Plant Science Research Weekly

A weekly plant science research roundup curated and summarized by our Plantae Editors and Fellows

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July 1, 2022/by Lekshmy Sathee

CCA1 is a regulator of ABA-mediated abiotic stress tolerance in rice (Plant Physiol)

In rice, the circadian clock component gene Circadian Clock Associated 1 (OsCCA1) regulates flowering and nitrogen use efficiency. CCA1 is a MYB family transcription factor that follows a rhythmic expression pattern. Wei et al. confirmed the role of CCA1as a key hub in coordinating plant growth and abiotic…

July 1, 2022/by Eva Marie Gomez Alverez

Single seeds exhibit transcriptional heterogeneity during secondary dormancy induction (Plant Physiol)

Secondary dormancy (SD) of seeds is a natural strategy that allows survival of the plant in environments…

July 1, 2022/by Subodh Verma

PIMT and ABI-TFs cascade mediates desiccation tolerance and longevity in rice seeds (Development)

The ABA INSENSITIVE (ABI) transcription factors (TFs) (ABI3, ABI4, ABI5) regulate DT and play essential…

July 1, 2022/by Carlos A. Ordóñez-Parra

Oxidant system and ABA drive germination in seeds of palm species with differences in desiccation tolerance ($) (Seed Sci Res)

Palms are a taxonomically and ecologically diverse group. This wide variety is also reflected in their…

July 1, 2022/by Chandan Gautam

Plants’ PHR2-controlled phosphate starvation response regulates fungal symbiosis in rice (Nature Comms)

Plants’ interaction with microbes in the rhizosphere affects their health and productivity. Plant-arbuscular…

July 1, 2022/by Mary Williams

Inclusive restoration: Ten recommendations to support LGBTQ+ researchers in restoration science (Restoration Ecology)

Restoration ecologists seek to repair damaged environments, and as Toone et al. write, “the same principles…

June 17, 2022/by Lekshmy Sathee

Review: Molecular regulators of nitrate response in plants (Curr. Biol.)

Nitrate is the major form of nitrogen used by plants in an aerobic crop cultivation scenario. Lamig et…

June 17, 2022/by Kamal Kumar Malukani

Upstream ORFs check undesired leaky protein translation and buffer noise (Nature Plants)

During my research journey, I have come across a handful of genes that are hard to express. Sometimes,…

June 17, 2022/by Rory Burke

KIL1 terminates fertility in maize by controlling silk senescence (Plant Cell)

Each plant species has a defined window of time during which flowers can be pollinated in order to trigger…

June 17, 2022/by Eva Marie Gomez Alverez

Biofortified tomatoes provide a new route to vitamin D sufficiency (Nature Plants)

Vitamin D deficiency in humans is correlated with malfunction of the immune system and inflammation together…

May 27, 2022/by Jiawen Chen

Systematic characterization of gene function in the photosynthetic alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (Nature Genetics)

The green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a useful model system to study photosynthetic organisms,…

May 27, 2022/by Lekshmy Sathee

CLAVATA3/ESR-related 2 peptides regulate root sucrose level and root/shoot ratio in Arabidopsis (Plant Physiol)

Roots are dependent on shoot-produced sucrose for energy associated with growth and nutrient uptake.…

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Each week, the Plantae editors select new plant science research articles to highlight. The short summaries describe the question addressed and key findings, with links to the article.

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As Plantae Editor, Mary works tirelessly to ensure that our team is creating interesting and valuable content for the community. Mary pursued a traditional academic path (BS in Biochemistry at Berkeley, Ph.D. in Plant Molecular Biology at Rockefeller, Postdoc in Plant Science at Berkeley); her research focused on transcriptional regulation, root development, and phosphoinositide signaling.

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RECENT SUMMARIES

CCA1 is a regulator of ABA-mediated abiotic stress tolerance in rice (Plant Physiol)

Single seeds exhibit transcriptional heterogeneity during secondary dormancy induction (Plant Physiol)

PIMT and ABI-TFs cascade mediates desiccation tolerance and longevity in rice seeds (Development)

Oxidant system and ABA drive germination in seeds of palm species with differences in desiccation tolerance ($) (Seed Sci Res)

Plants’ PHR2-controlled phosphate starvation response regulates fungal symbiosis in rice (Nature Comms)

Inclusive restoration: Ten recommendations to support LGBTQ+ researchers in restoration science (Restoration Ecology)

Review: Molecular regulators of nitrate response in plants (Curr. Biol.)

Upstream ORFs check undesired leaky protein translation and buffer noise (Nature Plants)

KIL1 terminates fertility in maize by controlling silk senescence (Plant Cell)

Biofortified tomatoes provide a new route to vitamin D sufficiency (Nature Plants)

Systematic characterization of gene function in the photosynthetic alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (Nature Genetics)

CLAVATA3/ESR-related 2 peptides regulate root sucrose level and root/shoot ratio in Arabidopsis (Plant Physiol)

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