Plant Physiology

Calcium (Ca) deficiency symptoms often occur in crops because Ca is mainly translocated by the transpiration stream, and conditions that affect transpiration can cause Ca deficiency. Because Ca is translocated via the transpiration stream, it tends to accumulate more in older, expanded leaves and less…

Aquaporins belonging to the plasma membrane intrinsic protein (PIP) subfamily are key players in determining membrane water permeability. Since the overall root hydraulic conductivity (Lpr) depends on the integration of conductivity from three pathways (symplastic, apoplastic and transcellular), it…

Fruit aromas attract seed-dispersal agents in nature and are critical determinants of human fruit choice.  In the process of constructing a peach (Prunus persica) core germplasm collection, Peng et  al. (10.1104/pp.19.00964) analyzed the characteristics of peach cultivars in the National Fruit Germplasm…

Chloroplasts divide by binary fission, a process that is driven by a ring-like multiprotein complex spanning the inner and outer envelope  membranes (OEMs) at the site of division. DYNAMIN-RELATED PROTEIN 5B (DRP5B/ ARC5), a cytosolic component of the chloroplast division machinery, is thought to function…

Chen-Kun Jiang, first author of Insight into the Diversification and Evolution of R2R3-MYB Transcription Factors in Plants Current Position: Doctoral candidate, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China Education: B.S., School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China Non-scientific…

Rodrigo Siqueira Reis, first author of Modulation of shoot phosphate level and growth by PHOSPHATE1 upstream open reading frame Current Position: Postdoc at University of Lausanne, Switzerland Education: PhD in Molecular Biology (University of Sydney, Australia), MSc in Biochemistry (UFRJ, Brazil)…

Marianne Slaten, first author of mGWAS Uncovers Gln-Glucosinulate Seed-Specific Interaction and its Role in metabolic Homeostasis Current Position: PhD candidate, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA Education: PhD student in the research group of Dr. Ruthie…

Faye McDiarmid, co-first author of Virus-mediated transient expression techniques enable gene function studies in black-grass Current Position: Scientific Technician at Rothamsted Research Education: BSc at University College London (UCL) Non-scientific Interests: Gardening, cooking, shopping,…