Plant immunity is crucial for adaptation to pathogen attack and subsequent survival. Two systems support plant immunity. Cell-surface pattern-recognition receptors (PRRs) recognize pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) and prompt pattern-triggered immunity. Intracellular nucleotide-binding leucine-rich…

Alpine ecosystems are particularly vulnerable to climate change since they are experiencing swift temperature increases and rainfall reduction. These changes have been shown to affect different aspects of plant life history, such as phenology and germination. In this exciting research, White and colleagues…

Update: Plant energy expenses: How to stretch the C budget Balancing the books means making sure that expenses don’t exceed income. In terms of a plant’s energy budget, most of the input comes from carbon fixed during photosynthesis. The output is much more diverse. Some fixed carbon is used for…

Xintong Liu, first author of “Rose WRKY13 promotes disease protection to Botrytis by enhancing cytokinin content and reducing abscisic acid signaling”  Current position: Postdoctoral researcher, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China Education: PhD from China Agricultural University,…

Alexandra E.  DeShaw, first author of "The plastomes of Hyalomonas oviformis and Hyalogonium fusiforme evolved dissimilar architectures after the loss of photosynthesis" Current Position: Research Assistant, Mood Disorders Research Group, Nova Scotia Health Authority Education: MSc. in Evolutionary…

Weihao Wang, first author of “Current insights into post-transcriptional regulation of fleshy fruit ripening” Current Position: Associate researcher, Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences Education: PhD from University of Chinese Academy of…

Erin Louise Baggs, co-first author of "Variation in plant Toll/Interleukin-1 receptor domain protein dependence on ENHANCED DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY 1" Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher Education: PhD from Department of Plant and Microbial Biology University of California Berkeley. Bachelor's…

Ding et al. explore how MAP kinases affect virus propagation in plants and animal hosts.  Zhi-Hang Ding, Xian-Bing Wang, State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China Background: Mitogen-activated protein kinase…