A weekly plant science research roundup curated and summarized by our Plantae Editors and Fellows
Imagine how cool it would be if, just like we check weather apps before going out, we could “grow” a plant in our computer before planting it into our backyard, in order to predict its future success. Pauli et al. discuss this possibility through the use of Digital Twins (DTs), virtual plants that…
Benzyl alcohol is a volatile compound and the scent molecule of several seed plants. It also can be converted to benzyl benzoate, which is one of the routes to salicylic acid (SA) production in plants.…
Oxygen is always considered something living forms need to survive. But wait, its role is beyond just respiration. Would you believe if I told you oxygen guides the development of young leaves? A recent…
DECREASED IN DNA METHYLATION 1 (DDM1) is a chromatin remodeler that regulates nucleosome organization and facilitates access of DNA methyltransferases to heterochromatic regions enriched in transposable…
Efficient nitrogen uptake is essential for plant growth. Hinckley et al. have characterized HRS1 HOMOLOG 5 (HHO5), a transcription factor in Arabidopsis that had been previously overlooked compared to…
Plant cells are under constant turgor pressure that pushes the plasma membrane tightly against the cell wall. Under severe water loss, cells shrink and membrane retracts without fully detaching from the…
Plants need to carefully control which genes are active as they grow and switch from one developmental stage to another. A new study by Geshkovski et al. reveals that ULTRAPETALA1 (ULT1), previously thought…
A new paper by Sun et al. demonstrates a pathway through which drought tolerance in Arabidopsis is influenced by soil microbiota. Using transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses, Sun et al. identified a…
Plant domestication was a significant event in human history that occurred at multiple locations and time points. Barley, emmer wheat, and einkorn wheat are cereals that were domesticated about 10,000…
Plants. When we read this word, what comes to mind might be a rose, a tomato plant, or an oak tree. But plants belong to a green lineage that is far more diverse than what we encounter in daily life. This…
During meiosis, the cell division process that generates four distinct gametes, chromosomes exchange genetic material during homologous recombination. Homologous recombination is a complex process that…
Protein domains lacking a rigid structure, known as Intrinsically Disordered Regions (IDRs), play important roles in many cellular processes, including protein quality control, protein-protein interactions,…
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