Category: Plant Physiology

High soil salinity affects the growth and development of plants, thus reducing crop yields. The wild relatives of modern crops often have adaptations to environmental stressors, and the alleles underlying these adaptations represent a rich source of genetic material that can be explored to improve environmental…

Among cereal crops, barley (Hordeum vulgare) is the most salt-tolerant species and is widely used for salt-tolerance studies. Recently, a genome-wide association study on 2,671 barley genotypes showed that single nucleotide polymorphisms from HvHKT1;5, a member of the high-affinity K+ transporter (HKT)…

Most evidence supports the idea that the C4 photosynthetic pathway arose via a series of innovations that initially enabled plants to refix a large fraction of photorespired CO2 via the shuttling of Gly from the mesophyll (M) to a sheath of cells surrounding the vascular tissue, where the Gly is decarboxylated.…

Meng Wang, first author of TaANR1-TaBG1 and TaWabi5-TaNRT2s/NARs link ABA metabolism and nitrate acquisition in wheat roots Current Position: Assistant Professor, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences Education: Bachelor degree (2006-2010): Shandong University, China; Doctor degree…

Ross Hendron, first author of Subdivision of light signalling networks contributes to partitioning of C4 photosynthesis Current Position: Post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Plant Sciences, Oxford University Education: Dphil in Interdisciplinary Bioscience, Oxford University Non-scientific…

Hitaishi Khandal, first author of MicroRNA397b-LACCASE2 module regulates root lignification under water- and phosphate deficiency Current Position: Post-Doctoral fellow, Faculty of Biology, Israel Institute of Technology-Technion, Haifa, Israel Education: Ph.D. from National Institute of Plant Genome…

Birte Schwarz, first author of Putative cis-regulatory elements predict iron deficiency responses in Arabidopsis roots Current Position: Ph.D. candidate in the lab of Prof. Dr. Petra Bauer at Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany. Starting February 2020, postdoctoral researcher in the group…

Yuzhu Lu, first author of SLENDER RICE1 and Oryza sativa INDETERMINATE DOMAIN2 Regulating OsmiR396 Is Involved in Stem Elongation Current Position: associate professor, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China Education: 2005, Ph.D. from Wuhan University…