Plant Science Research Weekly

Plant breeders have long relied on genetic markers to predict how crops will perform, but many important traits such as yield, flowering time, and stress responses are shaped by complex interactions between…

How do plants decide where to invest their resources when nutrients and energy are limited? A new study highlights trehalose-6-phosphate (Tre6P), a key sugar-status signal, as a critical coordinator. Previous…

The role of the chloroplast extends far beyond hosting photosynthesis; these organelles also serve as a regulatory hub for plant immunity. As a result, many plant pathogens, such as the barley stripe mosaic…

Stromules are stroma-filled tubules that extend from plant and algal plastids. Their formation is dynamic, and their abundance increases following many different stresses and hormone treatments, yet questions…

The inflorescence meristem is the tiny structure that is  foundational to most of our food supply. A new work by Moreno-Ramírez et al. reveals insights into these little marvels through the use of single-nucleus…

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi trade soil phosphate for plant carbon at arbuscules, the short-lived, branched hyphal structures they build inside root cortical cells, but how phosphate uptake is coordinated…

Over millions of years, plants and pathogens have been engaged in an evolutionary war. As plants adopt new defense systems to protect themselves, pathogens evolve strategies to fight back. A well-characterized…

A major challenge in plant genome engineering is the precise insertion of large DNA sequences into a defined genomic location, preferably without involving a double-strand break. Addressing this longstanding…

Current Biology has an excellent special issue on plant evolution full of  fascinating articles. As an example, a Primer by Zhuo Feng looks at how plants were catastrophically impacted by the end-Permian…

The ambient temperature for plant growth is increasingly unpredictable under the changing climate.  To ensure growth, the leaf is the immediate organ responding to maintain photosynthesis. In this review,…

When plants first moved onto land, they encountered challenges that aquatic ancestors never faced, including heat, dehydration, and rapidly changing environmental conditions. This review by Wang et al.,…