Herbivore bites promote plant growth in the succeeding year
Plant Science Research WeeklyIn Chinese, there is an old poem suggesting that livestock bites promote crop yield in the succeeding year. In this new work, Hu et al. provide evidence to support the traditional wisdom and propose the mechanism behind it. Previous studies showed that herbivore bites on leaves induce the release of…
It’s not easy being green: Maintaining broccoli postharvest quality
Plant Science Research WeeklyUp to 40% of harvested broccoli never reaches consumers due to quality losses during senescence, including yellowing and nutrient degradation. Reactive oxygen species cause oxidative stress within the plant, accelerating these negative changes through the jasmonate (JA) pathway. Gage et al. investigated…
Jasmonate-regulated gibberellin catabolism slows rice growth during herbivory
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellJin et al. identify a mechanism for rice growth suppression during herbivore attack.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad191
Gaochen Jin1, Jinfeng Qi2, Hongyue Zu1, Shuting Liu1, Jonathan Gershenzon3, Yonggen Lou1, Ian T. Baldwin4, Ran Li1,*
1State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Ministry of…