OsSHI1 shapes plant architecture in rice
Duan et al. explore the mechanism underlying plant architecture establishment in rice. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.19.00023
By Erchao Duan, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Background: Rice is a major crop consumed by more than half of the world’s population. The…
Loss-of-Function, a Strategy for Adaptation in Arabidopsis
When thinking about adaptive processes, the concept of genetic innovation comes to mind. At the genomic scale, a lot of attention has been given to gene introgression, duplication, and novel functionalization to uncover the bases of adaptation. However, as the majority of genes are non-essential, both…
The Plant Direct Associate Reviewer Board
By Ivan Baxter
At Plant Direct, we take our role as a society journal seriously. So seriously, in fact, that we belong to two societies: the American Society of Plant Biologists and the Society for Experimental Biology. Part of our commitment is to publish the work of our community members without…
The scope of Plant Direct
By Ivan Baxter
Plant Direct is now fully up and running and accepting manuscripts and publishing papers. We are very excited to see the great science that has been submitted. But many have asked me what our statement “We seek to be the sound science plant journal for the community of ASPB…
Plant Direct: ORCID and Preprint Policies
ORCID policy
To represent our support of a global identifier and standardization in academic publishing, we require that all authors include a valid ORCID ID and email address during the submission process. Peer review of manuscripts will not commence until this information has been provided for all…
How Does Light Cause Arabidopsis Cotyledons to Open?
Dong et al. investigate cotyledon-specific light-regulated gene expression in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell (2019). https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.18.00803
By J. Dong, N. Sun, J. Yang, Z. Deng, J. Lan, G. Qin, H. He, X. W. Deng, V. F. Irish, H. Chen, and N. Wei
Background: When germinating in darkness…
Recognizing The Plant Cell first authors: Ken Jean-Baptiste
Ken Jean-Baptiste, first author of Dynamics of gene expression in single root cells of A. thaliana
Current Position: Ph.D. Candidate, Queitsch Lab, Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States
Education: A.B. in Molecular Biology with the Applications…
To grow, or not to grow, that is the question
Xin et al., identify a mechanistic model that governs cucumber fruit elongation through fine-tuning of ethylene homeostasis. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.18.00957
By Xueyong Yang and Tongxu Xin
Background: Plant organ growth and development are determined by the subtle balance between…
Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Lingfeng Xia
Lingfeng Xia, first author of Unusual roles of secretory SNARE SYP132 in plasma membrane H+-ATPase traffic and vegetative plant growth
Current Position: PhD student, Plant Science Group, Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
Education: 2014.9-2017.6…