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PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · 2d

Game changer for cell-based plant genetics: the labs of Caixia Gao & Jin-Long Qiu have developed very efficient self-replicating vectors and they just published a very nice proof-of-concept paper.
#plantscience
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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

📖 SPECIAL ISSUE REVIEW 📖

In this review, Wang et al. describe the protease, chaperone-like, and substrate processing working modes of plant FtsH, and summarize the role of FtsH in organelle protein homeostasis 🔄 🌱

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Box 1. Key developments in understanding FtsH functions for organelle protein homeostasis in Arabidopsis The schematic illustration shows the primary and 3D structure of FtsH (A–C) and highlights recent advances in understanding the roles of plant FtsHs localized in chloroplasts (D, E, and H) and mitochondria (F and G).
See paper for full description of Box 1.

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Nature Plants @natplants.nature.com · 2d

New Article: "A mobile DELLA controls Medicago truncatula root cortex patterning to host arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi" rdcu.be/eJO9O

Mobile transcriptional regulators DELLA and SHORT-ROOT control the number of root inner cortex cell layers able to host symbiotic AMF.

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · 1d

Identification of a cleaved aberrant RNA associated with the initiation of transgene silencing (Marianne C Kramer, Thivanka Sandaruwan Ratnayake, Seth A Edwards, Harper L Lowrey, et al) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience

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Kenichi Tsuda @kenichitsuda.bsky.social · Jul 4

This is interesting!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Growth arrest is a DNA damage protection strategy in Arabidopsis - Nature Communications

This study demonstrates that growth arrest under stress in Arabidopsis protects meristem cells from DNA damage, challenging the idea that it is merely due to energy trade-offs and highlighting its rol...

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Ben Long @botbml.bsky.social · Jul 4

A SynBio explosion: a whole new world for Rubisco engineering

From @laura-gunn.bsky.social

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A SynBio explosion: a whole new world for Rubisco engineering

This article comments on:Archer J, Kathpalia M, Lee B, Li S, Wang T. 2025. Effects of chaperone selectivity on the assembly of plant Rubisco orthologs in E

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CEPLAS - Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences @ceplas.bsky.social · Jul 4

Pflanzen, Forschung & ein bisschen Campusgeschichte!
Gestern waren wir unterwegs auf einer kleinen Zeitreise durch die Pflanzenforschung @hhu.de . Von Gewächshausern bis zu Hightech-Gebäuden: viel hat sich getan in den letzten Jahren!
Danke an alle, die mit uns auf Entdeckungstour waren! 💚

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Nick Talbot @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social · Jul 4

Great talk by @ecarmosilva.bsky.social on the challenges of improving rubisco efficiency for enhanced photosynthetic resilience under climate change. Fascinating insights. @johninnescentre.bsky.social @thesainsburylab.bsky.social

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · Jul 4

Floral snapshot, July, in case your brain is noisy and overloaded:

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GeminiTeamLab @geminiteamlab.bsky.social · May 27

How do plant viruses cause symptoms? Are these developmental alterations functionally relevant? Man Gao, Enmanuel, et al. found that TYLCV does so through a host-mimicking domain in its C4 protein, co-opting a plant protein family - to attract the insect vector! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A plant virus causes symptoms through the deployment of a host-mimicking protein domain to attract the insect vector

Plant viruses cause symptoms with devastating consequences for agriculture. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying symptom development in viral …

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Journal of Experimental Botany @jxbotany.bsky.social · May 27

🌽 💧 SPECIAL ISSUE EXPERT VIEW 🌱 🚰

Roles of hormones in regulating root growth–water interactions – Sharma et al.

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Sharma et al Figure 1 legend (shortened): Hormones mediate root responses to water availability. (A) Under homogeneous water distribution in soil, lateral roots (LRs) develop symmetrically, resulting in a uniform root system. (B) Root tips show hydrotropism and bend towards areas with high water potential. (C) Growing root tips pause branching in air gaps (xerobranching). (D) Asymmetric SUMOylation of the auxin response factor ARF7 induces asymmetric distribution of lateral roots, leading to hydropatterning. Ethylene suppresses LR formation on the air side of the root. (E) Soil drying decreases water potential vertically, promoting steeper root growth or xerotropism by the action of Deeper Rooting 1 (DRO1). Auxin negatively regulates DRO1, triggering downward bending. Water availability is represented as a blue colour gradient.

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American Society of Plant Biologists @aspbofficial.bsky.social · May 1

Plant Science Research Weekly -- The elephant in the genome: cryptic infection by giant viruses (Science) @brussaard7.bsky.social (Summary by Xavier Ozowara [email protected]) buff.ly/3RGXVZr

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The elephant in the genome: Cryptic infection by giant viruses | Plantae

Eukaryotic genomes contain many endogenous viral elements (EVEs), which are genetic footprints of past viral infections. With the discovery of Nucleocytoplasmic Large DNA Viruses (NCLDVs)…

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Plant Direct Journal @plantdirectj.bsky.social · Apr 30

📣 Plant Direct is inviting applications for the role of Editor-in-Chief, now through May 31, 2025! Individuals working in any area of plant science with experience in journal publishing are encouraged to apply!🌱

Learn more👉https://buff.ly/1HWgG5k

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Frank Menke @frankmenke.bsky.social · Apr 30

Plant peptide receptor meeting (PPRM2025) in now on social media. Edinburgh 8-10 September 2025. Great line up of speakers and lots of opportunities to present available. Website with more details to follow soon bsky.app/profile/pprm...

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Fyodor Urnov @urnov.bsky.social · Apr 26

Along with every geneticist I am a total Mendel groupie and this new figure (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) that shows the chromosome location and underlying basis of his allelic pairs moves me to near-tears. Oh, to fly back in time and show this to him ...

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Loic Lepiniec @lepiniec.bsky.social · Apr 27

plants.peercommunityin.org, new Peer Community In .. PLANTS !

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Fyodor Urnov @urnov.bsky.social · Apr 26

It will take a while for upper-div Genetics textbooks to adapt, but adapt they must: the underlying basis for every single one of the trait differences Mendel studied is now known.
Cue Janáček's Moravian dances in celebration! (see post below)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Genomic and genetic insights into Mendel’s pea genes - Nature

Characterization of the genetic architecture underlying the 7 pairs of contrasting traits studied by Mendel and the over 70 additional agronomic traits in pea (Pisum sativum) reveals their m...

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Gitta Coaker @gittacoaker.bsky.social · Apr 27

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Rhizobium rhizogenes A4‐derived strains mediate hyper‐efficient transient gene expression in Nicotiana benthamiana and other solanaceous plants

Agroinfiltration, a method utilizing agrobacteria to transfer DNA into plant cells, is widely used for transient gene expression in plants. Besides the commonly used Agrobacterium strains, Rhizobium ...

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Ali Raza @aliraza6.bsky.social · Apr 17

3️⃣Assessment of #proline function in higher #plants under extreme #temperatures

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Thanks to @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social @molplantsci.bsky.social, wiley and all authors for their support👏😍

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Boas Pucker @bpucker.bsky.social · Apr 8

Celebrating the 10-year anniversary of my Python for Life Scientists course at Uni Bonn! 🎉
Proud to have shared coding skills with so many researchers over the years.
📂 Slides are available on GitHub: github.com/bpucker/PyBo
#Python #LifeScience #OpenScience #Teaching
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Carolin Delker @carolindelker.bsky.social · Apr 7

#PlantACT! 2025 in Madrid has officially started! Thanks to Antonio Molina for organizing and CBGP for hosting us this year

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Vinay Shukla @vinayshukla.bsky.social · Apr 7

MYB74 transcription factor guides de novo specification of epidermal cells in the abscission zone of Arabidopsis
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Nature Plants @natplants.nature.com · Apr 7

Our editors write:

- Cell polarity: Unequal signalling and biosynthesis in daughter cells rdcu.be/egIl5

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Kromdijk Lab @plantphys-cam.bsky.social · Apr 7

Happy to share the publication of our recent work on the identification of CP24 as a determinant of variation in NPQ and PSII efficiency in maize 🌽☀️.

This paper involved a massive team effort in the lab and collaboration with colleagues at @essexuni.bsky.social 🧬🧪

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A deficient CP24 allele defines variation for dynamic non-photochemical quenching and photosystem II efficiency in maize

High throughput phenotyping of a maize multi-founder mapping population reveals genetic factors controlling dynamic photoprotection and photosystem II effi

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Naomi Fraga @naomibot.bsky.social · Apr 8

One of the bright spots in my day is seeing the lupines pop in my garden. The Hesperoyucca flower stalk is still trying to find its way. #canativeplants

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