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International journal publishing high quality, original plant science research. Owned by the not-for-profit New Phytologist Foundation.
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Efficient and accurate prime editing system in #plants

A #Letter by Nishizawa-Yokoi et al.
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Fig. 1 Accurate modification of OsALS gene via prime editing (PE) with paired epegRNA-HFs.
February 5, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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Mycelial turnover and persistence in wood decay fungi

van Bokhoven et al. @kaleklett.bsky.social

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Experimental setup and microfluidic chip design.
February 5, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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#TansleyReview: Understanding the dynamic nature of plant lipid anabolic and catabolic #metabolism is key to #sustainable oilseed engineering

Bates et al.
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Fig. 4 Contribution of phospholipid and neutral lipid lipases in tuning distinct lipid pools in seeds.
February 5, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Three CO2-concentrating mechanisms are integrated in a single #leaf of an #aquatic plant

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👆 A #Commentary by Genki Horiguchi on this article by Jiang et al.
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Figure 1 from the highlighted article: Enzymes involved in carbon assimilation in Ottelia alismoides.
February 5, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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Prioritizing #carbon reserve over growth: how aging trees mitigate #carbon starvation risk

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👆 A #Commentary by Lidong Fang on this article by Zhang et al.
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Figure 7 from the highlighted article: Mechanisms of size-related crown dieback. Structural equation models showing the pathways of hydraulics, carbon assimilation and reserves impacting the crown dieback during increasing plant sizes.
February 5, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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On the cover of our #LatestIssue: Balanophora fungosa ssp. fungosa, a holoparasitic plant from Yaese in Okinawa, Japan. Image courtesy of @filiphusnik.bsky.social.

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On the cover of New Phytologist volume 249, issue 5: Balanophora fungosa ssp. fungosa, a holoparasitic plant from Yaese in Okinawa, Japan. Image courtesy of Filip Husnik.
February 5, 2026 at 10:05 AM
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🆕 Our latest issue is online now!

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Highlights include:
🌱 How aging trees mitigate #carbon starvation risk
🌱 Plant lipid #metabolism & #sustainable oilseed engineering
🌱 Endophytes with #mycorrhizal potentials

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On the cover of New Phytologist volume 249, issue 5: Balanophora fungosa ssp. fungosa, a holoparasitic plant from Yaese in Okinawa, Japan. Image courtesy of Filip Husnik.
February 5, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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Tree neighborhood diversity eases magnesium limitation by boosting nutrient uptake and resorption

Du et al.

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Conceptual diagram illustrating potential pathways through which neighborhood tree diversity alleviates nutrient limitations in plant communities.
February 4, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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Peanuts' ally: Soil protists boost peanut yields by regulating N-fixing bacteria

Zeng et al.

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Conceptual model depicting the ecological mechanisms of protist predation that affect plant productivity by regulating nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
February 4, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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Reduced snow cover at the alpine treeline: resistance and recovery of saplings

Katline Charra-Vaskou et al.

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Time course of air and soil temperature and soil water potential from 5 November 2021 (air temperature) or 23 November 2021 (soil temperature and water potential) to 10 May 2022.
February 4, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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Oligo-FISH reveals cytological diploidization in Chrysanthemum

He et al.

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Distribution map, morphological characters, and Oligo-FISH identification of Chrysanthemum species.
February 4, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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Arabidopsis XPD functions upstream of CDKA;1 to regulate stomatal development

Li et al.

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Proposed working model for XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM GROUP D function in stomatal development.
February 4, 2026 at 10:27 AM
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Climate shapes the evolution and global patterns of seed dispersal in angiosperms

Jin et al.

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Estimated transition rates among seed dispersal modes based on the ‘all rates different’ model.
February 4, 2026 at 5:19 AM
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Quiescence of postharvest pathogens: a fungal inhibition process or an immune response of the unripe host fruit?

Prusky et al.

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Colletotrichum and Monilinia establish quiescent infections in fruit either through direct penetration or minor wounds, using hyphae originating from germinating spores.
February 4, 2026 at 2:45 AM
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AGO2 modulates drought tolerance responses in Nicotiana attenuata

Pandey et al.

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A model for Nicotiana attenuata Argonaute2 function during water-stress responses.
February 4, 2026 at 12:11 AM
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CRISPR-mediated HGT

Sen et al.

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Visual representation of microbial gene transfer and stress resilience traits in crops. This figure was created in BioRender (https://BioRender.com/9are1fl).
February 3, 2026 at 11:17 PM
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A new layer of chromatin regulation in plant salt tolerance: H3K37ac emerges as an evolutionarily conserved stress‐responsive histone mark
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#Commentary by Wu highlighting the recent work by Ma et al.
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Identification of the genome-wide modification profile of histone H3K37ac in rice.
February 3, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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Effects of plant phenology on reproduction

Zhang et al.

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The final piecewise structural equation model of the effects of nitrogen addition and altered precipitation on plant reproduction: flower number, fruit number, and fruit set.
February 3, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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Life phases integration uncovers long‐lived gametophytes mediated reticulate evolution in Haplopteris (Pteridaceae)

Chen et al.

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Hypothesis of reticulate evolution of Haplopteris yakushimensis complex.
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 AM
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CircRNA modulates thermotolerance in grapevines

Ren et al.

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The expression of sHSP genes and proposed model for the Vv-circCOR27 regulatory mechanism.
February 3, 2026 at 7:35 AM
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Warming induced miniaturization of plant community genome size

Li et al.

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Temporal trends (1982–2021) in annual aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP) and community-weighted mean GS (CWM GS) and annual ANPP of large (≥ 5 pg/1C) and small (<5 pg/1C)-genome size (GS) species, and relative proportion (%) of annual ANPP assigned to large- and small-GS species (P < 0.05) at study Site-L and Site-S. Shaded areas indicate 95% confidence intervals.
February 3, 2026 at 5:19 AM
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#TansleyInsight From bacterial predators to partners: phages in agriculture

Salehimoghaddam et al.

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Conceptual schematic illustrating the multifaceted roles of bacteriophages (phages) in sustainable agriculture. The figure shows four panels depicting phage-driven processes in soil ecosystems: suppression of bacterial plant pathogens through virulent phage lysis; enhancement of plant growth-promoting bacteria via temperate phage integration and competitive advantages; detection of soil pathogens using phage-based biosensors that generate measurable signals; and phage-mediated soil bioremediation through auxiliary metabolic genes that enable bacterial degradation of environmental pollutants. Together, the panels summarize how phages influence soil microbiomes and plant health.
February 3, 2026 at 2:45 AM
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MPK9 fine-tunes hypoxia signaling by modulating the stability of ERF-VII transcription factors.

Zhou et al.

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Working model showing the essential role of MPK9 in Arabidopsis hypoxia signaling.
February 3, 2026 at 12:11 AM
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MYB16 and MYB106 promote conical cell morphogenesis

Zhu et al.

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Disrupted microtubule organization in the Arabidopsis myb16, myb106 and myb16 106 mutant conical cells.
February 2, 2026 at 11:17 PM
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Evolutionary constraints and climate variability jointly shape starch–sugar balance in woody plants

Li and McDowell

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Relative effects of phylogenetic and environmental predictors on starch to soluble sugar ratio (St : Su) across organs.
February 2, 2026 at 8:43 PM