, China; 2. Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Wuhan […]

Stepwise cell fate establishment in the rice stem

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Tsuda et al. investigate the temporal order of cell fate establishment during stem development in rice. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad241 By Katsutoshi Tsuda Background: The stem, which consists of nodes and internodes, is an axis of the shoot that physically supports lateral organs such as leaves and flowers and enables water transport and solute exchange. In contrast to […]

Key factors that interactively regulate maize endosperm development

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Wu et al. explore how three key transcription factors co-regulate gene networks and the regulatory landscape associated with endosperm development and seed phenotype in maize.  https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad247 Hao Wu1,2 and Philip W. Becraft1,3 Iowa State University, Genetics, Development & Cell Biology Department, Ames, IA; Cornell University (Current), School of Integrative Plant Science, Ithaca, NY; Iowa State […]

Variegated grape berries enlighten us about plant radiation responses

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Zhang et al. identify a regulatory hub in grapevine controlling divergent specialized metabolic pathways as part of the light/UV radiation response. Plant Cell.  https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad228 By José Tomás Matus and Chen Zhang Institute for Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio), Universitat de València-CSIC, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain. Background: Since plants made the move to land, they have had […]

Arabidopsis long non-coding RNAs: an orchestrated hubbub

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Kornienko  et al. discover that Arabidopsis genome is full of long-non-coding RNAs that show their expression only in specific tissues and plants from different geographic origins because of differences in epigenetic silencing of these genes. Plant Cell – https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad233 By Aleksandra E. Kornienko Background: Only a small fraction of the genome encodes proteins. We were interested […]

Phenotypic and genomic changes during modern wheat breeding in China and the United States

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Jianqing Niu et al. explore how modern breeding reshaped wheat phenotype and genome in China and the United States, which will facilitate breeding higher performance wheat in the future. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad229 By Jianqing Niu and Hong-Qing Ling from Hainan Yazhou Bay Seed Laboratory and Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Background: A […]

A calcium-dependent protein kinase and an E3 ubiquitin ligase fine-tune rice immunity

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A calcium-dependent protein kinase and an E3 ubiquitin ligase fine-tune rice immunity Mou et al. explore the growth­–defense trade-off in rice. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad265 Baohui Mou, Jiyang Wang, and Wenxian Sun China Agricultural University Background: Plants need to keep a balance between growth and defense against diseases. How plants fine-tune this trade-off remains largely a mystery. We […]

Cytokinin signaling determines rice panicle size

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Chun, Fang, Savelieva, Lomin et al. explore the mechanism by which cytokinin signaling influences the size of rice panicle. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad257 By Yan Chun (淳雁), and Xueyong Li (李学勇) National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China Background: The plant hormone cytokinin (CK) […]

Examining apical floral decline in the indeterminate inflorescence apex of barley

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Shanmugaraj et al. used spatiotemporal multi-omics studies to elucidate the mechanism of apical degeneration of barley inflorescence meristem and proposes a molecular framework behind this process, the manipulation of which may increase yield in barley and other related cereals. Nandhakumar Shanmugaraj1, Thorsten Schnurbusch1,2 1Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Corrensstr. 3, […]