Flowers are not only a source of beauty and awe but also an important agronomical trait, since many crop yields depend on the proper timing of flowering. With increasing fluctuations in temperature, plants must finely tune the flowering process. In Arabidopsis thaliana, flower primordia formation at…

Producing completely homozygous lines in a single generation is crucial for accelerating hybrid breeding in crops like rapeseed (Brassica napus), yet conventional in vitro methods are time-consuming and genotype-sensitive. In this study, Bakhsh et al. developed an efficient in vivo haploid induction…

Plants have their own version of an immune system—and it’s smarter than you might think. Through a process called Systemic Acquired Resistance (SAR), plants can “remember” an attack and prepare for the next one, arming themselves with long-lasting, broad-spectrum immunity. When one leaf is infected,…

Running on empty: How does the absence of mtDNA shape mitochondrial movement and connectivity? Mitochondria move within cells to support bioenergetic function and enable sharing of content, including mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). Since not all plant mitochondria carry a full set of, or any mtDNA, sharing…

Behind the Plant Physiology manuscripts are researchers, professors, professionals and students dedicated to advancing the field of plant science. You’ve seen our First Authors on Bluesky, Facebook, and Twitter — now, read more about why they chose to pursue plant sciences and click on the links…

Behind the manuscripts are researchers, professors, professionals and students dedicated to advancing the field of plant science. You’ve seen our First Authors on Bluesky, Twitter and Facebook— now, read more about why they chose to pursue plant sciences and click on the links to read their articles. Guoyong…

Behind the Plant Physiology manuscripts are researchers, professors, professionals and students dedicated to advancing the field of plant science. You’ve seen our First Authors on Bluesky, Facebook, and Twitter — now, read more about why they chose to pursue plant sciences and click on the links…

The number of large molecular plant datasets seems to be growing exponentially. With this growth comes an urgent need for researchers to understand how these datasets should be analyzed and integrated to get accurate understandings of what they represent. This fine article by Leong et al. is a good place…