
Natural Allelic Variation Improves Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Rice
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellZhang, Zhu, Shen, Ji et al. discover a way to enhance nitrogen use efficiency and grain yield in rice. The Plant Cell (2020) https://bit.ly/3s3bLb3
Background: Nitrogen (N), an essential element for crop growth, is provided to plants by external fertilizer application. However, the excessive use…

Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Marcus Griffiths
Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: Author Profiles
Marcus Griffiths, first author of A multiple ion-uptake phenotyping platform reveals shared mechanisms affecting nutrient uptake by roots
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow in the Root Phenomics lab headed by Dr. Larry York, Noble Research Institute, USA
Education: PhD in Plant & Crop Sciences…

The fat of the land: cuticle formation in terrestrial plants
Blog, Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: News and Views, ResearchMadeleine Seale
Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3RB, United Kingdom
[email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0002-8924-3943
In a world surrounded by a vast expanse of gaseous air, water is constantly evaporating from aqueous sources…

Recognizing Plant Direct authors: Rajeev Gupta
Plant Direct, Plant Direct: Author Profiles
Rajeev Gupta, first author of The maize premature senesence2 encodes for PHYTOCHROME-DEPENDENT LATE-FLOWERING and its expression modulation improves agronomic traits under abiotic stresses
Current Position: Principal Scientist and Theme Leader for Genomics and Trait Discovery, ICRISAT, INDIA, Falgship…

Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Konstantinos Koudounas
Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: Author Profiles
Konstantinos Koudounas, co-first author of Alternative splicing creates a pseudo-strictosidine β-D-glucosidase modulating alkaloid synthesis in Catharanthus roseus
Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, EA2106 - Biomolecules and Plant Biotechnology, University of Tours, France
Education: PhD…

Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Inês Carqueijeiro
Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: Author Profiles
Inês Carqueijeiro, co-first author of Alternative splicing creates a pseudo-strictosidine β-D-glucosidase modulating alkaloid synthesis in Catharanthus roseus
Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Tours
Education: PhD in Plant Biochemistry at the University of Porto (2013),…

The Battle Between Modifications on Chromatin
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellDong, LeBlanc, Poulet et al. investigate genomic stability in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell (2020) https://bit.ly/3nhgdQ5
By Jie Dong, Chantal LeBlanc, Axel Poulet, and Yannick Jacob
Background: DNA is the genetic material used by all living organisms on Earth. The faithful replication of DNA…

The Role of Ethylene and Ethylene Response Factors in the Heat Stress Response
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellSummary: Huang et al. elucidate a link between ethylene signaling and heat stress responses. Plant Cell https://bit.ly/3pTjNBK
By Jianyan Huang, Xiaobo Zhao, Marco Bürger, Yurong Wang, Joanne Chory
Background: Temperature is an environmental factor that has one of the most dramatic effects on…

Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Yupei Wang
Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: Author Profiles
Yupei Wang, first author of Molecular basis for high ligand sensitivity and selectivity of strigolactone receptors in Striga
Current Position: Ph.D. candidate in School of Life Sciences at Tsinghua University
Education: B.S. in College of Life Science, Wuhan University
Non-scientific Interests:…