Seed size controlling signal transduction pathway identified
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellWu and Cai et al. reveal that the receptor-like kinase ERECTA regulates seed size in Arabidopsis.
Xuedan Wu and Wenqiang Tang
Institution College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University
Background: Background: Seed development begins with double fertilization. Double fertilization releases…
The secret sex life of plants: the AP complexes and the building of the pollen cell wall
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellLiu et al. explore the role of adaptins in plant development.
Chan Liu*1 and Marisa Otegui*2
*1Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
*2Department of Botany and Center for Quantitative Cell…
A mechanism that precisely guides pollen tube growth
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellYang et al. investigate the role of the phospholipid flippase ALA3 in pollen tube guidance in Arabidopsis.
Background: In flowering plants, pollen tube guidance regulates the rapid growth and timely targeting of the pollen tube to the ovule in the pistil during sexual reproduction, when signaling…
Zhenpeng Luo: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
Zhenpeng Luo, first author of "The small peptide CEP1 and the NIN-like protein NLP1 regulate NRT2.1 to mediate root nodule formation across nitrate concentrations"
Current Position: Ph. D. candidate
Education: Ph.D. in Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences (CEMPS), University…
Germination and seedling establishment – Let’s get this par-‘T’ started!
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellNiehaus et al. explore the nucleotide metabolome of germinating seeds
By Markus Niehaus1, Henryk Straube1 and Marco Herde1
1Leibniz Universität Hannover, Department of Molecular Nutrition and Biochemistry of Plants
Background: All living organisms, including plants, possess DNA and rely on…
Improving water use efficiency in maize
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellBlankenagel et al. discover a major link between variation in water use efficiency and carbon isotope discrimination
By Sonja Blankenagel, Stella Eggels, and Viktoriya Avramova
Plant Breeding, TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich
Background: Growing crops with high…
Wenjia Xu: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
Wenjia Xu, co-first author of Endosperm cellularization failure induces a dehydration stress response leading to embryo arrest
Current position: Postdoc in Dr. Enrico Magnani lab, INRAE Centre de Versailles-Grignon, France
Education: MSc from Northeast Forestry University, China; Ph.D from Université…
Hikaru Sato: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
Hikaru Sato, co-first author of Endosperm cellularization failure induces a dehydration stress response leading to embryo arrest
Current Position: Project Assistant Professor in Prof. Sachihiro Matsunaga’s lab, Dept. Integrated Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Education: MSc Agriculture…
Yuhong Li: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
Yuhong Li, first author of "Arabidopsis EXECUTER1 interacts with WRKY transcription factors to mediate plastid-to-nucleus singlet oxygen signaling"
Current Position: Post-doc
Education: Ph.D. in Developmental Biology
Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Non-scientific Interests:…