Over‐accumulation of abscisic acid in transgenic tomato plants increases the risk of hydraulic failure (Plant Cell Environ.)
Plant Science Research WeeklyABA enhances stomatal closure and so decreases transpiration. Several studies have shown that increasing ABA levels can increase water-use efficiency, so this strategy has been investigated with the goal of obtaining “more crop per drop”. Lamarque et al. investigated physiological and hydraulic effects…
Subdivision of light signaling networks contributes to partitioning of C4 photosynthesis (Plant Physiol)
Plant Science Research WeeklySome plants such as Zea mays partition different components of the photosynthetic pathway in mesophyll cells (MC) and bundle sheath cells (BSC) in a process known as two-cell C4 photosynthesis. For example, light-harvesting reactions carried out by photosystem I and II (PSI and PSII) occur only in the…
Plant Science Research Weekly: January 3rd
Blog, WWR Full PostReview: The nanoscale organization of the plasma membrane and its importance in signaling – a proteolipid perspective
Ample evidence shows that rather than being homogenous, plasma membrane lipids and proteins form distinct nanodomains. Jallais and Ott review plant plasma membrane nanodomains, and…
Simulation modeling platform provides a powerful tool for identifying optimal traits and management practices for wheat production
Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: News and Views, ResearchAuthor: Robert P Skelton1
skelrob@berkeley.edu
Affiliation: Dept. of Integrative Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
Global demand for food security places an emphasis on a need to improve crop yield. The complexity of plant development and its interaction…
The spikelet, a different “flower” in rice
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellDescriptive paragraph. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.18.00682
By Hui Zhuang and Yunfeng Li
Background: The spikelet, often mistaken for a “flower”, is actually an inflorescence unit and can produce one or more florets in some species of grass. This implies that it could be possible…
Recognizing Plant Direct authors: Rumen Ivanov
Plant Direct, Plant Direct: Author ProfilesRumen Ivanov, co-first author of Mobility and localization of the iron deficiency-induced transcription factor bHLH039 change in the presence of FIT
Current position: Senior Researcher, Institute of Botany, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
Education: National High School of Mathematics…
Recognizing Plant Direct authors: Ksenia Trofimov
Plant Direct, Plant Direct: Author ProfilesKsenia Trofimov, co-first author of Mobility and localization of the iron deficiency-induced transcription factor bHLH039 change in the presence of FIT
Current Position: PhD Student, Institute of Botany, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
Education: B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Biology (Molecular…
ASPB at PAG! (Jan 12-14, 2020)
Blog, Pubs Pages
Are you planning to be in San Diego in January for the Plant and Animal Genome (PAG) meeting? The American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) is exhibiting there and we would love to meet you.
Come by and see us at booth 634. Learn more about our journals, The Plant Cell, Plant Physiology, and…
Special Current Opinion in Biotechnology issue Issue: Plant Biotechnology
Plant Science Research WeeklySince most of us will have a few days off this coming week as we welcome in 2020, I’d like to highlight some of the engrossing reviews in this special issue of Current Opinion in Biotechnology, edited by Ralf Reski, Gary Foster & Ed Rybicki. Several of the articles focus on Molecular Pharming,…