Plant Science Research Weekly: March 4, 2022
Blog, WWR Full PostReview. Auxin canalization: From speculative models toward molecular players
The versatility of roles that the hormone auxin plays led Paque and Weijers to suggest a new meaning to the acronym IAA (originally- Indole Acetic Acid)- ‘Influences Almost Anything’. It is known that PIN-FORMED (PIN) auxin…
Plant Physiology Webinar: Celebrating the February 2022 Focus Issue on The Plant Cell Atlas
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The Plant Cell Atlas
Focusing New Technologies on the Kingdom that Nourishes the Planet
Recorded Thursday, February 10, 2022
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About This Webinar
Recent years have brought technological breakthroughs that provide a new perspective on…
Plant Science Research Weekly: February 4, 2022
Blog, WWR Full PostReview: The great diversity in kinds of seed dormancy: a revision of the Nikolaeva–Baskin classification system for primary seed dormancy ($)
In 1967, Marianna G. Nikolaeva presented the first detailed system to classify seed dormancy based on its causes and the conditions required to break it.…
Plant Cell Webinar: Highlighting Plant Cell Focus Issue on Cell Biology, Jan 25
Blog, Plantae Presents, Plantae Webinars, The Plant CellThis webinar was held, January 25, 2022
About This Webinar
In January 2022, The Plant Cell presents a Focus Issue on Cell Biology. In this Focus Issue, we go back to the “roots” of the journal, and the basis for its name, turning our attention to the many fascinating facets of plant cell biology.…
Plant Physiology Editor-in-Chief Yunde Zhao organized a webinar for Chinese plant biologists
Blog, Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: EditorialsOn January 14th, 2022, Editor-in-Chief and Plant Physiology editors from China met more than three hundred Chinese researchers and students through a webinar. Yunde first briefly introduced the history and current status of Plant Physiology. He then presented his vision for the journal in the next five…
Plant Science Research Weekly: January 21, 2022
Blog, WWR Full PostTT2 controls rice thermotolerance through SCT1-dependent alteration of wax biosynthesis
Global warming severely affects agricultural harvests, risking food security. To deal with heat stress, plants show different strategies. Indeed, heat increases intracellular Ca2+ levels to activate a heat shock…
URM Plant Scientist Highlights - Dawn Nagel (she/her)
BlogDawn Nagel (she/her) is an Assistant Professor of Genetics and Genomics in the Department of Botany and Plant Sciences at UC Riverside. She has been a faculty member at UCR since 2016. Dawn was born and raised in Guyana as the youngest of three children. As an undergraduate, she studied general biology…
Plant Cell Webinar: Highlighting Plant Cell Focus Issue on Cell Biology Jan 13
Blog, Plantae Presents, Plantae Webinars, The Plant Cell: NewsRecorded Thursday, January 13, 2022
About This Webinar
In January 2022, The Plant Cell presents a Focus Issue on Cell Biology. In this Focus Issue, we go back to the “roots” of the journal, and the basis for its name, turning our attention to the many fascinating facets of plant cell biology.…
Plant Science Research Weekly: January 7, 2022
Blog, WWR Full PostHappy New Year! Welcome to our latest edition of Plant Science Research Weekly, featuring contributions from several of our new cohort of Plantae Fellows, who will be helping us keep up with exciting developments in plant sciences. Enjoy!
The evolutionary advantage of losing genes after endosymbiosis
The…