Category: Research

Low temperatures quickly and reversibly inhibit photosynthesis, which is assumed to shield the photosynthetic system from a drop in metabolic activity brought about by cold. In a recent study, Cano-Ramirez et al. found that in Arabidopsis, a nuclear-encoded sigma factor (SIG5) controls chloroplast transcription…

Insect sex pheromones, volatile molecules used to attract mates, are used commercially to disrupt breeding behavior of insect pests and can be a good alternative to harmful pesticides. These pheromones have been produced in plants at a low amount and shown to be released as volatiles, but their production…

Review: Resolving metabolic interaction mechanisms in plant microbiomes Life is spurred forward by the power of metabolic interactions. Within the plant microbiome, microbial communities use diverse mechanisms to thrive, survive, and multiply. In this review, Pacheco & Vorholt describe the interplay…

Che, Pan, Liu, Li et al. provide insight into fruit length variation in cucumber. By Gen Chea,e, Yupeng Panb, Xiaolan Zhanga,* aState Key Laboratories of Agrobiotechnology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Growth and Developmental Regulation for Protected Vegetable Crops, MOE Joint Laboratory for International…

Dan Yuan, co-first author of "INDETERMINATE1 autonomously regulates phosphate homeostasis upstream of the miR399-ZmPHO2 signaling module in maize" Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University Education: Ph.D. in Huazhong Agricultural University Non-scientific…

Xufeng Wang, co-first author of "INDETERMINATE1 autonomously regulates phosphate homeostasis upstream of the miR399-ZmPHO2 signaling module in maize" Current Position: Assistant Project Scientist, Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside Education: Ph.D., China Agricultural…

Huixue Dong, first author of "GSK3 phosphorylates and regulates the Green Revolution protein Rht-B1b to reduce plant height in wheat" Current Position: Lecturer, Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, China Education: Ph.D., Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China Non-scientific…

Xiaojing Dong, first author of "14-3-3 proteins facilitate the activation of MAP kinase cascades by upstream immunity-related kinases" Current Position: Research Assistant, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology Education: Ph.D., China Agricultural University, China Non-scientific Interests:…