New technologies, like personal computers or smart phones, often have limited adoption due to their high cost or requirement for advanced technological skills. Greater affordability and ease of use leads to greater adoption. Here, Yu, Sussman et al. describe the development of an affordable, portable…

Review. Revisiting plant electric signaling: Challenging an old phenomenon with new discoveries In the electrifying world of plant signaling, a paradigm shift is underway as researchers dig into the intricate mechanisms of action potentials (APs) and slow wave potentials (SWPs). Departing from conventional…

Sun et al. demonstrate that histone deacetylase OsHDA716 represses rice chilling tolerance not only by functioning as an epigenetic regulator but also by deacetylating OsbZIP46 to reduce its transactivation function and protein stability.  https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koae010  By Sun Ying and…

Zhou et al. explore how maize plants adjust their canopy architectures at high plant densities to tolerate shading from adjacent plants.  https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koae007  Yan Zhou, Iowa State University Background: The dramatically increased yields of commercial maize hybrids are largely…

Yanxia Zhang1,2 1 Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands 2 College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, China https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad317 Background: Soil salinity causes crop yield losses world-wide. Adjusting plant…

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Zhang et al. identify a signaling cascade mediating soybean cyst nematode resistance.  https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koae008  By Lei Zhang and Xiaoli Guo, National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University Background:…

Kong et al. explore how phototropins regulate actin filaments associated with chloroplasts and unveil CHUP1 as a type of actin nucleator. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad320 Sam-Geun Kong Kongju National University, Gongju Korea Background: Chloroplasts dynamically adjust their intracellular…