
Tengteng Gao: Plant Physiology First Author
Plant Physiology: Author ProfilesTengteng Gao, co-first author of “Fruit crops combating drought: physiological responses and regulatory pathways”
Current Position: Post-doctor, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, China
Education: 2012.09–2016.06 Qingdao Agricultural University (B.Sc.); 2016.09–2019.06…

Xiaomin Liu: Plant Physiology First Author
Plant Physiology: Author ProfilesXiaomin Liu, co-first author of “Fruit crops combating drought: physiological responses and regulatory pathways”
Current Position: PhD, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, China
Education: 2012.09–2016.06 Shanxi Normal University (B.Sc.); 2016.09–2019.06 Northwest A&F…

Xiaochang Yin: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesXiaochang Yin, co-first author of "Binding by the Polycomb complex component BMI1 and H2A monoubiquitination shape local and long-range interactions in the Arabidopsis genome"
Current Position: Postdoc, School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University, China
Education: Ph.D., Hainan University,…

Francisco J. Romero-Campero: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesFrancisco J. Romero-Campero, co-first author of "Binding by the Polycomb complex component BMI1 and H2A monoubiquitination shape local and long-range interactions in the Arabidopsis genome"
Current Position: Principal Investigator in the Institute for Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis (University…

Minqi Yang: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesMinqi Yang, co-first author of "Binding by the Polycomb complex component BMI1 and H2A monoubiquitination shape local and long-range interactions in the Arabidopsis genome"
Current Position: Ph.D. candidate, School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University
Education: Bachelor of Science,…

Hesham M.B. Sayed: Plant Physiology First Author
Plant Physiology: Author ProfilesHesham M.B. Sayed, first author of "Biosynthesis of polyprenylated xanthones in Hypericum perforatum roots involves 4-prenyltransferase"
Current Position: Assistant lecturer (Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt)
Education: PhD from Technical University Braunschweig, Germany;…

Sunil Kenchanmane Raju: Plant Physiology First Author
Plant Physiology: Author ProfilesSunil Kenchanmane Raju, first author of "DNA methylation signatures of duplicate gene evolution in angiosperms"
Current Position:
Postdoc, Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, New York University
Education: Ph.D. University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Non-scientific Interests: Playing badminton,…

Xiaoyu Weng: Plant Physiology First Author
Plant Physiology: Author ProfilesXiaoyu Weng, first author of “Transcriptome and DNA methylome divergence of inflorescence development between two ecotypes in Panicum hallii”
Current Position:
Research Associate, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Education:
Ph.D., Huazhong Agricultural University, China
Non-scientific…

Effectors breaking down the lignin fortress
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellSingh et al. reveal how the effector ArPEC25 renders chickpea susceptible to a necrotrophic pathogen by targeting the transcription factor CaβLIM1a and negatively modulating the accumulation of lignin.
Shreenivas Kumar Singh, Kamal Kumar, Praveen Kumar Verma
Background: Adapted pathogens exploit…
