Volume 191, Issue 3, March 2023

The signaling network involved in shade avoidance responses integrates information from environmental variables such as temperature, water availability, and salinity.

Agave REVEILLE1 regulates bud dormancy and bud break in Populus by repressing multiple dormancy-related genes and up-regulating bud break-related genes.

A DNA-binding protein capture technology based on the CRISPR–dCas9 system and transient genetic transformation enables identification of upstream transcription factors.

Fast X-ray fluorescence microscopy (µ-XRF) provides a high-throughput method to investigate the mechanisms controlling the accumulation and spatial variations of mineral elements in plant seeds.

Vein network failure and runaway cavitation represent the critical threshold beyond which leaves are critically damaged and die.

cis- and trans-regulatory variations showing distinct evolutionary patterns and inheritance modes during lotus species divergence contribute to their flower color evolution.

THERMO-SENSITIVE SPIKELET DEFECTS 1 (TSD1), encoding a Poaceae-specific FHY3/FAR1 family transcription factor, is highly expressed in spikelets and induced by heat in rice. TSD1 specifically enhances the heat tolerance of spikelet morphogenesis by directly regulating the transcription of YABBY1/3 and physical interaction with YABBY1/3/4/5.

The YABBY11-NGATHA-LIKE1 module links environmental signaling to leaf morphological plasticity in poplar.

Calnexin, a lectin chaperone engaged in the folding of N-glycosylated proteins in the ER, participates in primary root adaptation to low-phosphate conditions.

Outermost cell layer-specific biosynthesis of very long-chain fatty acids is critical for the cell membrane integrity, which is important for auxin-mediated compound leaf patterning in barrelclover.

MdSIZ1 mediates the SUMOylation and accumulation of MdMYB30 protein, which activates expression of MdKCS1 to promote cuticular wax biosynthesis in apple.

P171L substitution in the Rieske FeS PETC subunit of cytochrome b₆f alters the pH dependency of the photosynthetic control mechanism.

N-terminal phosphorylation of ATP synthase subunit β interferes with complex accumulation during assembly.

Calcineurin B-like interacting protein kinase 9 mediates the interaction between glucose flux and abscisic acid hormone signaling to regulate seed oil metabolism in rapeseed.

A superior allele of a basic helix­–loop–helix transcription factor enhances yield in drought-stressed chickpea without compromising agronomic performance.

Abscisic acid activates auxin biosynthesis to inhibit root elongation and promote root swelling in response to soil compaction.

Calmodulin-binding protein MxIQM3 is phosphorylated by the kinase MxMPK4-1 and then dissociated from central loop of plasma membrane H⁺-ATPase MxHA2 to enhance root acidification under Fe deficiency.

The mitochondrial-targeted H₂S donor AP39 modulates guard cell ETC activity and cytosolic energetic and oxidative status to induce stomatal closure.

The Medicago SymCEP7 peptide hormone has a symbiosis-associated activity that increases nodule number when applied to legume shoots in the picomolar to nanomolar range.