Nature Plants
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Nature Plants is an online-only, monthly journal publishing the best research on plants (hopefully).
New Article: "GhZAT11 triggers wound-activated bud growth by accelerating sugar transport and cell division" rdcu.be/eY3ID
A simple cut can wake up a dormant plant. Paper shows how a wound instructs buds to resume cell division and sugar transport, driving them to sprout.
A simple cut can wake up a dormant plant. Paper shows how a wound instructs buds to resume cell division and sugar transport, driving them to sprout.
January 14, 2026 at 2:49 PM
New Article: "GhZAT11 triggers wound-activated bud growth by accelerating sugar transport and cell division" rdcu.be/eY3ID
A simple cut can wake up a dormant plant. Paper shows how a wound instructs buds to resume cell division and sugar transport, driving them to sprout.
A simple cut can wake up a dormant plant. Paper shows how a wound instructs buds to resume cell division and sugar transport, driving them to sprout.
New OA Article: "Virulence on Pm4 kinase-based resistance is determined by two divergent wheat powdery mildew effectors" rdcu.be/eY3ED
AvrPm4 effector / wheat Pm4. The pathogen can evade Pm4 recognition by expressing the suppressor SvrPm4, an RNase-like effector.
AvrPm4 effector / wheat Pm4. The pathogen can evade Pm4 recognition by expressing the suppressor SvrPm4, an RNase-like effector.
January 14, 2026 at 2:46 PM
New OA Article: "Virulence on Pm4 kinase-based resistance is determined by two divergent wheat powdery mildew effectors" rdcu.be/eY3ED
AvrPm4 effector / wheat Pm4. The pathogen can evade Pm4 recognition by expressing the suppressor SvrPm4, an RNase-like effector.
AvrPm4 effector / wheat Pm4. The pathogen can evade Pm4 recognition by expressing the suppressor SvrPm4, an RNase-like effector.
New Perspective: "High-performance living plant collections require a globally integrated data ecosystem to meet twenty-first-century challenges" rdcu.be/eYlEi
Living plant collections have critical educational, scientific and conservation roles.
Living plant collections have critical educational, scientific and conservation roles.
January 9, 2026 at 3:40 PM
New Perspective: "High-performance living plant collections require a globally integrated data ecosystem to meet twenty-first-century challenges" rdcu.be/eYlEi
Living plant collections have critical educational, scientific and conservation roles.
Living plant collections have critical educational, scientific and conservation roles.
New Article: "Assembly of Arundinella anomala genome to facilitate single-cell resolved functional and developmental characterization of C4 distinctive cells" rdcu.be/eYlCm
Arundinella is a C4 grass with variant Kranz anatomy and interveinal distinctive cells.
Arundinella is a C4 grass with variant Kranz anatomy and interveinal distinctive cells.
January 9, 2026 at 3:38 PM
New Article: "Assembly of Arundinella anomala genome to facilitate single-cell resolved functional and developmental characterization of C4 distinctive cells" rdcu.be/eYlCm
Arundinella is a C4 grass with variant Kranz anatomy and interveinal distinctive cells.
Arundinella is a C4 grass with variant Kranz anatomy and interveinal distinctive cells.
New Letter: "New alleles of Arabidopsis BIK1 reinforce its predominant role in PTI and caution interpretations of other reported functions" rdcu.be/eYiO9
Summary: be careful with legacy T-DNA mutants.
[On the importance of BIKs in science, including
@elisabethbik.bsky.social]
Summary: be careful with legacy T-DNA mutants.
[On the importance of BIKs in science, including
@elisabethbik.bsky.social]
January 9, 2026 at 11:00 AM
New Letter: "New alleles of Arabidopsis BIK1 reinforce its predominant role in PTI and caution interpretations of other reported functions" rdcu.be/eYiO9
Summary: be careful with legacy T-DNA mutants.
[On the importance of BIKs in science, including
@elisabethbik.bsky.social]
Summary: be careful with legacy T-DNA mutants.
[On the importance of BIKs in science, including
@elisabethbik.bsky.social]
With Research Briefing: "Structure-based engineering of bicarbonate transport activity unlocks the CO2-concentrating mechanism" rdcu.be/eYi42
January 9, 2026 at 10:57 AM
With Research Briefing: "Structure-based engineering of bicarbonate transport activity unlocks the CO2-concentrating mechanism" rdcu.be/eYi42
New Article: "Structure of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii LciA guided the engineering of FNT family proteins to gain bicarbonate transport activity" rdcu.be/eYi3G
Structure & mechanism of the bicarbonate channel LciA; expands the toolbox to boost plant photosynthesis.
Structure & mechanism of the bicarbonate channel LciA; expands the toolbox to boost plant photosynthesis.
January 9, 2026 at 10:57 AM
New Article: "Structure of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii LciA guided the engineering of FNT family proteins to gain bicarbonate transport activity" rdcu.be/eYi3G
Structure & mechanism of the bicarbonate channel LciA; expands the toolbox to boost plant photosynthesis.
Structure & mechanism of the bicarbonate channel LciA; expands the toolbox to boost plant photosynthesis.
New Article: "Imputation integrates single-cell and spatial gene expression data to resolve transcriptional networks in barley shoot meristem development" rdcu.be/eYiMF
With Research Briefing rdcu.be/eYiM7
With Research Briefing rdcu.be/eYiM7
January 9, 2026 at 10:27 AM
New Article: "Imputation integrates single-cell and spatial gene expression data to resolve transcriptional networks in barley shoot meristem development" rdcu.be/eYiMF
With Research Briefing rdcu.be/eYiM7
With Research Briefing rdcu.be/eYiM7
New Article: "Clumped canopy architecture raises global crop yield and reduces N2O emissions" rdcu.be/eYiIl
With Research Briefing rdcu.be/eYiI6
... in crops such as rice, wheat, maize and soybean.
With Research Briefing rdcu.be/eYiI6
... in crops such as rice, wheat, maize and soybean.
January 9, 2026 at 10:23 AM
New Article: "Clumped canopy architecture raises global crop yield and reduces N2O emissions" rdcu.be/eYiIl
With Research Briefing rdcu.be/eYiI6
... in crops such as rice, wheat, maize and soybean.
With Research Briefing rdcu.be/eYiI6
... in crops such as rice, wheat, maize and soybean.
With a Research Briefing: "Spatial transcriptomics decodes the cellular landscape of plant–pathogen interaction" rdcu.be/eYiGb
Single-cell spatial transcriptomics to explore the early interactions between potato leaf cells and the pathogen Phytophthora infestans.
Single-cell spatial transcriptomics to explore the early interactions between potato leaf cells and the pathogen Phytophthora infestans.
January 9, 2026 at 10:18 AM
With a Research Briefing: "Spatial transcriptomics decodes the cellular landscape of plant–pathogen interaction" rdcu.be/eYiGb
Single-cell spatial transcriptomics to explore the early interactions between potato leaf cells and the pathogen Phytophthora infestans.
Single-cell spatial transcriptomics to explore the early interactions between potato leaf cells and the pathogen Phytophthora infestans.
New OA Article: "Rapid local and systemic jasmonate signalling drives the initiation and establishment of plant systemic immunity" rdcu.be/eYeUZ
Novel reporter captures spatial temporal dynamics of systemic immunity: signal propagation and establishment depend on JAs.
Novel reporter captures spatial temporal dynamics of systemic immunity: signal propagation and establishment depend on JAs.
January 9, 2026 at 10:15 AM
New OA Article: "Rapid local and systemic jasmonate signalling drives the initiation and establishment of plant systemic immunity" rdcu.be/eYeUZ
Novel reporter captures spatial temporal dynamics of systemic immunity: signal propagation and establishment depend on JAs.
Novel reporter captures spatial temporal dynamics of systemic immunity: signal propagation and establishment depend on JAs.
New Article: "Pervasive increase in tree mortality across the Australian continent" rdcu.be/eYiCA
80y of forest plot monitoring show a pervasive increase in tree mortality across Australia’s forests driven by climate change, jeopardizing their role as carbon sinks.
80y of forest plot monitoring show a pervasive increase in tree mortality across Australia’s forests driven by climate change, jeopardizing their role as carbon sinks.
January 9, 2026 at 10:11 AM
New Article: "Pervasive increase in tree mortality across the Australian continent" rdcu.be/eYiCA
80y of forest plot monitoring show a pervasive increase in tree mortality across Australia’s forests driven by climate change, jeopardizing their role as carbon sinks.
80y of forest plot monitoring show a pervasive increase in tree mortality across Australia’s forests driven by climate change, jeopardizing their role as carbon sinks.
New Resource: "Host microenvironment in potato–Phytophthora infestans interaction revealed by single-cell spatiotemporal transcriptome" rdcu.be/eYizt
... reveals cellular heterogeneity at the infection site and provides a resource to enhance potato disease resistance.
... reveals cellular heterogeneity at the infection site and provides a resource to enhance potato disease resistance.
January 9, 2026 at 10:08 AM
New Resource: "Host microenvironment in potato–Phytophthora infestans interaction revealed by single-cell spatiotemporal transcriptome" rdcu.be/eYizt
... reveals cellular heterogeneity at the infection site and provides a resource to enhance potato disease resistance.
... reveals cellular heterogeneity at the infection site and provides a resource to enhance potato disease resistance.
New Article: "Decadal-scale observations are key to detecting the stabilizing effects of plant diversity in natural ecosystems" rdcu.be/eYixI
Phylogenetic diversity is the key driver of long-term stability, whereas plant height shapes short-term productivity dynamics.
Phylogenetic diversity is the key driver of long-term stability, whereas plant height shapes short-term productivity dynamics.
January 9, 2026 at 10:02 AM
New Article: "Decadal-scale observations are key to detecting the stabilizing effects of plant diversity in natural ecosystems" rdcu.be/eYixI
Phylogenetic diversity is the key driver of long-term stability, whereas plant height shapes short-term productivity dynamics.
Phylogenetic diversity is the key driver of long-term stability, whereas plant height shapes short-term productivity dynamics.
New Article: "Structural insights into the molecular mechanisms of OsFBN5-induced OsSPS3 catalysis" rdcu.be/eXFsq
SPS3 is a key enzyme in plastoquinone-9 synthesis. FBN5 enhances SPS3 dimer activity by shifting its catalytic mechanism from alternating to synchronous.
SPS3 is a key enzyme in plastoquinone-9 synthesis. FBN5 enhances SPS3 dimer activity by shifting its catalytic mechanism from alternating to synchronous.
January 5, 2026 at 3:57 PM
New Article: "Structural insights into the molecular mechanisms of OsFBN5-induced OsSPS3 catalysis" rdcu.be/eXFsq
SPS3 is a key enzyme in plastoquinone-9 synthesis. FBN5 enhances SPS3 dimer activity by shifting its catalytic mechanism from alternating to synchronous.
SPS3 is a key enzyme in plastoquinone-9 synthesis. FBN5 enhances SPS3 dimer activity by shifting its catalytic mechanism from alternating to synchronous.
New Article: "A biosynthetic gene cluster for three post-chorismate pathways in Arabidopsis" rdcu.be/eXEMY
Non-aromatic, chorismate-derived compounds, abundant in the roots of Arabidopsis, are made by a biosynthetic gene cluster comprising five adjacent genes.
Non-aromatic, chorismate-derived compounds, abundant in the roots of Arabidopsis, are made by a biosynthetic gene cluster comprising five adjacent genes.
January 5, 2026 at 3:53 PM
New Article: "A biosynthetic gene cluster for three post-chorismate pathways in Arabidopsis" rdcu.be/eXEMY
Non-aromatic, chorismate-derived compounds, abundant in the roots of Arabidopsis, are made by a biosynthetic gene cluster comprising five adjacent genes.
Non-aromatic, chorismate-derived compounds, abundant in the roots of Arabidopsis, are made by a biosynthetic gene cluster comprising five adjacent genes.
New Article: "Arabidopsis IONIC CURRENT FAMILY A proteins facilitate environmental calcium acquisition essential for stress tolerance" rdcu.be/eXFko
High-order ica mutants show lower Ca2+ levels and higher stress sensitivity, revealing ICAs’ role in Ca2+ homeostasis.
High-order ica mutants show lower Ca2+ levels and higher stress sensitivity, revealing ICAs’ role in Ca2+ homeostasis.
January 5, 2026 at 3:50 PM
New Article: "Arabidopsis IONIC CURRENT FAMILY A proteins facilitate environmental calcium acquisition essential for stress tolerance" rdcu.be/eXFko
High-order ica mutants show lower Ca2+ levels and higher stress sensitivity, revealing ICAs’ role in Ca2+ homeostasis.
High-order ica mutants show lower Ca2+ levels and higher stress sensitivity, revealing ICAs’ role in Ca2+ homeostasis.
New OA Article: "Carotenoid biosynthesis drives root plasticity through aerenchyma and iron plaque formation in rice" rdcu.be/eXz9u
Rice PHYTOENE SYNTHASE2 coordinates the carotenoid-derived biosynthesis of ABA and strigolactones, controlling iron plaque deposition and aerenchyma development.
Rice PHYTOENE SYNTHASE2 coordinates the carotenoid-derived biosynthesis of ABA and strigolactones, controlling iron plaque deposition and aerenchyma development.
January 5, 2026 at 11:40 AM
New OA Article: "Carotenoid biosynthesis drives root plasticity through aerenchyma and iron plaque formation in rice" rdcu.be/eXz9u
Rice PHYTOENE SYNTHASE2 coordinates the carotenoid-derived biosynthesis of ABA and strigolactones, controlling iron plaque deposition and aerenchyma development.
Rice PHYTOENE SYNTHASE2 coordinates the carotenoid-derived biosynthesis of ABA and strigolactones, controlling iron plaque deposition and aerenchyma development.
New OA Article: "A novel cis-element enabled bacterial uptake by plant cells" rdcu.be/eXCLQ
Key step in evolution of N-fixing root nodule symbiosis: control of NIN expression by a complex that regulated transcription much earlier in the arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis.
Key step in evolution of N-fixing root nodule symbiosis: control of NIN expression by a complex that regulated transcription much earlier in the arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis.
January 5, 2026 at 11:29 AM
New OA Article: "A novel cis-element enabled bacterial uptake by plant cells" rdcu.be/eXCLQ
Key step in evolution of N-fixing root nodule symbiosis: control of NIN expression by a complex that regulated transcription much earlier in the arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis.
Key step in evolution of N-fixing root nodule symbiosis: control of NIN expression by a complex that regulated transcription much earlier in the arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis.
December 18, 2025 at 11:03 AM
New Editorial: "… of the Year" rdcu.be/eVhgA
December is a time when ‘… of the Year’ pieces appear in all kinds of publications. For this year only, Nature Plants is joining the trend.
December is a time when ‘… of the Year’ pieces appear in all kinds of publications. For this year only, Nature Plants is joining the trend.
December 18, 2025 at 11:01 AM
New Editorial: "… of the Year" rdcu.be/eVhgA
December is a time when ‘… of the Year’ pieces appear in all kinds of publications. For this year only, Nature Plants is joining the trend.
December is a time when ‘… of the Year’ pieces appear in all kinds of publications. For this year only, Nature Plants is joining the trend.
With News & Views: "Crop biotechnology: Engineering cassava for smart potassium use" rdcu.be/eVhe8
Engineering cassava with a modified potassium channel gene from Arabidopsis thaliana enhances K+ transport, photosynthesis and storage root yield.
Engineering cassava with a modified potassium channel gene from Arabidopsis thaliana enhances K+ transport, photosynthesis and storage root yield.
December 18, 2025 at 10:58 AM
With News & Views: "Crop biotechnology: Engineering cassava for smart potassium use" rdcu.be/eVhe8
Engineering cassava with a modified potassium channel gene from Arabidopsis thaliana enhances K+ transport, photosynthesis and storage root yield.
Engineering cassava with a modified potassium channel gene from Arabidopsis thaliana enhances K+ transport, photosynthesis and storage root yield.
New OA Article: "Engineering vascular potassium transport increases yield and drought resilience of cassava" rdcu.be/eVhcJ
Engineered cassava expressing a modified K+ channel, that enhances sugar flow, improves the yield and drought resilience.
Engineered cassava expressing a modified K+ channel, that enhances sugar flow, improves the yield and drought resilience.
December 18, 2025 at 10:56 AM
New OA Article: "Engineering vascular potassium transport increases yield and drought resilience of cassava" rdcu.be/eVhcJ
Engineered cassava expressing a modified K+ channel, that enhances sugar flow, improves the yield and drought resilience.
Engineered cassava expressing a modified K+ channel, that enhances sugar flow, improves the yield and drought resilience.
New Comment: "The critical importance of accurate chemical notation for the superoxide radical (O2•−) in the plant literature" rdcu.be/eVg8o
... clarifies the correct notation for the superoxide anion, highlights widespread errors and urges standardization.
... clarifies the correct notation for the superoxide anion, highlights widespread errors and urges standardization.
December 18, 2025 at 10:54 AM
New Comment: "The critical importance of accurate chemical notation for the superoxide radical (O2•−) in the plant literature" rdcu.be/eVg8o
... clarifies the correct notation for the superoxide anion, highlights widespread errors and urges standardization.
... clarifies the correct notation for the superoxide anion, highlights widespread errors and urges standardization.
New Perspective: "Integrating microbial siderophores into concepts of plant iron nutrition" rdcu.be/eUKyI
Beyond rhizosphere iron reduction and secretion of phytosiderophores: the importance of microbial siderophores for plant iron nutrition.
Beyond rhizosphere iron reduction and secretion of phytosiderophores: the importance of microbial siderophores for plant iron nutrition.
December 15, 2025 at 6:13 PM
New Perspective: "Integrating microbial siderophores into concepts of plant iron nutrition" rdcu.be/eUKyI
Beyond rhizosphere iron reduction and secretion of phytosiderophores: the importance of microbial siderophores for plant iron nutrition.
Beyond rhizosphere iron reduction and secretion of phytosiderophores: the importance of microbial siderophores for plant iron nutrition.