How do root hairs keep their tubular shape?
Hirano et al. uncover the secretion route for root hair shank hardening in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell (2023).
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad240
By T. Hirano, K. Ebine, T. Ueda, T. Higaki, T. W.-Nakayama, H. Konno, H. T.-Imamura, and M. H. Sato
Background: Root hairs are rapidly growing…
Microtubule-associated proteins regulate tomato fruit shape
Bao et al. reveal how microtubule-associated proteins regulate tomato fruit shape formation from a cell biology perspective.
Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad231
Zhiru Bao and Pengwei Wang
National Key Laboratory for Germplasm Innovation & Utilization of Horticultural Crops,…
Stepwise cell fate establishment in the rice stem
Tsuda et al. investigate the temporal order of cell fate establishment during stem development in rice.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad241
By Katsutoshi Tsuda
Background: The stem, which consists of nodes and internodes, is an axis of the shoot that physically supports lateral organs such…
Key factors that interactively regulate maize endosperm development
Wu et al. explore how three key transcription factors co-regulate gene networks and the regulatory landscape associated with endosperm development and seed phenotype in maize.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad247
Hao Wu1,2 and Philip W. Becraft1,3
Iowa State University, Genetics, Development…
Variegated grape berries enlighten us about plant radiation responses
Zhang et al. identify a regulatory hub in grapevine controlling divergent specialized metabolic pathways as part of the light/UV radiation response.
Plant Cell. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad228
By José Tomás Matus and Chen Zhang
Institute for Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio),…
Arabidopsis long non-coding RNAs: an orchestrated hubbub
Kornienko et al. discover that Arabidopsis genome is full of long-non-coding RNAs that show their expression only in specific tissues and plants from different geographic origins because of differences in epigenetic silencing of these genes.
Plant Cell - https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad233
By Aleksandra…
Phenotypic and genomic changes during modern wheat breeding in China and the United States
Jianqing Niu et al. explore how modern breeding reshaped wheat phenotype and genome in China and the United States, which will facilitate breeding higher performance wheat in the future.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad229
By Jianqing Niu and Hong-Qing Ling from Hainan Yazhou Bay Seed Laboratory…
A MATE transporter regulates grain size in rice
Zhou et al. discover a molecular mechanism of rice grain size regulation.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad239
By Chunlei Zhou from Nanjing Agricultural University
Background: Grain size is a key factor for determining grain yield. Many genes or quantitative trait loci (QTLs) that regulate…
A calcium-dependent protein kinase and an E3 ubiquitin ligase fine-tune rice immunity
A calcium-dependent protein kinase and an E3 ubiquitin ligase fine-tune rice immunity
Mou et al. explore the growth–defense trade-off in rice.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad265
Baohui Mou, Jiyang Wang, and Wenxian Sun
China Agricultural University
Background: Plants need to keep…