By Yunde Zhao, Mike Blatt, and Mary Williams Plant Physiology initiated the Assistant Features Editor (AFE) program five years ago to help disseminate discoveries published in the journal and to train the next generation of editors and reviewers. Our AFEs are promising early-career scientists and…

Yuqing Niu and Mo Wang Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Genetics, Breeding and Multiple Utilization of Crops, Fujian University Key Laboratory for Plant-Microbe Interaction, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China Niu and colleagues elucidate how phosphorylation…

Michalopoulou et al. identified a core Xanthomonas effector that targets the host exocyst complex and disrupts host immunity. Plant Cell. (2022) https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac162 By Vasiliki Michalopoulou1,2 and Panagiotis Sarris1,2,3 1 Department of Biology, University of Crete, 70013 Heraklion,…

Tian li Li, co-first author of "BPL3 binds the long noncoding RNA nalncFL7 to suppress FORKED-LIKE7 and modulate HAI1-mediated MPK3/6 dephosphorylation in plant immunity" Current Position: Ph.D. candidate at College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China. Education:…

Gan Ai, co-first author of "BPL3 binds the long noncoding RNA nalncFL7 to suppress FORKED-LIKE7 and modulate HAI1-mediated MPK3/6 dephosphorylation in plant immunity"  Current Position: Postdoctor Education: Ph.D. in Nanjing Agricultural University (NJAU) Non-scientific Interests: Reading,…

Harsha Somashekar, first author of "Rice GLUCAN SYNTHASE-LIKE5 promotes anther callose deposition to maintain meiosis initiation and progression" Current position: PhD student, National Institute of Genetics, The Graduate University for  Advanced studies (SOKENDAI), Japan Education: Master of…

He et al. discover how the transcription factor ANAC017 integrates primary stress responses to mitochondrial dysfunction with whole plant growth.  By Cunman He and Oliver Berkowitz Department of Animal, Plant and Soil Science, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3086, Australia ARC Centre…

Lester Botoman, first author of "Agronomic biofortification increases grain zinc concentration of maize grown under contrasting soil types in Malawi" Current Position: PhD student, Crop and Soil Sciences Department, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) Education: MSc.…