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A role for melatonin in the defence of sweet oranges against citrus greening disease

If you regularly enjoy a cold glass of orange (Citrus × sinensis) juice, freshly squeezed or store-bought (who has time for the former, really?), then you should know that the future of this drink is at stake. Citrus greening disease or Huánglóngbìng (HLB) has been wreaking havoc on the citrus industry…

Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: José Ugalde

José Ugalde, first author of Chloroplast-derived photo-oxidative stress causes changes in H2O2 and EGSH in other subcellular compartments Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher, Chemical Signalling lab, INRES, University of Bonn, Germany Education: PhD in Molecular Genetics: Pontificia Universidad…

How a Mangrove tree can help to improve the salt tolerance of Arabidopsis and Rice

Affiliation: University of Melbourne ORCiD: 0000-0001-5092-6168 email: marc.somssich@unimelb.edu.au Mangrove trees live and thrive in intertidal zones, where they are regularly inundated with salt water. To survive such harsh environmental conditions, they have evolved several features to improve…

How to make an extraordinary machine: SMALL ORGAN 4 regulates ribosome biogenesis in plants

Ribosomes are essential molecular machines in the cell that translate mRNA sequences into proteins. Growing parts of an organism produce many ribosomes, so that after each cell division both daughter cells have enough to translate the proteins necessary for growth and development. Defects in ribosomes…

Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Kimmo Kivivirta

Kimmo Kivivirta, first author of Transcriptome analysis of gynoecium morphogenesis uncovers the chronology of gene regulatory network activity Current Position: Ph.D. candidate in the research group of Prof. Dr. Annette Becker, Evolutionary Developmental Biology of Plants, Faculty of Biology and Chemistry,…

Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Maki Hayashi

Maki Hayashi, first author of The quest for the central players governing pollen tube growth and guidance Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow at Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen Education: Ph.D. from Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan Non-scientific Interests:…

Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Flora Hetherington

Flora Hetherington, first author of Lateral root inhibition in response to K+-deprivation in Arabidopsis is mediated by gibberellin signalling Current Position: Senior Manager, Global Food Security Programme, UKRI Education: BSc in Botany, University of Bristol; PhD, Durham University Non-scientific…

Expanded function of the P-type pentatricopeptide repeat protein ATP4 in RNA editing

Tianhu Sun ORCID ID: 0000-0002-2513-1387 Plant Breeding and Genetics Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853 ts753@cornell.edu  Chloroplasts are semi-autonomous organelles that retain their own genomes derived from their cyanobacterial ancestors,…

Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Marcus Griffiths

Marcus Griffiths, first author of A multiple ion-uptake phenotyping platform reveals shared mechanisms affecting nutrient uptake by roots Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow in the Root Phenomics lab headed by Dr. Larry York, Noble Research Institute, USA Education: PhD in Plant & Crop Sciences…