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Plant Editors @planteditors.bsky.social · 18h

Hooray!! Congratulations!!

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Jim Rowe @botanicaljim.bsky.social · 1d

I was tremendously lucky to be in @xanderjones.bsky.social's lab to watch @bijuntang.bsky.social move from technician to PhD to Postdoc and produce this magnum opus. #SalicS1 is the just reward for years of brilliance and hard work.Well done Bijun, Xander, Jing, and everyone involved! #SalicylicAcid

Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) @slcuplants.bsky.social · 1d

Salicylic acid biosensor, SalicS1, tracks the plant immune hormone salicylic acid in real time - revealing propagation of hormone surge during plant pathogen advance

Latest biosensor from @xanderjones.bsky.social team
In Science doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Summary www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/new-bio...

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Journal of Integrative Plant Biology @jipb.bsky.social · 19h

Colletotrichum gloeosporioides is a major threat to #mango #crops. Here, Xiang et al. report that Histone deacetylase MiHDA3 enhances #fruit resistance to this devastating #pathogen by deacetylating MiCAT1.

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#PlantSci #CropScience

Histone deacetylase MiHDA3 enhances mango fruit resistance to Colletotrichum gloeosporioides by deacetylating MiCAT1

In mango (Mangifera indica L.), the histone deacetylase MiHDA3 interacts with and deacetylates the catalase MiCAT1 at lysine residues K227 and K233; this deacetylation reduces MiCAT1 stability and en...

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Plant Editors @planteditors.bsky.social · 18h

#PlantSciJobs

Arthur Leung @aleungplants.bsky.social · 21h

Came across this Curator of Plants & Sustainability job at the Royal Ontario Museum here in Toronto!

#plantsciences #botany #herbaria

royalontariomuseum.applytojob.com/apply/Sf2iAO...

Curator of Plants & Sustainability - Royal Ontario Museum - Career Page

Apply to Curator of Plants & Sustainability at Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, ON, Canada.

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Plantae.org @plantaeofficial.bsky.social · 21h

📅New #PlantSciEvents Event Added: 4th Integrated Plant & Algal Phenomics Meeting (IPAP)

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4th Integrated Plant & Algal Phenomics Meeting (IPAP)

(2026) Fri 26 Jun, 3:00 PM - Sun 28, 5:00 PM [CEST]: We are very proud to invite you to the 4th INTEGRATED PLANT AND ALGAL PHENOMICS MEETING (IPAP), to be held this year in the beautiful and historic…

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Plantae.org @plantaeofficial.bsky.social · 20h

📣 Join us for the upcoming Plantae webinar on October 23 at 9 am Eastern time, hosted by the 2025 Plantae Fellows.🌱

👉 Free registration at buff.ly/YRoRap9

#PlantScience

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Journal of Systematics and Evolution @journalsysevo.bsky.social · 19h

Rather et al. highlight the use of plastome data for resolving complex #evolutionary questions, establishing a #genomic toolkit for #research in #systematics, #conservation, and #evolutionary #biology of legumes.
doi.org/10.1111/jse....

#PlantScience #JSE

Visualization of the chloroplast genome structure for the Caesalpinia group, illustrating gene duplications, losses, and rearrangements.

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Journal of Experimental Botany @jxbotany.bsky.social · 19h

🌱 SPECIAL ISSUE RESEARCH 🌱

🔬 ECLIPSE is a potential adaptor protein that links ubiquitinated inner nuclear membrane proteins to the CDC48 complex, facilitating their degradation and maintaining nuclear membrane integrity in plants - Calvanese et al.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...

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Fig. 1 (shortened, full legend in paper): ECLIPSE is closely associated with plant INMAD components. (A) Schematic diagram illustrating the identification of potential INMAD components using proximity labeling with SUN1 and PUX5 as baits. SUN1, a substrate of the INMAD pathway, undergoes polyubiquitination by unidentified E3 ligases. The ubiquitinated SUN1 is recognized by a potential adaptor protein, which facilitates the recruitment of CDC48 for subsequent retrotranslocation and degradation of SUN1. PUX5 is a previously reported negative regulator of the INMAD pathway, which interacts with CDC48 and functions to prevent SUN1 degradation. (B) Reanalysis of previously published MS data obtained from proximity labeling proteomics using HA-BioID2-SUN1 and PUX5-BioID2-HA transgenic plants. Specific proteins probed by each bait were identified using biotin mock-treated transgenic plants as controls.

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UCDavisPlants @ucdavisplants.bsky.social · 19h

🍓From HortScience: Two new day-neutral strawberry cultivars combine Fusarium wilt resistance with high yields and long shelf life.(Glenn S. Cole, Dominique D.A. Pincot, Cindy M. Lòpez, Randi A. Famula, Steven J. Knapp)
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#PlantPathology #PlantSceince #PlantBreeding

Changes in the visual appearance of fruit of long-shelf-life cultivars in cold storage. ‘UC Golden Gate’, ‘UC Keystone’, and ‘Monterey’ fruit were stored in the dark at 4 °C for 0, 7, and 14 d postharvest. The fruit were placed in 19-cm
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11.5-cm
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7-cm plastic clamshells and were not handled or disturbed.

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C-SPIRIT @c-spirit.org · 2d

C-SPIRIT’s Sue Rhee (@rheelab.bsky.social) is giving a keynote at the XXI SMB Plant Biology Congress! 🌱
🗓️ Oct 21 | 6:30-7:15 pm CT
💬 Drug discovery for agriculture: Center for Sustainable Plant Innovation and Resilience through International Teamwork

See more: smbplant.quimica.unam.mx
#PlantScience

Upcoming C-SPIRIT team member talk!
Director of the Plant Resilience Institute & C-SPIRIT
Michigan State University
Dr. Seung Yon (Sue) Rhee
Talk Title: Drug discovery for agriculture: Center for Sustainable Plant Innovation and Resilience through International Teamwork (C-SPIRIT)
Tuesday, October 21st 6:30 - 7:15 pm CT
Learn more!

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in silico Plants @insilicoplants.bsky.social · 2d

New algorithm address the challenge of inferring GRNs from time series transcriptome data. This approach generates cohesive networks with minimal user input, revealing biologically meaningful neighborhoods.
doi.org/10.1093/insi... #PlantBiology #Transcriptomics #GRN

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · 2d

A plant RNA virus hijacks a membrane-anchored dual-specificity phosphatase to attenuate MAPK-mediated immunity for robust infection (Yameng Luan, Xue Jiang, Yuting Wang, Mengzhu Chai, Fangfang Li, Aiming Wang, Xiaoyun Wu, Xiaofei Cheng) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #Plantscience

A plant RNA virus hijacks a membrane-anchored dual-specificity phosphatase to attenuate MAPK-mediated immunity for robust infection

The turnip mosaic virus P3 protein binds membrane-anchored phosphatase DSP4 to dephosphorylate MPK3/6, counteracting their antiviral role and promoting vir

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Mariana Silva Artur @marianasartur.bsky.social · 2d

I am looking forward to sharing a bit of our research on #seeds and #desiccationtolerance in the first WALII Symposium!🤩🧐🤓🌱
#plantresearch #plantscifyi

WALIIAnhydro @waliianhydro.bsky.social · 3d

Meet the speakers of the very first inaugural WALII Symposium: Exploring Life Without Water, happening Tuesday, Nov 18! 💧

To Learn More about the symposium: walii.science/virtual-symp...

To Learn More about Dr. Mariana Silva Artur: www.mariana-artur.com

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UCDavisPlants @ucdavisplants.bsky.social · 2d

🌱 From Nature Plants: Researchers have identified the long-sought enzyme completing iridoid biosynthesis, revealing how plants produce key alkaloids for defense and medicine. (Philipp Zerbe)
▶️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#PlantBiology #PlantPathology

The missing link in the iridoid puzzle - Nature Plants

Plants produce a remarkable spectrum of specialized metabolites that shape ecological interactions with other organisms and enable environmental adaptation. Deciphering the biosynthesis and function of these metabolites can unlock fundamental resources for crop optimization and synthetic biology platforms to advance the production of food and plant-derived pharmaceuticals and other bioproducts.

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Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · 2d

Our article "Guns in Rosettes: The Arabidopsis chemical weapons arsenal" is finally published @plantphys.bsky.social!
You can download the #OpenAccess PDF here:

doi.org/10.1093/plph...

But real connoisseurs of #AntimicrobialCompounds will want to get the vinyl boxset: #PlantScience #PlantImmunity

A vinyl box with six colored vinyl LPs sticking out of its right side. The Title "Guns in Rosettes" is on top, with the subtitle "The Arabidopsis chemical weapons arsenal" just below. Then there is an Arabidopsis plant with machine guns sticking out. Below is the statement "6-LP LIMITED EDITION COLORED VINYL BOX SET"

The back cover of the vinyl box set showing the tracklist:
1. Methionine-derived compounds
Aliphatic GSLs
2. Tryptophan-derived compounds (trptonites)
Indolic GSLs
Camalexin
Hycanite (4-OH-ICN)
3. Phenylalanine-derived compounds (phenylpropanoids)
Benzenic GSLs
Coumarins
Hydroxycinnamates
Flavonoids
4. Terpenoids
(E)-β-caryophyllene
α- and β-pinene
Thalianin, arabidin, and DMNT

And the statement "Recorded live in front of an audience in 2025"

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Department of Plant Sciences Cambridge @camplantsci.bsky.social · 2d

Job opportunity!

We are recruiting got a Horticultural Technician:
- Crop Science Centre
- Fixed term
- Closes on Friday 31 October

www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/horticu...

#plantscijobs #plantsciences

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Journal of Experimental Botany @jxbotany.bsky.social · 2d

🔒🌿 SPECIAL ISSUE REVIEW 🔒🌿

Paiva-Silva et al. summarize and integrate current knowledge on protease inhibition in plant–pathogen interactions and speculate on ways in which this could be harnessed to improve plant resilience to biotic stresses 🦠💪

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...

#PlantScience 🧪

Fig. 1.Events of protease inhibition in plant biotic stress at three different levels. (A) Inhibition of endogenous plant proteases by plant protease inhibitors; (B) inhibition of pathogen/pest proteases by plant-derived protease inhibitors; (C) inhibition of plant proteases by pathogen-derived protease inhibitors. All proteases are denoted by the name of their homologue in Arabidopsis unless indicated otherwise. See paper for figure legend with abbreviations explanation.

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Plant & Cell Physiology @plantcellphysiol.bsky.social · 2d

The same but different... ♊

Wu et al. have performed comparative genomics analyses in legumes & other species to reveal the similarities & unique features of gene regulatory networks operating in nitrogen-fixing & arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...

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Figure 1 (split into panels a-g) of the paper by Wu et al. showing Transcriptomic change in arbusculated and nodulated roots across different species. (a) bar chart showing DEGs in arbusculated roots of six plant species. (b) bar chart showing DEGs in nodulated roots of three legume species. (c) GO enrichment analysis showing words/phrases related to DEGs in arbusculated roots across six plant species. (d−f) Venn diagrams illustrating shared and unique DEGs between arbusculated and nodulated roots in three legume species. (g) 3 scatter plots comparing gene expression changes between AMS and NFS in M. trunculata, G. max and L. japonicus.

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American Society for Horticultural Science @ashs-hort.bsky.social · 2d

Contribute to the future of horticulture by promoting your graduate assistantship and internship opportunities at the ASHS Career Center!

https://ashscareers.careerwebsite.com/employer/pricing/

#Horticulturists
#HorticulturalScience
#ASHSCareerCenter
#GraduateAssistants
#Interns #plantscijobs

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Trends in Plant Science @cp-trendsplantsci.bsky.social · 1d

Engineering NLR immune receptors for resilient crop disease resistance #plantscience

Engineering NLR immune receptors for resilient crop disease resistance

Plants rely on sophisticated immune systems to defend against diverse pathogens that threaten their growth, development, and global food security. Nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat receptors (NLRs) are a central component in plant immunity. Innovative NLR engineering may improve plant disease resistance and offer new opportunities for sustainable crop production.

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 3d

🧪🌾INTERVIEW - His discovery challenges current textbook knowledge

PhD student Özer Erguvan from the @stephanevrg.bsky.social group discovered that two key sites in plant cell walls and not the middle lamella help cells stick together.🔬

Read more in this interview👇:
www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

Two men at a huge microscope, one is sitting in front and one is standing next to him, both are looking into the camera.

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Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · 2d

Fantastic editorial on #ScientificWriting. 👇

Malick Mbengue @malick-mbengue.bsky.social · 2d

I wished I could have written something like this. Rude, fun and meaningful.
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Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · 1d

The reduced canopy area in esca-symptomatic grapevine plants leads to lower canopy transpiration and mitigates water stress (Ninon Dell’Acqua, Gregory A Gambetta, Megan K Bartlett, et al) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience

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Journal of Integrative Plant Biology @jipb.bsky.social · 1d

How does #phenotypic #diversity relate to #genomic #evolution over #geological time?
In this #OpenAccess #PlantScience article, Yang et al. find that species diversification (SD) appears decoupled from both, highlighting the multidimensional nature of SD evolution.

⌛️ doi.org/10.1111/jipb...

Genome duplications, genomic conflict, and rapid phenotypic evolution characterize the Cretaceous radiation of Fagales

Fagales show “early burst” model of phenotypic disparification, with morphospace being filled during the early radiation of the Fagales crown and its major families. The elevated levels of phenotypic...

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Journal of Systematics and Evolution @journalsysevo.bsky.social · 1d

Using an integrative approach combining #molecular, cytogenetic, #phylogenetic, and #morphological #data, Le-Le He and Bao-Zhen Hua reveal generic paraphyly and #chromosome #evolution in Bittacidae.

🔎 doi.org/10.1111/jse....

#BugSky #insect #scorpionfly

Phylogenetic and cytogenetic analyses reveal generic paraphyly and chromosome evolution in Bittacidae (Insecta: Mecoptera)

Many genera were erected without phylogenetic validation in Bittacidae (Insecta: Mecoptera), leaving their generic statuses contentious. We investigated the phylogenetic relationships and reconstruct...

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