The Plant Cell

Cong Wang, first author of Meiocyte-specific and AtSPO11-1-dependent Small RNAs and Their Association with Meiotic Gene Expression and Recombination Current Position:  Ph.D. Biochemistry and Molecule Biology, Fudan University, China. Education:  B.S. Biological Science, Sep. 2009-Jul. 2013. Lanzhou…

Legumes associate with beneficial soil bacteria called rhizobia to acquire plant-usable ammonia in a process called root nodule symbiosis (RNS). This association is so valuable for nitrogen starved legumes that they form specialized new organs to house them. These de novo organs, called nodules, develop…

Although a vineyard full of decaying grapes infected with noble rot is a blessing for sweet wine producers, the causal agent, Botrytis cinerea (gray mold), causes huge crop losses. Unlike most plant pathogens, individual isolates of the necrotrophic fungus can infect an extremely broad range of plants,…

Li-Bo Han, First author of The cotton apoplastic protein CRR1 stabilizes chitinase 28 to facilitate defense against the fungal pathogen Verticillium dahliae Current Position: Associate professor of Haixia institute of Science and Technology, Fujian Agriculture And Forestry University, Fuzhou, China Educations:…

Source: Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology Published: 2019-01-11. Translated from the original. As an important plant hormone, jasmonic acid regulates plant defense responses and adaptive growth. When the plant is exposed to pests or other stresses, the active jasmonic…

To optimize their fitness in the field, plants need to respond rapidly, specifically and dynamically to an ever-changing and often hostile environment. By integrating external environmental cues with endogenous developmental programs, phytohormones play a critical role in the cross-talk between signal…

Liyun Jiang, first author of The APETALA2-like transcription factor SUPERNUMRARY BRACT controls rice seed shattering and seed size Current Position: Ph.D candidate, Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China Education: 2012–B.S., Agronomy, Jiangxi Agricultural…

Bhosale et al. computationally predicted and experimentally verified the DNA ploidy level of all cells in the Arabidopsis root tip, revealing that endoreplication is spatiotemporally regulated, stress-responsive, and likely important to coordinate cell expansion with changes in cell wall structure. Plant…