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Plant & Cell Physiology
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Lin & Tseng et al. demonstrate the role of RePRPs as multifaceted regulators of #drought adaptation in #rice by simultaneously reducing water loss, strengthening root water barriers & enhancing osmotic adjustments
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Going Viral...
Zhang et al. have functionally characterised two avirulence factors in the haustorial secretome of the parasitic weed Striga gesnerioides L. (Walp), providing new insight into the mechanisms by which #ParasiticPlants trigger host defense responses
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Hairy link...
Gouran et al. @bradylabs.bsky.social @plantdevo.bsky.social provide an integrated experimental framework that enables holistic analysis of broomrape parasitism, which may be applied at scale to accelerate resistance gene discovery in #tomato & other hosts
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🕝Throwback to:
Response and Adaptive Mechanism of Flavonoids in Pigmented Potatoes at Different Altitudes
Xiaojie Wu & Jiping Xiao
Plant and Cell Physiology, Volume 65, Issue 7, July 2024, Pages 1184–1196
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for #FlavonoidFriday
Whi(t)ch hormone?
Brun et al. investigate the role of #phytohormones, principally #cytokinins, in the regulation of seed germination in #broomrapes and #witchweeds, offering new insight with potential to develop novel strategies for parasitic weed control
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Rooting for your enemy...
Homma et al. identified tandem gene duplication as a driver for the molecular evolution of cowpea-emitted orobanchol, which acts as a noncanonical #strigolactone with weak germination-inducing activity for root parasitic #Striga gesnerioides weeds
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How do photosynthetic bacteria pass on light energy to the site of photosynthesis?
See: phys.org/news/2026-05...
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On the cover:
🤩Wang et al.
Lysophosphatidylcholine homeostasis via the Lands cycle regulates root growth in #Arabidopsis
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Ávila-Hernández et al. show how Mexican mesquite (Prosopis laevigata, Fabaceae) trees are able to sense the presence of #mistletoe early & trigger immune signaling responses well before haustorium formation
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#ParasiticPlants
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Abstract. Water-deficit stress causes devastating loss of crop yield worldwide. Improving crop drought resistance has become an urgent issue. Here we repor
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RIKEN researchers have found out how light energy harvested by pigments besides chlorophyll is transferred to the molecular site where photosynthesis occurs in cyanobacteria. The work is published in ...
The official journal of the Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists. Publishes original articles reporting significant findings in broad aspects of plant biology.
New research in Science reveals that the Venus flytrap's snap is triggered by a rapid softening of the epidermal cell walls, uncovering the physical mechanism behind this remarkable movement.
Learn more in this week's issue: https://scim.ag/4fXQ9sn
