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Plant & Cell Physiology (PCP) – an academic society journal supporting the plant science community #OUP #JSPP
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Still in time...! ⌛

We are still receiving submissions of regular (research) papers for the special issue on Plant Chronobiology! 🌱🕔

🧑‍💻Contact us directly for more info...!🧑‍💻

#PlantScience
#PlantClockBiology
#Chronobiology
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Got my ion you... 🧂🥛

Pan et al. assessed Respiratory Burst Oxidase Homologs genes in the halophytic plant Paspalum vaginatum and found that Pvrboh4/5 is associated with Ca2+ signaling & salt stress tolerance

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...

#PlantScience
#Halophytes
#SaltStress
Genome-wide identification and expression analysis Pvrboh genes reveal their potential roles in salt tolerance and calcium signaling
Abstract. Salinity stress is a major environmental factor that limits plant growth and productivity. Understanding the mechanisms of plant salt tolerance i
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February 4, 2026 at 1:17 PM
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Still in time...! ⌛

We are still receiving submissions of regular (research) papers for the special issue on Plant Chronobiology! 🌱🕔

🧑‍💻Contact us directly for more info...!🧑‍💻

#PlantScience
#PlantClockBiology
#Chronobiology
February 4, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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⏰Wakey-wakey, rise and shine! 🔆

📣 Now receiving submissions for the
Special Issue on Plant Chronobiology 🌱🕗

Want to know more?
See 👇 and academic.oup.com/pcp/pages/sp...

#PlantClockBiology
#PlantScience
#Chronobiology
advert for plant chronobiology - gold/white text with description of topics & manuscript types considered for the special issue, and details of the four organising editors (names and headshots). Also shown: PCP, JSPP and OUP logos, and special issue QR code and contact email address for all inquiries
February 2, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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Time for LOV and disorder? 🕝🌱

Tanikawa et al have determined that N-terminal disordered regions near the LOV domains of F-box proteins LKP2 and ZTL are essential for shortening the circadian period in #Arabidopsis under different conditions

doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...

#PlantScience
#PlantClockBiology
AlphaFold2 predicted structure of the N-terminal region and LOV domain of LKP2 (amino acids 1–170), taken from fig 1C. from Tanikawa et al. https://doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcaf139
January 28, 2026 at 10:04 AM
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A Winning Combo!✂️🏷️

Wang et al have developed a combined 'Fluorescent Tags and Multiplex CRISPR/Cas9 assembly'(FTMC) vector that allows 2 ways to perform concurrent multiplex plant genome editing & protein localization in a single transformation

doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...

#PlantScience
#GenomeEditing
January 27, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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📣Special Issue - call for papers📣

‘Plant Vascular Biology: Functional Design for Transport and Signaling’🌱

Organising Editors:
Koh Aoki, Christine Faulkner @pdchristine.bsky.social, Yrjö Helariutta, Yuki Kondo & Misato Ohtani

📝More info & contact: academic.oup.com/pcp/pages/Sp...

#PlantScience
Special List
Plant & Cell Physiology publishes several special issues each year that cover a wide range of research topics in the plant sciences. Special issues are
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January 26, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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N- and C-terminal Domains of Artificial Pentatricopeptide Repeat Proteins are dispensable for the in vivo Stabilization of Chloroplast RNAs academic.oup.com/pcp/article-... @plantcellphysiol.bsky.social
The N- and C-terminal Domains of Artificial Pentatricopeptide Repeat Proteins are dispensable for the in vivo Stabilization of Chloroplast RNAs
ABSTRACT. Artificial pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins (called as well designer PPR or dPPRs) are customized RNA binding proteins made of tandem repe
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January 25, 2026 at 1:31 AM
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We invite you to submit your Database Articles! 💻

We welcome submissions of manuscripts describing new or updated #databases & online reference tools; this is a great opportunity to share your useful resource with the #PlantScience research community!

More details: academic.oup.com/pcp/pages/da...
Db Call For Papers
Announcing New Changes to our Submission Policy: We currently accept database paper submissions all year round. Accepted database papers will be publis
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January 23, 2026 at 10:12 AM
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⭐Research Highlights!⭐

Read our latest featured papers and the first authors behind the work...

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#EarlyCareer
#PlantScience
January 22, 2026 at 10:23 AM
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A united front...

Join us this March 16 for the Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists @jspp-news.bsky.social & the Taiwan Society of Plant Biologists joint meeting on:

#JTPB2026 “Plant Environmental Adaptation: Japan–Taiwan Collaborations Towards Sustainable Futures”

jspp.org/annualmeetin...
Advert for the upcoming JTPB2026 and list of sponsors, including Plant & Cell Physiology
January 21, 2026 at 12:27 PM
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New Year, New Volume, New Issue out now! 🌼🔬🧬

📖 academic.oup.com/pcp/issue/67/1

#PlantScience
Volume 67 Issue 1 | Plant and Cell Physiology | Oxford Academic
The official journal of the Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists. Publishes original articles reporting significant findings in broad aspects of plant biology.
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January 19, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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Head to Tokyo this March...!🌸

Still in time to register for the 67th Annual JSPP meeting

But hurry, registration deadline: 2 February 2026! 🏃

jspp.org/annualmeetin...

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January 19, 2026 at 8:01 AM
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Super-charged, Superhero Saturday! 🔋🦸‍♂️🦸‍♀️

We can't get enough of our Nov issue cover and special issue on #photosynthesis! 🔆🌱

Cover artwork produced by Kohei Hara and directed by Team OQ
Cover image for Plant & Cell Physiology Volume 66, Issue 11 November 2025. The cover illustrates the protein complexes that constitute the photosynthetic reactions –as represented by superheroes—Kougou-Sentai Hika-Renger (光合戦隊ヒカレンジャー), a team conceptually inspired by the Japanese Super Sentai hero teams (internationally known as the Power Rangers). Each character corresponds to a photosynthetic complex (Red: Photosystem II, Green: Photosystem I, Blue: Cytochrome b6/f, Purple: NADH dehydrogenase-like, Yellow: ATP synthase); collectively, they are shown performing light energy conversion reactions aboard a chloroplast-inspired spaceship, thereby safeguarding the planet.
January 17, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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Congratulations to Budding Editor, Akari Maeda 🥳

Read her timely work on plant circadian clock function, here: doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...

🕔🌱🕝

#earlycareer

@jspp-news.bsky.social
tatsuyanobori.bsky.social Tatsuya Nobori @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social · 19d
We are excited to welcome Akari Maeda as a new postdoc in our lab 🎉

Akari is supported by a JSPS fellowship associated with the JSPS Ikushi Prize, one of Japan’s most prestigious honours for outstanding doctoral researchers, awarded for her work on the circadian clock. Welcome!
January 16, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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Sex-specific protection... 🛡️

Zhan et al uncover the involvement of the transcription factor RAV-like 9 in regulating the sex-specific flavonoid biosynthesis response of the dioecious gymnosperm Taxus mairei during fungal infection

doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...

#PlantScience
A model for the regulatory roles of RAV-like 9 in flavonoid biosynthesis in the dioecious gymnosperm, Taxus mairei
January 16, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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Sugar sugar...!🍬

Zhong et al show how #Poplar & #Arabidopsis glycosyltransferases can catalyze the transfer of sugars from specific nucleotide sugar donors onto specific acceptor substrates due to subtle structural differences in their substrate-binding pockets
doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...
#PlantScience
Deciphering the biochemical functions and nucleotide sugar donor specificity determinants of dicot GT61 glycosyltransferases involved in xylan substitutions
Abstract. Plant cell wall polysaccharide glycosyltransferases catalyze the transfer of sugars from specific nucleotide sugar donors onto specific acceptor
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January 15, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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Core defense...⚔️🐛🦠

🌟Editor's choice! 🌟

Levak et al. provide compelling evidence for similar SA-JA cross-talk co-ordinating response to #herbivory and mechanical wounding as for pathogen attack

🆓 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...

#PlantScience
#PlantImmunity
#JasmonicAcid
#SalicylicAcid
#PlantHormones
Jasmonic acid and salicylic acid interact to determine spatial regulation of gene expression responses in potato leaf to herbivory by Colorado potato beetle and mechanical wounding
Abstract. We investigated the spatial dynamics of potato (Solanum tuberosum) responses to herbivory and mechanical wounding. We first followed the spatiote
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January 14, 2026 at 1:26 PM
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🌱📢Join us at the 𝐆𝐑𝐒 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐌𝐚𝐲 23-24, 2026 in 𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝!

💡Specially encourage ECRs to apply to present your work! Its a great forum to connect with peers and mentors in the field.

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#plantscience #abioticstress #ECRs
Poster inviting participants for Gordon Research Seminar on Salt and Water Stress in Plants happening on 23-24th May 2026 at Switzerland.
January 12, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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Stressed and hormonal...🌱🧂

Zhang et al. have identified a MsWRKY75 that negatively regulates seed germination under salinity stress, via the ABA signaling pathway - a step towards improving stress resilience in legume crops?

doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...

#PlantScience
A novel alfalfa MsWRKY75 transcription factor negatively regulates seed germination via an abscisic acid-dependent pathway under salinity stress
Abstract. Salinity stress severely impairs seed germination in plants. In this study, we identified MsWRKY75, a salt-responsive WRKY transcription factor f
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January 13, 2026 at 11:52 AM
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All good things (come to an end)...👋

Yang et al. have uncovered a new senescence-related nodule-specific regulatory region that (together with a stress-related ERF family member) regulates the onset of nodule senescence

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...

#PlantScience
#PlantSymbiosis
#Nodulation
Identification of regulatory promoter sequences directing MtCP6 transcription at the onset of nodule senescence in Medicago truncatula
Abstract. The symbiotic association of legumes with rhizobia results in the formation of new root organs called nodules. However, the lifespan of nodules i
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January 13, 2026 at 11:32 AM
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A great read...! 🤩

Read our latest commentary by budding editor @zhewang.bsky.social to find out more about how plants recruit fungal gatekeepers to keep pathogenic fungi at bay...

🆓 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...

#earlycareer
#plantscience

Read original article by Hiruma et al doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...
January 13, 2026 at 10:17 AM
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❇️ View our Latest Research Highlights

and meet the First-Authors behind these studies...

👩‍🔬 👨‍🔬 🌱 🔬 🧬

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#PlantScience
January 9, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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Tutti Frutti 🥒

Wang et al. identify McACO2 (an #ethylene biosynthesis gene) as a regulatory component of the scopoletin biosynthesis pathway in #noni fruits - thus linking ethylene signaling to phenylpropanoid pathways for fruit maturation & post-harvest quality management

doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...
McACO2 gene promotes ethylene-mediated scopoletin biosynthesis in noni (Morinda citrifolia)
Abstract. The noni (Morinda citrifolia) fruit undergoes exclusive postharvest changes in metabolites to counteract spoilage. The second day after harvest i
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January 9, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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(What's the Story), Morning Glory...?

Nakagawa et al. have developed an interactive #database (ipomoeanil.nibb.ac.jp/fpkm/) containing new dynamic transcriptome data of Japanese morning glory petals across a range of developmental stages

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...

#PlantScience
#Flowering
Transcriptomic dynamics of petal development in the one-day flower species, Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil)
Abstract. Various aspects of Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil) petals, such as color, pattern, shape, flower opening time, and senescence, have been ext
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January 8, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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Different versions...

Using pyrabactin (a synthetic ABA agonist) as a screening method, Yin et al have discovered that different ABA receptor isoforms are involved in discrete signalling events required for stomatal opening/closure and ROS production

doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...

#PlantScience
A graphical and text summary of the paper by Yin et al. and a short biography and photo of the first author.
January 7, 2026 at 10:03 AM