In the past four decades, tremendous progress has been made in understanding how plants respond to microbial colonization and how microbial pathogens and symbionts reprogram plant cellular processes. In this review, the authors highlight research that begins to shed light...
source: From Cell Host & Microbe
Changes in vapor pressure deficit (VPD) are important for terrestrial ecosystem structure and function. Leaf and canopy photosynthetic rates decline when atmospheric VPD increases due to stomatal closure.
source: From Science Advances
Scientists have found how to relieve a bottleneck in the process by which plants transform sunlight into food, which may lead to an increase in crop production. They discovered that producing more of a protein that controls the rate...
source: From Communications Biology via Seed World
In a new study, researchers from the University of Bristol have found that taking advantage of a plant's circadian rhythm could help reduce the amount of herbicide needed for spraying crops. The concept is similar to chronotherapy, which...
source: From Nature Communications
Every fall, the leaves of deciduous trees undergo a dramatic color change before forfeiting their newfound hues, fading to brown and dying. The process can take weeks, but Owen Reiser, a mathematics and biology student at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, wanted...
source: From Smithsonian
Check out this robust and straightforward method for whole-plant live ROS imaging of mature plants grown...
source: From Molecular Plant via ScienceDirect
Plant "bast" fibres from crops such as flax and hemp have diverse uses from rope to clothing and are increasingly being incorporated into eco-friendly biocomposite materials. Here, Xu, Backes, et al. describe the development...
source: From Plant Direct via Plantae
This new cyanobacterium has a greatly reduced genome, with genes involved in membrane transport preferentially lost, perhaps due to the relatively stable environment provided by the host.
source: From PNAS via Plantae
The spotlight is on Chueh-Ju Shih, Hsiang-Wen Chen, Hsin-Yu Hsieh, Yung-Hua Lai, Fang-Yi Chiu, Yu-Rong...
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The Spotlight is on Anle Chen, Søren Husted, David E. Salt, Jan K. Schjoerring and Daniel Pergament...
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We met so many friends at PB19 we created #ASPBesties! The tweets are still coming in, so add yours if...
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Graduate school is hard enough. How did first-year graduate student Mary Madera cope with the aftermath of a debilitating bicycle crash? Patience, resiliency, and a little help from her friends.
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In the "How to be an effective mentor" Plantae webinar, panelists talked about various resources and their personal experiences. Here are my takes from the webinar and some of my own experience.
source: By Yun-Ting Kao
A new effort, the "Reintegrating Biology" initiative, aims to address...
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The Sustaining Biological Infrastructure Training Initiative provides scientists with lucrative program management skills enabling them to lead science programs with confidence. This course is tailored to the needs of the scientific community.
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