Volume 192, Issue 2, June 2023

Plant respiration varies in natural ecosystems—across leaves, stems, roots, and the whole organism—creating global patterns in respiration across species, ecosystems, and biomes.

WUS-RELATED HOMEOBOX 14 and its putative rice ortholog boost de novo plant shoot regeneration

Differential transpiration between pods and leaves of soybean plants subjected to a combination of water deficit and heat stress buffers internal pod temperature.

Isoprenoid biosynthesis in woody plants with a distinct profile of isoprenoid compounds is regulated by the ratio of the precursors isopentenyl diphosphate and dimethylallyl diphosphate.

When electron acceptors associated with carbon metabolism become limiting, Chlamydomonas activates a reversible restriction at the cytochrome b₆f complex that helps avoid photodamage.

Targeted RNA editing identifies rice DOUBLE-STRANDED RNA BINDING PROTEIN 1-associated RNAs in vivo with high efficiency and accuracy.

Genotyping by low-coverage whole-genome DNA sequencing is improved by a hidden Markov model that imposes an optimal minimum length constraint on genomic segments.

microRNA408 and microRNA408-encoded peptide regulate sulfur assimilation and arsenic stress responses in Arabidopsis.

Unique structures in the primary cell wall, “pulvinar slits,” are discovered in a legume motor cell and findings suggest their role in repetitive and reversible deformation during leaf movement.

The second isoform of protoporphyrinogen oxidase localizes in Arabidopsis exclusively to the plastid envelope membrane resulting in a spatial separation of both isoforms within the same organelle.

Autophagy and the multivesicular body pathway regulated by LYST-INTERACTING PROTEIN 5 cooperatively protect crucial chloroplast functions under normal growth conditions to promote growth and fitness.

The calcium-dependent protein kinase CPK23 regulates the subcellular localization of the plasma membrane As(V)/Pi transporter PHT1;1 via phosphorylation to enhance arsenate tolerance in Arabidopsis.

The structure and function of Chlamydomonas lysosome-related organelles are regulated in response to environmental changes.

Strigolactones enhance cotton resistance to Verticillium wilt through crosstalk with other hormones signaling pathways, and regulate hormones homeostasis through a negative feedback loop.

A protein with six tandem armadillo repeats and unknown function is negatively involved in brassinosteroid signaling and in regulating grain size and grain quality in rice.

A kiwifruit bZIP transcription factor promotes L-ascorbic acid biosynthesis to alleviate oxidative damage during cold stress.

Import of nucleotide diphosphate–sugars into Golgi is balanced by phosphate export mediated by ERD1, a protein broadly conserved in plants and essential for optimal growth and development.

Genetic analysis of capsule spine formation and development in castor.

The PagUNE12 transcription factor regulates secondary growth in poplar vascular tissue by promoting secondary stem cell wall thickening and lignin accumulation.

A phosphate starvation response mechanism mediated by GmERF1 and GmWRKY6 regulates low phosphorus tolerance in soybean.

SCARECROW plays a role in maintaining the expression of factors protecting telomere ends, revealing a connection between genome integrity and stem-cell maintenance in Arabidopsis roots.

OsMED16 negatively regulates cell death and immunity in rice, probably via the OsPR3-mediated chitin signaling pathway

Knockout of EPIDERMAL PATTERNING FACTOR-LIKE10, a paralog of STOMAGEN, reduces stomatal density in rice without concomitant reductions in stomatal conductance, carbon assimilation, or thermoregulation.

Host-specific rust infection promotes JA accumulation not only to inhibit synthesis of the defense hormone SA, but also to affect the growth hormone, carbon, and nitrogen metabolism in Mikania micrantha.

Transplastomic tobacco plants with the c15-ring in the chloroplast ATP synthase maintain the normal photosynthetic growth by increasing the magnitude of proton motive force.

Mesophyll conductance (g_m) derived from measurements of Δ¹⁷O complements g_m derived from δ¹⁸O

A wheat gene which confers partial resistance to multiple fungal diseases was found to be associated with increased ion transport that may contribute to disease resistance.

The developing maize endosperm has evolved elaborate structural, molecular, and biochemical mechanisms for acclimation to hypoxia.

CAROTENOID CLEAVAGE DIOXYGENASE 4b cleaves ζ-carotene and β-carotene, and its overexpression leads to β-cyclocitral deficiency in tomato fruit.

The precursor of mulberry 1-deoxynojirimycin biosynthesis is sugar.

Magnesium transcriptionally regulates the glutamine synthetase gene CsGS1.1 during the enhanced assimilation of nitrogen in tea plants.

An ethylene response factor derepresses expression of ethylene and sucrose synthesis genes to improve sucrose accumulation during oriental melon fruit ripening.

Increasing K content to high K status strengthens apple resistance to Cytospora mali through activating basal resistance events, especially leading to sufficient accumulation of coumarin in vivo.

A group of LysM receptor-like kinases known to modulate plant defense is also involved in establishment of arbuscular mycorrhiza in plant species able to establish the latter symbiosis.

The crosstalk between light signaling and jasmonate levels is critical in regulating seedling development in Arabidopsis.

m6A modification modulates gene translation efficiency in the cold response and is important for sustaining Arabidopsis growth under chilling conditions.

A MADS-box transcription factor induced by jasmonate and light signaling positively regulates glandular secretory trichome initiation in Artemisia annua.

The plasma membrane (PM)–localized PP2C.D phosphatase SAL1 inhibits PM H+-ATPase to regulate NRAT1 transporter-mediated Al uptake and Al resistance in rice.

SELF-PRUNING protects meristem maintenance circuits in cotton by limiting accessibility.

The ACT DOMAIN REPEAT9 protein acts upstream of a master regulatory module to repress the glucose signaling in early seedling development.

Mediator subunit MED17 regulates root system architecture by establishing a link between auxin and sucrose signaling pathways.

MicroRNA408 negatively regulates salt tolerance by affecting the expression of a laccase gene in maize.

Characterization of a phytochrome chromophore biosynthesis mutant demonstrates an active role of phytochromes in light-inhibited seed germination in Aethionema arabicum.

PECTIN METHYLESTERASE INHIBITOR18 is involved in stomatal dynamics through participation in pectin methylesterification and distribution in guard cell walls.

An OsANN1-HAN1 module maintains the balance between plant growth and blast disease resistance via regulating the jasmonic acid metabolic process in rice.

The microRNA ppe-miR393 mediates auxin-induced fruit softening in peach by upregulating ethylene synthesis via post-transcriptional regulation.