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Recognizing The Plant Cell first authors: Gen Che

Gen Che, co-first author of A functional allele of CsFUL1 regulates fruit length through inhibiting CsSUP and auxin transport in cucumber  Current position: PhD student, Department of Vegetable Sciences, China Agricultural University Education: B.S. in horticulture, China Agricultural University Non-scientific…

Recognizing The Plant Cell first authors: Li Jiang

Li Jiang, c0-first author of A functional Allele of CsFUL1 Regulates Fruit Length Through Inhibiting CsSUP and Auxin Transport in Cucumber Current Position: Assistant Professor, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China Education: PhD in Vegetable Sciences (2010-2015),…

Recognizing The Plant Cell first authors: Jianyu Zhao

Jianyu Zhao, co-first author of A functional allele of CsFUL1 regulates fruit length through inhibiting CsSUP and auxin transport in cucumber Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Prof. Weng’s Lab, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI Education: PhD in Vegetable Sciences (2012-2017),…

Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Jennifer Schoberer

Jennifer Schoberer, first author of Golgi localization of GnTI requires a polar amino acid residue within its transmembrane domain Current Position: Senior PostDoc, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria Education: Master’s in Biology at the University of Vienna,…

Review: Connecting the pieces: uncovering the molecular basis for long-distance communication through plant grafting (New Phytol)

Grafting is an ancient vegetative asexual plant propagation technique. It is characterized by the connection of two plant segments, the shoot piece known as ‘scion’ and the root piece called ‘rootstock’ or simply 'stock'. Grafting is widely used in agriculture to improve crop production and…

Diverse metabolites across maize GWAS panel for dissecting maize genetic architecture (Plant Cell)

Plants can produce metabolites that are directly involved in various biological pathways. Identifying variations of specific metabolites in different genotypes would facilitate the understanding underlying complex genetic architecture of maize. One of most representative natural diversity panels, the…

Dramatic changes in repeat element content and gene family sizes underlie the high-altitude adaptation of rock-cress  (PNAS)

The ability to grow on the ‘roof of the world’ - the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, makes Crucihimalaya himalaica (Rock-cress) an important model for studying adaptive evolution. A draft genome sequence of C. himalaica reported by Zhang et al. now provides clues to its speciation and ecological adaptation.…

Review: Copy Number Variations shaping plant domestication (Trends Plant Sci)

Human-associated plant domestication is a co-evolutionary process that began at least 12,000 years ago. However, the genetic variations underlying many domestication traits are still unknown. In this review, Lye and Purugganan discuss how copy number variations (CNVs) have played an important role in…

Ca2+-dependent processing of immunomodulatory peptides ($) (Science)

Plants are sessile organisms that have evolved an extraordinary immune system to optimally adapt to the risky environment, which includes hazards such as insect chewing, weather damaging, and pathogen invasion. But the signaling mechanism of how the physical damage of cells triggers the intracellular…