Plant Science Research Weekly

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

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March 10, 2023/by Mary Williams

Review: Salt-tolerant crops: Time to deliver

Few topics are as inherently interesting from both fundamental and applied perspectives as salt tolerance in crop plants. From the basic science side, cells have several strategies that they use to keep Na+ levels low in their cytosol in spite of what can be a very steep concentration gradient from out…

March 10, 2023/by Idowu Obisesan

Review: Difficult situations cause blushing in plants, much as they do in people

As with people, plants blush in difficult circumstances. Situations such as nutrient stress make plants…

March 10, 2023/by Carlos A. Ordóñez-Parra

Opinion. Burning lignin: overlooked cues for post-fire seed germination

Smoke is a crucial germination trigger in ecosystems with naturally recurring fires, such as savannas…

March 10, 2023/by Mary Williams

Review: Temperature sensing in plants

Like all organisms, plants respond to changes in temperature by activating pathways that enable them…

March 10, 2023/by Sourav Mukherjee

Coordinated histone variant H2A.Z eviction and H3.3 deposition control plant thermomorphogenesis

The effect of temperature on plant morphology is known as thermomorphogenesis. The phytohormone auxin…

March 10, 2023/by Laura Turchi

Single-residue substitution in histone H3 leads to over-lignification in Arabidopsis

Chromatin changes are at the core of plant development and adaptation, as they constitute a crucial layer…

March 10, 2023/by Eva Marie Gomez Alverez

EIN3/EIN3-LIKE1 modulate FLC expression via histone demethylase interaction

Flowering time is determined by both endogenous factors and environmental cues to ensure successful reproduction.…

March 10, 2023/by Apple Chew

Pigment-regulating small siRNAs from YUP locus are responsible for speciation of monkeyflowers

It has always been of interest to the plant community to understand the mechanisms behind the evolution…

March 10, 2023/by Carlos A. Ordóñez-Parra

More warm-adapted species in soil seed banks than in herb layers

Climate change profoundly impacts plant communities, for example, by changing the geographic range of…

March 10, 2023/by Mary Williams

Bioengineered “pikobodies” confer plant disease resistance

The vertebrate adaptive immune system is truly an evolutionary marvel. With its ability to mix-and-match…

February 24, 2023/by Mary Williams

Review: Photorespiration is the solution, not the problem

Rubisco (ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase) is one of a kind, simultaneously recognized…

February 24, 2023/by Mary Williams

Review: One plant’s poison

Plants synthesize interesting chemicals that attract, deter, amuse, and harm their predators. Some of…

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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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Mary Williams, Editor

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.