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Digital imaging combined with genome-wide association mapping links loci to plant-pathogen interaction traits (Plant Phys.)

October 12, 2018 1:20 am

Resistance to plant pathogens is often studied as a qualitative...

The xerobranching response represses lateral root formation when roots are not in contact with water (Curr. Biol. – $)

October 12, 2018 1:20 am

Roots navigate through the soil, foraging for water and nutrients....

A gene‐stacking approach to overcome the trade‐off between drought stress tolerance and growth in Arabidopsis (Plant J)

October 12, 2018 1:20 am

In the face of increasing incidence of drought events, developing...

A plant chitinase controls cortical infection thread progression and nitrogen-fixing symbiosis (eLIFE)

October 12, 2018 1:20 am

Nitrogen-fixing bacteria produce species-specific chitin-like molecules, Nod factors, which induce...

Review – Cellular basis of growth in plants: geometry matters (COPB – $)

October 12, 2018 1:20 am

Plants exhibit various forms which are determined by the individual...

Rhizosphere microbiota structure alters to enable wilt resistance in tomato (Nature Biotech. – $)

October 12, 2018 1:20 am

Plants are frequently attacked by pathogens, but the pathogen-resistance is...

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Latest Research from The Plant Cell

Transcriptional Regulation of the Immune Receptor FLS2 Controls the Ontogeny of Plant Innate Immunity
Source: The Plant Cell Advance PublicationPublished on October 18, 2018
Patterned deposition of xylan and lignin is independent from the secondary wall cellulose of Arabidopsis xylem vessels
Source: The Plant Cell Advance PublicationPublished on October 18, 2018
An Effector from the Cyst Nematode Heterodera schachtii Derepresses Host rRNA Genes by Altering Histone Acetylation
Source: The Plant Cell Advance PublicationPublished on October 18, 2018
Arabidopsis HB52 mediates the crosstalk between ethylene and auxin by transcriptionally modulating PIN2, WAG1, and WAG2 during primary root elongation
Source: The Plant Cell Advance PublicationPublished on October 17, 2018
An Effector from the Cyst Nematode Heterodera schachtii Derepresses Host rRNA Genes by Altering Histone Acetylation
Source: The Plant Cell Advance PublicationPublished on October 17, 2018
Resurrected Protein Interaction Networks Reveal the Innovation Potential of Ancient Whole Genome Duplication
Source: The Plant Cell Advance PublicationPublished on October 17, 2018
Inhibition of TOR, Nitrogen Assimilation, and Amino Acid Biosynthesis: Lessons from Chlamydomonas
Source: The Plant Cell Advance PublicationPublished on October 16, 2018
The U1 snRNP subunit LUC7 modulates plant development and stress responses via regulation of alternative splicing
Source: The Plant Cell Advance PublicationPublished on October 11, 2018
Sweet Sorghum Originated through Selection of Dry, a Plant-specific NAC Transcription Factor Gene
Source: The Plant Cell Advance PublicationPublished on October 11, 2018
A Force-Generating Machine in the Plant’s Power House: A Pulling AAA ATPase Motor Drives Protein Translocation into Chloroplasts
Source: The Plant Cell Advance PublicationPublished on October 11, 2018

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Funding Opportunity: 2018 Botany in Action Fellowship

The Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens (Pittsburgh, PA) 2018 Botany in Action Fellowship program is currently accepting proposals for this...

Funding Opportunity: DOE Releases Solicitation Environmental Systems Research

Lewis-Burke Associates LLC – November 21, 2017 The Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) of the U.S. Department of...

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Moonlighting Role of Plastidial NAD-MDH

By Nancy Eckardt

Schreier et al. investigate the role of a plastid malate...

Bridging the Gap Between Pathogen Detection and Defense Activation

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Bi et al. provide a link between immune receptors and...

Chloroplast Biogenesis in Germinating Seeds: A Multi-Dimensional Approach

By Nancy Eckardt

Zizhen et al. perform electron tomography and correlative gene expression...