Tian et al. report a link between classic brassinosteroid signaling and the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway in regulation of rice architecture and seed size. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab137 By Xiaojie Tian, Mingliang He, Enyang Mei, Baowen Zhang, Jiaqi Tang, Min Xu, Jiali…

Ambre Guillory, co-first author of "The Physcomitrium (Physcomitrella) patens PpKAI2L receptors for strigolactones and related compounds function via MAX2-dependent and independent pathways" Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher at LIPME (INRAE-CNRS Toulouse) Education: PhD in Plant Biology,…

Mauricio Lopez-Obando, co-first author of "The Physcomitrium (Physcomitrella) patens PpKAI2L receptors for strigolactones and related compounds function via MAX2-dependent and independent pathways" Current Position: Consultant and Vedas CII´s Associated Volunteer.  Education: BSc in chemistry…

Matthew Dwyer, first author of "Light-dependent phosphorylation of THRUMIN1 regulates its association with actin filaments and 14-3-3 proteins" Current Position: Postdoctoral position in the Kerfeld Lab at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (Starting in September) Education: B.S. in Biology,…

Fayezeh Aarabi, first author of "Sulfur Deficiency Induced genes affect seed protein accumulation and composition under sulfate deprivation" Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher at Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology Education: BS in Agricultural Engineering, Agronomy &…

Anderson et al. show how the Arabidopsis protein GET3B acts as a targeting factor for proteins important in chloroplast development.  Plant Cell. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab145. By Donna Fernandez and Stacy Anderson, Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin…

For millennia, humans have selected desirable traits in the above-ground part of plants, but below-ground traits have been only indirectly selected for. Thus, roots are ripe for optimization, and hold particular promise in efforts to make crops more resilient and efficient. This Update, by Karlova et…

Plants People Planet is a relatively young journal that launched in 2019. It’s aim is to explore aspects of plant science directly relevant to our daily lives, and how plant science is communicated to the public. The Sept 2021 issue has a focus on mychorrhizas, which it explores through several opinion,…