Volume 190, Issue 4, December 2022

Arabidopsis thaliana TIR-type immune receptor SNC1 (Suppressor of npr1-1, constitutive 1) requires NADase, but not the 2′,3′-cAMP/cGMP synthetase activity to trigger in planta immune responses.

The Wildsoydb DataHub is an integrated interface for biologists and breeders to access soybean genomic resources easily, allowing them to fully utilize the results of genomic research.

The molecular nature of Mendel’s genes, the genetic resources available for pea, pea as a model for teaching and research, and recent controversies about Mendel’s data are discussed.

Because some genotypes use water at different rates, an accurate comparison of drought phenotypes requires that all genotypes are exposed to uniform soil water content throughout drought treatment.

The discovery of rhamnosyltransferases in eight accessions of Chrysanthemum species contributes to the biosynthesis of flavone rutinosides and evolution of glycosyltransferases in plants.

The phosphoglucose isomerase1-independent response to microbial volatile compounds involves photosynthesis-related proteome resetting through long-distance glucose-6-P/phosphate translocator2 action.

Loss-of-function mutations of two 4-COUMARATE:COENZYME A LIGASE genes in rice result in distinctively different lignin compositional changes, demonstrating their diverse roles in lignin biosynthesis.

Plastid carbonic anhydrase activity supplies the $HCO3−$ required for anaplerotic pathways occurring in plastids and enables normal growth in Arabidopsis.

Layered double hydroxide nanoparticles rapidly penetrate intact plant leaf cells and chloroplasts and efficiently deliver small interfering RNA to downregulate targeted genes.J. Y., B.C. R.Z., and Z.P.X. conceptualized and designed the research. J.Y. conducted experiments, data analysis, and wrote the first draft. M.W conducted experiments, data analysis, and conceptual visualization. S.B. and C.M. conducted the experiments. J.Y., R.Z., B.C., N.M., and Z.P.X. wrote and revised the manuscript. All authors read and commented on the manuscript.

The sequential transformation gene targeting method provides a broadly applicable technology for precise genome manipulation in Arabidopsis.

SNW/SKI-INTERACTING PROTEIN interacts with UBIQUITIN-SPECIFIC PROTEASE14 and ULTRAVIOLET-B INSENSITIVE4 to influence endoreduplication and cell growth in Arabidopsis.

The integrity of the pollen wall structure is essential for pollen development and maturity in rice.

Mangrove species favor succulence in leaves and fine roots, with an accentuated hydraulic segmentation in the roots, whereas most karst species promote sclerophylly and belowground segmentation.

Root loss has a major impact on crop development and nutrient uptake; modeling reveals that the magnitude of the effect depends on species, root phenotype, and soil conditions.

The hydraulic conductance between soil and leaf decreases exponentially with decreasing soil water potential, at a species-specific rate related to the decline rate of stomatal conductance.

Diatoms use a series of complex and different responsive schemes in photosynthesis and carbon metabolism to optimize their growth under mild and severe light fluctuations.

In GLABRA2 (GL2), the homeodomain is required for DNA binding, while the steroidogenic acute regulatory-related lipid transfer (START) domain plays a critical role in homodimerization and protein turnover.

AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR3 represses cytokinin activity and WUSCHEL expression to coordinate meristem activity noncell-autonomously, while it regulates phyllotactic patterning cell-autonomously.

Cross-species network analysis enables identification and validation of growth regulators in Arabidopsis.

A vector based on cucumber fruit mottle mosaic virus from Cucumis melo facilitates large-scale validation of male sterility-related gene functions in watermelon (Citrullus lanatus).

High ambient temperature suppresses Arabidopsis leaf size by reducing cell proliferation via coordination of two diverse transcription factors integrating environmental and developmental signals.

The root of the spike moss Selaginella moellendorffii bifurcates following a cell division of the single stem cell, and the bifurcation involves conserved genetic modules known from angiosperm roots.

The previously identified Cucurbitaceae common paleotetraploidization is shared by Cucurbitales and Begoniaceae.

Phosphorus-responsive PURPLE ACID PHOSPHATASE12 and auxin-producing Bacillus spp. promote rhizosheath formation in Lupinus albus under soil drying conditions, enhancing phosphorus acquisition.

Combining RNA-seq and a genome scan of genetic divergence between species highlights potentially adaptive genes in European white oaks.

A distinct FlL/YAB3 subclade gene DWARF AND ROBUST PLANT regulates plant height by binding to the CmGA3ox1 promoter modulating gibberellin biosynthesis in chrysanthemum.

Transcriptome analysis identified a set of transcription factors essential for abscisic acid-promoted fruit softening in sweet cherry.

Acetylome reprogramming plays an important role in trait evolution during polyploidization through regulation of enzyme activity and protein abundance.

Expression divergence plays an important role in retention of Lorelei-Like GPI-anchored protein duplicates in angiosperms.

An extensive and tissue-specific transcriptional reprograming affecting metabolic, hormonal, and epigenetic pathways underlies tomato fruit development during drought acclimation.

Activity of BIVALENT CATION TRANSPORTER 3 in the trans-Golgi is critical for glycosylation reactions, plant growth under Mn deficiency, pollen tube elongation, and intracellular distribution of Mn.

A tonoplast-localized transporter enables root-to-shoot manganese translocation via mediating vacuolar manganese release of root stellar cells and contributes to low manganese tolerance in maize.

Plants lacking a vacuolar H⁺/Ca transporter are more tolerant to anoxia and submergence.

Protein arginine methyltransferase 5-mediated methylation of l-cysteine desulfhydrase at Arg-83 increases its desulfhydrase activity and elevates H₂S production in Arabidopsis.

The plant protein PUX1 interacts with the gibberellin hormone receptor and functions as a negative regulator of gibberellin hormone responses, including seed germination, plant growth, and flowering.

A smoke-activated F-box protein negatively regulates drought tolerance by inhibiting stomatal closure, cuticle formation, and root hair development in Arabidopsis.

A phosphate starvation response mechanism mediated by PtoWRKY40 and PtoPHL3 regulates the inorganic phosphate content in poplars.

The Mediator subunit MED14 promotes thermomorphogenesis by interacting with PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTOR 4 and HEMERA to induce the expression of growth-promoting genes at elevated temperatures.

Arabidopsis INOSITOL (1,3,4) TRIPHOSPHATE 5/6 KINASE1-dependent inositol polyphosphates bind to the auxin receptor complex and regulate auxin responses.

Early defoliation promotes auxin efflux from buds to release paradormancy in autumn, inducing out-of-season flowering, which differs from release of apical-dominance-related lateral bud paradormancy.

BnaA03.WRKY28 interacts with BnaA09.VQ12 and takes precedence over phosphorylated BnWRKY33 to bind to the BnWRKY33 promoter, thereby weakening Sclerotinia resistance but promoting branching.

An ethylene response factor regulates tomato fruit ripening by activating auxin response factors involved in ripening.

Chromatin accessibility, histone modification, and transcriptome data provide valuable resource for rice floral tissue development.

The C-type cyclin protein CycC1;1 interacts with ABSCISIC ACID INSENSITIVE5 (ABI5) to downregulate the expression of ABA-responsive genes and ABI5 itself, thereby inhibiting ABA signaling during seed germination.

Analysis of transcripts and metabolites in wild-type and 13 lignin biosynthetic mutants of Arabidopsis reveals the global impact on transcription and metabolite network perturbations.

TALEN-based knockout lines of HvMPK3, showing elevated antioxidant capacity mitigating ROS production and root cell wall stiffening by suberin, confer barley root resistance to Fusarium graminearum.