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The transporter OPT3 mediates crosstalk between iron and copper in shoot-to-root signaling

Chia et al. explore the mechanisms mediating systemic shoot-to-root signaling of copper status. Ju-Chen Chia and Olena K. Vatamaniuk, Plant Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University Background: The micronutrients copper (Cu) and iron (Fe) are essential for plant growth…

To grow or not to grow: specific lipoxygenases control wound-induced growth restriction

To grow or not to grow: specific lipoxygenases control wound-induced growth restriction Amna Mhamdi Ghent University, Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, and VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, 9052 Ghent, Belgium Address correspondence to: amna.mhamdi@psb.ugent.be As…

Mapping the Routes of Systemic Signaling in Arabidopsis

Zandalinas et al. identify the plant tissues that mediate systemic reactive oxygen signaling in response to high-light stress in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00453 By Sara I Zandalinas and Ron Mittler University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA  Background: Plants constantly…

Gaining sugars while sweating, how do leaves regulate their osmolarity?

Guillaume Charrier Université Clermont Auvergne, INRAE, PIAF, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France. guillaume.charrier@inrae.fr Leaves are specialized for the photosynthetic assimilation of atmospheric carbon, but they also are responsible for the transpiration of water into the atmosphere, as…