Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Kate Johnson
Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: Author ProfilesKate Johnson, first author of Xylem embolism spreads by single-conduit events in three dry forest angiosperm stems
Current Position: PhD candidate, Discipline of Biological Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania
Education: BSc and Hons from the University of Tasmania
Non-scientific…
Recognizing Plant Cell authors: Fugui Zhu
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesFugui Zhu, first author of A CEP Peptide Receptor-like Kinase Regulates Auxin Biosynthesis and Ethylene Signaling to Coordinate Root Growth and Symbiotic Nodulation in Medicago truncatula
Current Position: Postdoc, China Agriculture University
Education: Ph.D. in China Agriculture University; B.S.…
From fuzz to fiber – identification of genes involved in cotton fiber elongation
Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: News and Views, ResearchKim L Johnson
La Trobe Institute for Agriculture & Food, Department of Animal, Plant and Soil Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3086, Australia
Email: [email protected]
At least some of the clothing you are wearing is likely made of cotton, and you are not alone. Cotton…
No Entry: SIF2 Closes Stomatal “Doors” to Bacteria by Making Guard Cells SLAC(1)
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In BriefBacteria use stomatal pores as a point of entry to invade plant leaves. As a first line of defense, plants attempt to counteract this attack by restricting bacterial entry simply by closing the stomata. This happens via reduction in turgor pressure of the two guard cells flanking the stomatal pore, the…
CBL2-CIPK6-TST2-mediated regulation of sugar homeostasis
Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: News and Views, ResearchSugars have a key role in numerous cellular processes, and thus their storage and distribution are tightly controlled to ensure appropriate access when needed. In plants, the vacuole is the major storage organelle. The tonoplast (vacuole membrane) contains various transporters that regulate sugar and…
How a motor keeps its track from wandering
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellGanguly et al. establish that a transporter protein helps stabilize cell wall deposition sites.
Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.19.00700
By Anindya Gangulya and Ram Dixit
Department of Biology and Center for Engineering Mechanobiology, Washington University in St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
a…
Review: Feedback mechanisms between membrane lipid homeostasis and plant development (Dev. Cell)
Plant Science Research WeeklyPlant development is a regulated process of cell division, expansion, and differentiation. Membrane lipids are crucial to these processes, as illustrated in this review by Boutté and Jaillais. The authors discuss the major lipid components in the different membrane systems and how these vary in space…
Review. Plant nutrition for human nutrition: Hints from rice research and future perspectives
Plant Science Research WeeklyAmong all the mineral elements transported from the soil to the plant, cadmium (Cd) and arsenic (As)- are toxic for all organisms whereas 13 micronutrients, including iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn), are beneficial for both human and plant nutrition. Ideally, food crops should accumulate fewer soil contaminants…
Review. Endosperm variability: From endoreduplication within a seed to higher ploidy across species, and its competence ($) (Seed Sci. Res.)
Plant Science Research WeeklyIn addition to its well-known nutritive function, the endosperm of seeds has a great deal of morphological, genomic and functional diversity. In this review, Rangan summarizes endosperm variability and the molecular mechanisms behind it. Although classically described as being triploid (2n from the mother…