Council and Parliament reach provisional deal on a set of rules for new genomic techniques, aiming to improve the competitiveness of European agriculture and support the sustainability of our food sys...

The new rules will make the EU food system more secure and sustainable, with climate- and pest-resistant plants that give higher yields and require fewer fertilisers and pesticides.

This work describes FX-Cell and its derivatives to achieve single-cell RNA sequencing from challenging and cryopreserved plant tissues, expanding the scope of single-cell genomics across field-grown s...

Signaling of secreted CLAVATA3/EMBRYO SURROUNDING REGION (CLE) peptides via CLV1-type receptor kinases is a central mechanism regulating stem cell pool size. Originally characterized in the context of shoot meristem maintenance, this network has been increasingly scrutinized in recent years for its role in Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis) root meristem maintenance and organization. These analyses revealed unique, often seemingly paradoxical facets, which can be understood from the rewiring of CLE signaling networks in the root compared with the shoot. Here, we review the intricate interplay between distinct and antagonistic CLE signaling pathways in the primary root meristem, which suggests that the core function of CLE signaling in roots is to dynamically buffer antagonism between positive and negative signaling inputs, thereby enhancing developmental robustness.

Author summary Currently, there is no technology available to eliminate human bacterial pathogens from internal tissues of edible leaves. However, bacteria can penetrate the leaf through stomatal pore...

Stem cell transcription factors synergistically induce regeneration involving somatic embryogenesis and can break recalcitrance in Arabidopsis and pepper w

Roots grow downward and branch outward through the process of lateral root (LR) formation, building a root system that secures water and nutrients. In most