
The P-body component DECAPPING5 regulates flowering time via liquid-liquid phase separation
Wang et al. investigate role of the DCP5-SSF complex in the nucleus
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad151
Wanyi Wang, Chuanhong Wang, Yunhe Wang, Jing Ma. The National Engineering Lab of Crop Stress Resistance Breeding, the School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University.
Background:…

CYCLOIDEA3 is targeted by disparate transcription factors in patterning flowers in Gerbera
Yunqing Yu
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Kellogg Lab
SAINT LOUIS, MO 63132
United States of America
yyu@danforthcenter.org
Flowering plants have evolved enormous diversity and complexity of inflorescence architecture. One great model for studying complex inflorescence development and…

Fine Tuning Floral Morphology: MADS-Box Protein Complex Formation in Maize
Plant floral organ development is orchestrated by master regulatory genes that control the differentiation of meristem tissue. According to the ABC(DE) model of flower development (Bowman et al., 1989; nicely summarized by Irish, 2017), different floral organs form in concentric whorls (verticils) in…

MYB30 links the ROS wave to systemic acclimation
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
Stress signals trigger systemic signaling and acclimation. The propagation of reactive oxygen species…

Unexpected Role of a TCP Transcription Factor in Seed Oil Biosynthesis
Tianhu Sun
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-2513-1387
Plant Breeding and Genetics Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
ts753@cornell.edu
Plant seed oils (such as canola oil, sunflower oil, and soybean oil) are important for the human diet and store energy…

Maize RNA Polymerase III Subunit NRPC2: New Kid on the Kernel Development Block
Dhineshkumar Thiruppathi 1,2
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-2018-3356
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center,
Saint Louis, Missouri 63132
1Senior author
2Author for contact: dthiruppathi@danforthcenter.org
Seed (kernel) size affects evolutionary fitness and crop yield. In angiosperms, seed size…

The photobiology paradox resolved: photoreceptors drive photosynthesis and vice-versa
Charlotte Gommers, Assistant Features Editor
charlotte.gommers@wur.nl
For a long time, the study of light fueled two independent fields of plant sciences. On the one hand, light energy is absorbed in the chloroplasts, to drive sugar production via photosynthesis. On the other hand, light is an…

True Blue: How Cry1 Inhibits Phototropism in Green Seedlings
Kasper van Gelderen
Plant Ecophysiology, Dept. of Biology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8 3584CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
The study of plant movement towards light, also called phototropism, has a venerable history with giants such as Charles Darwin and Frits Went involved in its study, which…

Sugars Inform the Circadian Clock How to Shape Rice Shoots via the Strigolactone Pathway
Circadian clocks act as universal timekeepers to harmonize internal processes with external day-night rhythms. Genetic feedback loops gear these inner clocks by approximating time in response to dawn-dusk cycles. In plants, development, growth, hormone action, metabolism and other downstream events are…