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Nature Plants is an online-only, monthly journal publishing the best research on plants (hopefully).
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 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.
January 9, 2026 at 10:18 AM
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Also we have almost a mini special issue on bacterial nutrition strategies during plant Xanthomonas infection.

Firstly, Wang et al investigate how bacteria use xanthosan to feed themselves and develop a strategy to exploit this for resistance:
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(3/5) #plantscience
A bacterial nutrition strategy for plant disease control
Xanthomonas spp. cause serious diseases in more than 400 plant species. The conserved AvrBs2 family effectors are among the most important virulence factors in xanthomonads, but how AvrBs2 promotes in...
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December 19, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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.
December 18, 2025 at 10:58 AM