Rhythms in the dark: how endosperm responds to daylight cycles
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellLi et al. discover a diurnal pattern in sucrose content in developing maize endosperm that relies on the action of an E3 ubiquitin ligase on the master regulator transcription factor Opaque2. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00352
By Chaobin Li, Zeyang Ma, Rentao Song, China Agricultural…
Summer Webinars on the Plant Science Decadal Vision
Blog, Plant Science Research NetworkWith society summer conferences going online, the Plant Science Research Network has hosted a series of virtual discussions on the new Plant Science Decadal Vision 2020 - 2030.
On August 26, BTI President Dr. David Stern presented on the Plant Science Decadal Vision 2020–2030, a holistic vision for…
OsGSK2 integrates jasmonic acid and brassinosteroid signalling in rice
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In BriefPlant defenses against herbivore or pathogen attack involve the coordination of multiple hormone-mediated signalling networks, including the jasmonate (JA) and brassinosteroid (BR) pathways. Jasmonate is an oxylipin phytohormone that triggers the transcription of defence-related proteins and secondary…
The rhythm of the light: how light and the clock drive cycling of transcript levels in barley
Blog, Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: News and Views, ResearchCircadian rhythms are ubiquitous among living things. A core set of so-called clock genes and their products assemble an oscillatory network that provides a rhythm to anticipate dawn and dusk (Hsu and Harmer, 2014). The circadian clock regulates the day/night rhythms of plants and light itself has many…
The Multifaceted Roles of UPF1 in Gene Regulation
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellRaxwal et al. uncover the roles of the RNA helicase and ATPase UPF1 in regulating gene expression. The Plant Cell (2020) https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00244
By Vivek K. Raxwal and Karel Riha
CEITEC Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Background: Gene expression, i.e., the…
Online Plant Science-Related Courses - Quarantine-friendly education and training in plant science, bioinformatics and methods - for researchers and students
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A list of plant-science-related online courses, including peripheral courses which might be useful to plant scientists e.g. bioinformatics.
Almost all the courses are free to access if you just need to access the course materials. However, if you want certification, additional costs (imposed by…
Dwarfed no longer: how one mutant can help the other
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellWillems et al. establish that meristem organization and development rely on Anaphase Promoting Complex/Cyclosome-mediated breakdown of a cyclin.
Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00208
By Alex Willemsa,b and Lieven De Veyldera,b
aDepartment of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics,…
From "Orphan Crops" to "Crops For The Future"
BlogBy Conviron Scholar Sessen Daniel
Increasing world population, climate change, natural resources degradation and loss of biodiversity are critical challenges that are undermining food security and raising serious concerns over the resilience of our agricultural system. Will current agriculture,…
Call for virtual short talk submissions for #PlantaePresents panel discussions
BlogScience is about innovation and exploring new ways of doing things. Hence, we think it is time to experiment with a new format for #PlantaePresents.
We are introducing a short talk + panel discussion format, where talks are chosen by a reviewing panel from open video submissions, and the discussions…