Plant Science Research Weekly

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

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October 23, 2020/by Mary Williams

Perspective: Multiplying the efficiency and impact of biofortification through metabolic engineering (Nature Comms.)

As heterotrophs, we are what we eat. One of the UN Sustainable Development Goals is to end all forms of hunger, including the “hidden hunger” that results from nutrient deficiencies. Van Der Straeten et al. provide an overview of biofortification strategies. They review current successes from…

October 23, 2020/by Benjamin Jin

Review. The soil-borne identity and microbiome-assisted agriculture: Looking back to the future (Molecular Plant)

Bakker et al. begin their review of plant-soil microbiome concepts with a Lorentz Hiltner quote from…

October 23, 2020/by Mary Williams

Perspective. Plant awareness disparity: A case for renaming plant blindness (Plants People Planet)

If there is one thing we agree on, it is that plants are underappreciated, leading to consequences…

October 23, 2020/by Benjamin Jin

Review: Coumarin communication along the microbiome-root-shoot axis (Trends Plant Sci.)

As the realm of microbiology expands, we see increasing ways in which eukaryotes depend on their microbiomes.…

October 23, 2020/by Michela Osnato

A cis-regulatory atlas in maize at single-cell resolution (bioRxiv)

Cis-regulatory elements (CREs) are DNA sequences found near or within genic regions that drive proper…

October 23, 2020/by Frej Tulin

How to go quiet: CHT7 regulates cell cycle exit in Chlamydomonas (Plant Cell)

Many microbes enter a state of low metabolic activity, called quiescence, when the conditions for growth…

October 23, 2020/by Pavithran Narayanan

Go polar: Regulation of Rho GTPases by ARO proteins (Nature Plants)

Polar cell growth is a key feature in plant organs like root hairs, trichomes and pollen tubes. Kulich…

October 23, 2020/by Vijaya Batthula

Opposing, polarity-driven nuclear migrations underpin asymmetric divisions in stomatal patterning (Curr. Biol.)

Asymmetric cell divisions (ACDs) are often used by organisms to generate different cell sizes, each adopting…

October 23, 2020/by Pavithran Narayanan

Calcium dynamics during trap closure visualized in transgenic Venus flytrap (Nature Plants)

For centuries, carnivorous plants and the mechanisms they use to capture prey have been enigmas.…

October 23, 2020/by Mary Williams

Glucosylation prevents plant defense activation in phloem-feeding insects (Nature Chem. Biol.)

Brassicas produce specialized metabolites called glucosinolates that can be enzymatically converted to…

October 16, 2020/by Mary Williams

Review: The second decade of synthetic biology: 2010–2020 (Nature Comms.)

I guess if this were a normal year, we’d be spending time looking back over the past decade, but…

October 16, 2020/by Jesus Leon

Review: Gemma cup and gemma development in Marchantia polymorpha (New Phytol.)

Plants have the astounding capacity to generate new plants derived from specialized organs (i.e.,…

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Plant Science Research Weekly

RECENT SUMMARIES

Perspective: Multiplying the efficiency and impact of biofortification through metabolic engineering (Nature Comms.)

Review. The soil-borne identity and microbiome-assisted agriculture: Looking back to the future (Molecular Plant)

Perspective. Plant awareness disparity: A case for renaming plant blindness (Plants People Planet)

Review: Coumarin communication along the microbiome-root-shoot axis (Trends Plant Sci.)

A cis-regulatory atlas in maize at single-cell resolution (bioRxiv)

How to go quiet: CHT7 regulates cell cycle exit in Chlamydomonas (Plant Cell)

Go polar: Regulation of Rho GTPases by ARO proteins (Nature Plants)

Opposing, polarity-driven nuclear migrations underpin asymmetric divisions in stomatal patterning (Curr. Biol.)

Calcium dynamics during trap closure visualized in transgenic Venus flytrap (Nature Plants)

Glucosylation prevents plant defense activation in phloem-feeding insects (Nature Chem. Biol.)

Review: The second decade of synthetic biology: 2010–2020 (Nature Comms.)

Review: Gemma cup and gemma development in Marchantia polymorpha (New Phytol.)

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