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Suppression of TaHDA8-mediated lysine deacetylation of TaAREB3 acts as a drought adaptive mechanism in wheat root development Mol. Plant (IF 24.1) Pub Date : 2025-06-21 Zehui Liu, Qun Yang, Xingbei Liu, Jinpeng Li, Lei Zhang, Wei Chu, Jingchen Lin, Debiao Liu, Danyang Zhao, Xiao Peng, Chaowu Zeng, Mingming Xin, Yingyin Yao, Huiru Peng, Zhongfu Ni, Qixin Sun, Zhaorong Hu
Wheat root systems undergo dynamic and adaptive changes to mitigate the adverse effects through elaborate regulatory mechanisms under drought stress. Elucidating and utilizing these mechanisms is highly important for breeding drought resistant wheat varieties. Here, we identify histone deacetylase TaHDA8, as a critical component in regulating wheat root elongation and drought resistance. Under drought
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Genomic and Population Evidence Uncovers Divergent Improvement of Vegetable Soybean from Grain Soybean Mol. Plant (IF 24.1) Pub Date : 2025-06-20 Na Liu, Wanjie Feng, Guwen Zhang, Pengfei Gao, Lijie Lian, Jing Yuan, Xuantong Liu, Xiaoyu Ni, Huaying Wang, Jinwen Ou, Yaming Gong, Xutong Wang
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Structural insights of gibberellin-mediated DELLA protein degradation Mol. Plant (IF 24.1) Pub Date : 2025-06-19 Soyaab Islam, Kunwoong Park, Jing Xia, Eunju Kwon, Dong Young Kim
Gibberellin promotes plant growth by downregulating DELLA proteins, which act as growth repressors. In the presence of gibberellin, the gibberellin receptor GID1 binds to DELLA proteins, triggering their degradation through polyubiquitination by the SCFSLY1/GID2 ubiquitin E3 ligase. Despite extensive studies, the molecular mechanisms by which DELLA proteins assemble with SCFSLY1/GID2 to regulate plant
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From non-coding to chromatin regulators: VIVIpary and the rise of lncRNAs in plant biology Mol. Plant (IF 24.1) Pub Date : 2025-06-19 Pablo Mammi, Thomas Blein
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Temperature regulation of CLAVATA3 Arabinosylation Mol. Plant (IF 24.1) Pub Date : 2025-06-18 Vincent E. Cerbantez-Bueno, G. Venugopala Reddy
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The transcription factor MYB44 suppresses starch synthesis to negatively regulate grain weight and yield in wheat and rice Mol. Plant (IF 24.1) Pub Date : 2025-06-18 Yunchuan Liu, Mingming Wang, Yaojia Wang, Haixia Liu, Wei Xi, David Seung, Xiaolu Wang, Lei Zhuang, Huifang Li, Tian Li, Hongxia Liu, Jian Hou, Xu Liu, Chenyang Hao, Xueyong Zhang
Starch is the principal storage compound in wheat grain, essential for flour quality and grain weight. In this study, we identified TaMYB44, an R2R3-MYB transcription factor gene, through a genome-wide association study. The TaMYB44 homoeologs exhibited predominant expression in developing grains, with peak levels observed at 10 days after pollination. Functional analyses revealed that TaMYB44 acts
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Phosphorylation-activated G-Protein signaling stabilizes TCP14 and JAZ3 to repress JA signaling and enhance plant immunity Mol. Plant (IF 17.1) Pub Date : 2025-06-12 Haiyan Jia, Natalie Hewitt, Lucia Jorda, Tigran M. Abramyan, Josh Tolliver, Janice L. Jones, Kinya Nomura, Jing Yang, Sheng-Yang He, Alexander Tropsha, Antonio Molina, Henrik G. Dohlman, Alan M. Jones
The plant hormones salicylic acid (SA) and jasmonic acid (JA) act in mutual negative-feedback regulation to balance the plant growth-defense trade-off. Heterotrimeric Gα-Gβ-Gγ proteins are hubs that regulate defense signaling. In Arabidopsis, the Gα (GPA1) and Gβ (AGB1) subunits are required for defense against biotrophic and necrotrophic pathogens. We found that G proteins primarily are negative regulators
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Overcoming Bottlenecks in Virus-Mediated Gene Editing in Plants Mol. Plant (IF 17.1) Pub Date : 2025-06-11 Lingran Zhang, Vishal, Manman Hu, Degao Liu
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ERFVIIs as transducers of oxygen-sensing in the evolution of land plant response to hypoxia Mol. Plant (IF 24.1) Pub Date : 2025-05-28 Laura Dalle Carbonare, Hans van Veen, Vinay Shukla, Monica Perri, Liem Bui, Michael J. Holdsworth, Francesco Licausi
The transcriptional response to low oxygen (hypoxia) in flowering plants is mediated by group VII Ethylene Response Factor (ERFVII) transcription factors, whose proteolysis is oxygen-dependent via the PLANT CYSTEINE OXIDASE (PCO) N-degron pathway. However, when and how this hypoxia response evolved in land plants remains unknown. In this study, we investigated the conservation and divergence of transcriptional
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SeedLLM·Rice: A large language model integrated with rice biological knowledge graph Mol. Plant (IF 17.1) Pub Date : 2025-05-28 Fan Yang, Huanjun Kong, Jie Ying, Zihong Chen, Tao Luo, Wanli Jiang, Zhonghang Yuan, Zhefan Wang, Zhaona Ma, Shikuan Wang, Wanfeng Ma, Xiaoyi Wang, Xiaoying Li, Zhengyin Hu, Xiaodong Ma, Minguo Liu, Xi-Qing Wang, Fan Chen, Nanqing Dong
Rice biology research involves complex decision-making, requiring researchers to navigate a rapidly expanding body of knowledge encompassing extensive literature and multiomics data. The exponential increase in biological data and scientific publications presents significant challenges for efficiently extracting meaningful insights. Although large language models (LLMs) show promise for knowledge retrieval
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Pan-genome and haplotype map of cassava cultivars and wild ancestors provide insights into its adaptive evolution and domestication Mol. Plant (IF 24.1) Pub Date : 2025-05-27 Zhiqiang Xia, Zhenglin Du, Xincheng Zhou, Sirong Jiang, Tingting Zhu, Le Wang, Fei Chen, Luiz Carvalho, Meiling Zou, Luis Augusto Becerra Lopez-Lavalle, Xiaofei Zhang, Liangye Xu, Zhenyu Wang, Meili Chen, Xin Guo, Shujuan Wang, Mengtao Li, Yuanchao Li, Haiyan Wang, Shisheng Liu, Yuting Bao, Long Zhao, Chenji Zhang, Jianjia Xiao, Fengguang Guo, Xu Shen, Haozheng Li, Cheng Lu, Fei Qiao, Hernan Ceballos
Cassava is a highly resilient tropical crop that produces large, starchy storage roots and high biomass. However, how did cassava's remarkable environmental adaptability and key economic traits evolve from its wild species remain unclear. In this study, we obtained near complete telomere-to-telomere genome assemblies and their haplotype forms for the cultivar AM560, the wild ancestors FLA4047 and W14
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A plant virus causes symptoms through the deployment of a host-mimicking protein domain to attract the insect vector Mol. Plant (IF 24.1) Pub Date : 2025-05-26 Man Gao, Emmanuel Aguilar, Borja Garnelo Gómez, Laura Medina-Puche, Pengfei Fan, Irene Ontiveros, Shaojun Pan, Huang Tan, Hua Wei, Edda von Roepenack-Lahaye, Na Chen, Xiao-Wei Wang, David C. Baulcombe, Eduardo R. Bejarano, Juan Antonio Díaz-Pendón, Masahiko Furutani, Miyo Terao Morita, Rosa Lozano-Durán
Plant viruses cause symptoms with devastating consequences for agriculture. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying symptom development in viral infections remain largely unexplored. Here, we show that tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) interferes with host developmental programs through a host-mimicking domain present in the viral C4 protein. This domain mediates the interaction between C4
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Seed dormancy and germination in rice: Molecular regulatory mechanisms and breeding Mol. Plant (IF 24.1) Pub Date : 2025-05-26 Fan Xu, Hideki Yoshida, Chengcai Chu, Makoto Matsuoka, Jian Sun
The transition from dormancy to germination marks the initial stage of the plant life cycle, with its intensity, synchronicity, and timing being critical for crop growth, development, and adaptation to complex climate conditions. This review synthesizes recent advances with classic molecular mechanisms of dormancy and germination, including environmental responses and signaling cascades. We integrate
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A top HAT: A maize mutant hypersusceptible to Agrobacterium transformation Mol. Plant (IF 17.1) Pub Date : 2025-05-26 Catherine M. Doorly, Wout Vandeputte, Inge De Clercq, Laurens Pauwels
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Potatome: Harnessing natural variation of potatoes Mol. Plant (IF 17.1) Pub Date : 2025-05-23 Delphine Van Inghelandt, Benjamin Stich
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Balancing growth with integrity: The tangle between brassinosteroid and FERONIA Mol. Plant (IF 17.1) Pub Date : 2025-05-23 Yosapol Harnvanichvech, Yuchen Long
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NAD(H) and NADP(H) in plants and mammals Mol. Plant (IF 24.1) Pub Date : 2025-05-13 Danying Lu, Murray Grant, Boon Leong Lim
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP) are essential metabolic coenzymes in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, with their reduced forms, NAD(P)H, serving as electron donors for myriad reactions. NADH is mainly involved in catabolic reactions, whereas NADPH is mainly involved in anabolic and antioxidative reactions. The presence of endosymbiont-derived
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GAIN: A long-term maize germplasm innovation plan Mol. Plant (IF 24.1) Pub Date : 2025-05-13 Yang Wang, Peng Zhang, Yingjie Xiao, Hai-Jun Liu, Junqiang Ding, Yanzhi Qu, Jionghao Gao, Wenlong Li, Xiangyang Guo, Angui Wang, Wenqiang Li, Gengshen Chen, Cheng-Qiao Shi, Jie Liu, Jianxiao Liu, Jian Zhang, Jieting Xu, Han Zhang, Jianan Zhang, Jiuran Zhao, Jihua Tang, Haiyang Wang, Zuxin Zhang, Zehui Chen, Jianbing Yan
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A novel NF-Ys–QT12–IRE1 module controlling grain quality and yield thermotolerance in rice Mol. Plant (IF 17.1) Pub Date : 2025-05-13 Bowen Yang, Yongyao Xie, Yaoguang Liu
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Phosphorylation/dephosphorylation-mediated regulation of ABI1/2 activity and stability for fine-tuning ABA signaling Mol. Plant (IF 17.1) Pub Date : 2025-05-13 Mar Bono, Maria Rivera-Moreno, Armando Albert, Pedro L. Rodriguez
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Asymmetric brassinosteroid signaling and biosynthesis during symmetric cell divisions Mol. Plant (IF 17.1) Pub Date : 2025-05-12 M. Arif Ashraf, Sean Ritter
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STP2-mediated sugar transport in tomato shoot apices is critical for CLV3 arabinosylation and fruit locule development under low temperatures Mol. Plant (IF 24.1) Pub Date : 2025-05-06 Yimei Li, Jiao Wang, Xiao Liang, Shurong Wu, Jie Zhang, Changqi Wu, Anran Wang, Hanmo Fang, Shuting Ding, Jingquan Yu, Shuang Wu, Huan Liu, Kai Shi
Prolonged exposure to low temperatures during agricultural production often leads to fruit malformation in crops, significantly reducing market value. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain poorly understood. In this study, we identify sugar transport protein 2 (STP2) as a critical regulator of tomato fruit locule development under cold conditions. Low temperatures impair long-distance
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Decoding the senses: A new player in plant–virus dynamics unveiled Mol. Plant (IF 24.1) Pub Date : 2025-05-05 Marco Aurelio Ferreira, Fredy D.A. Silva, Pedro A.B. Reis, Elizabeth P.B. Fontes
Viruses typically have small genomes with limited coding capacity and must, therefore, rely intensively on the host's cellular machinery to complete their life cycles. Plant viruses are no exception. To establish a successful infection, they must hijack host functions to support transcription, replication, intra- and intercellular movement, and encapsidation of the viral genome, all while evading host
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Darwin’s orchid: Plant–pollinator coevolution, chemical ecology, and genomic insights into convergent evolution of floral scent biosynthesis Mol. Plant (IF 24.1) Pub Date : 2025-05-02 Joerg Bohlmann
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Evolution and functional characterization of a biosynthetic gene cluster for saponin biosynthesis in Sapindaceae Mol. Plant (IF 17.1) Pub Date : 2025-05-02 Yingxiao Mai, Huimin Hu, Wenjuan Ji, Yaxuan Xiao, Hong Zhou, Zaohai Zeng, Wenshu Lv, Xingling Su, Jiakun Zheng, Jing Xu, Yanwei Hao, Zhenhua Liu, Rui Xia
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Woody plant cell walls: Fundamentals and utilization Mol. Plant (IF 17.1) Pub Date : 2025-05-02 Wei Li, Ying-Chung Jimmy Lin, Ying-Lan Chen, Chenguang Zhou, Shuang Li, Nette De Ridder, Dyoni M. Oliveira, Lanjun Zhang, Baocai Zhang, Jack P. Wang, Changzheng Xu, Xiaokang Fu, Keming Luo, Ai-Min Wu, Taku Demura, Meng-Zhu Lu, Yihua Zhou, Laigeng Li, Toshiaki Umezawa, Wout Boerjan, Vincent L. Chiang
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International research initiative on genomics-guided sugarcane breeding Mol. Plant (IF 17.1) Pub Date : 2025-05-02 Xingtan Zhang, Jungang Wang, Noor-ul-Áin, Youxiong Que, Jisen Zhang, Javeria Abid, Peifang Zhao, Yuebin Zhang, Jishan Lin, Li-yu Chen, Yixue Bao, Robert Henry, Sithichoke Tangphatsornruang, Qinnan Wang, Dongliang Huang, Jian Ye, Muqing Zhang, Ming Luo, Mike Butterfield, Ren Wang, Ray Ming
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Regulated activation of helper NLRs triggers cell death Mol. Plant (IF 24.1) Pub Date : 2025-04-25 Manman Zhang, Xiwang Zhao, Cheng Li, Huan Chen, Fengquan Liu
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A new class of receptors for plant G-proteins Mol. Plant (IF 24.1) Pub Date : 2025-04-24 Sona Pandey
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The long noncoding RNA VIVIpary promotes seed dormancy release and pre-harvest sprouting through chromatin remodeling in rice Mol. Plant (IF 24.1) Pub Date : 2025-04-23 Lu Yang, Yu Cheng, Chao Yuan, Yan-Fei Zhou, Qiao-Juan Huang, Wen-Long Zhao, Rui-Rui He, Jie Jiang, Yi-Chao Qin, Zheng-Tong Chen, Yu-Chan Zhang, Meng-Qi Lei, Jian-Ping Lian, Yue-Qin Chen
Seed dormancy enables seeds to remain dormant until the environmental conditions are ideal for germination. Understanding the molecular mechanisms that underlie seed dormancy is essential for improving grain quality and preventing pre-harvest sprouting (PHS), a major challenge in global agriculture. Here, we address how long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) contribute to the regulation of seed dormancy in
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Panvariome and pangenome of 1,020 global peach accessions shed light on evolution patterns, hidden natural variations, and efficient gene discovery Mol. Plant (IF 24.1) Pub Date : 2025-04-22 Yong Li, Pere Arús, Jinlong Wu, Gengrui Zhu, Weichao Fang, Changwen Chen, Xinwei Wang, Ke Cao, Lirong Wang
Natural variations are the foundation of crop improvement. However, genomic variability remains largely understudied. Here, we present the full-spectrum integrated panvariome and pangenome of 1,020 peach accessions, including 10.5 million single-nucleotide polymorphisms, insertions, deletions, duplications, inversions, translocations, copy-number variations, transposon-insertion polymorphisms, and
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Natural variations in the promoter of ZmDeSI2 encoding a deSUMOylating isopeptidase controls kernel methionine content in maize Mol. Plant (IF 17.1) Pub Date : 2025-04-22 Xin Lu, Yuhong Lei, Zhennan Xu, Zixiang Cheng, Meng Liu, Yuxin Tai, Xiaohua Han, Zhuanfang Hao, Mingshun Li, Degui Zhang, Hongjun Yong, Jienan Han, Zhenhua Wang, Wen-Xue Li, Jianfeng Weng, Zhiqiang Zhou, Xinhai Li
Improving the methionine (Met) content in maize kernels is of key importance to the animal feed industry; however, the genetic and molecular mechanisms governing maize kernel Met content remain largely unexplored. In this study, we leveraged a panel consisting of 348 diverse inbred maize lines to explore the genetic and molecular mechanisms that control kernel Met levels. A genome-wide association
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Distinct regulation of mRNA decay pathways by ABA enhances Nitrate Reductase 1/2-derived siRNAs production and stress adaptation Mol. Plant (IF 17.1) Pub Date : 2025-04-18 Yan Yan, Yinpeng Xie, Qian Gao, Yajie Pan, Xianli Tang, Yuelin Liu, Wenyang Li, Hongwei Guo
RNA degradation systems (e.g., RNA decay and RNA interference) and the phytohormone abscisic acid (ABA) are both essential for plant growth, development, and adaptation to stress. Although the interplay between these pathways has been recognized, the molecular mechanisms governing their coordination remain poorly understood. In this study, we revealed that mutations in the 5′–3′ RNA-degrading enzyme
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Elucidation and de novo reconstitution of glyceollin biosynthesis Mol. Plant (IF 17.1) Pub Date : 2025-04-10 Yunlong Sun, Cong Chen, Chao Lin, Hao Zhang, Jiazhang Lian, Benke Hong
Glyceollins are phytoalexins, soybean-produced compounds that respond to pathogen invasion, injury, and environmental challenges. While these compounds have diverse bioactivities, their limited accessibility hinders further physiological and biochemical studies. Additionally, the incomplete understanding of glyceollin biosynthesis, particularly cyclization steps, remains a major barrier to sustainable
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Insects manipulate plant immunity via a cross-kingdom small RNA effector Mol. Plant (IF 24.1) Pub Date : 2025-04-09 Murad Ghanim
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Shaping future sugarcane: Ideal plant architecture and breeding strategies Mol. Plant (IF 17.1) Pub Date : 2025-04-09 Qianqian Li, Xiaoguang Song, Xiangbing Meng, Jie Zhang, Muqing Zhang, Li-Yu Chen, Jiayang Li, Bing Wang
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Comparative spatial transcriptomics reveals root dryland adaptation mechanism in rice and HMGB1 as a key regulator Mol. Plant (IF 17.1) Pub Date : 2025-04-06 Liyuan Zhong, Leping Geng, Yimeng Xiang, Xuanmin Guang, Le Cao, Jiawei Shi, Weikun Li, Jianglin Wang, Weiming He, Liyu Huang, Feng Yang, Yi-Xuan Bai, Sunil Kumar Sahu, Xing Guo, Shilai Zhang, Gengyun Zhang, Xun Xu, Fengyi Hu, Wanneng Yang, Huan Liu, Yu Zhao, Jun Lyu
Drought severely threatens food security, and its detrimental effects will be exacerbated by climate change in many parts of the world. Rice production is water-consuming and particularly vulnerable to drought stress. Upland rice is a special rice ecotype that specifically adapts to dryland mainly due to its robust root system. However, the molecular and developmental mechanism underlying this adaption
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Two E-clade protein phosphatase 2Cs enhance ABA signaling by dephosphorylating ABI1 in Arabidopsis Mol. Plant (IF 17.1) Pub Date : 2025-03-31 Ya Zhang, Liyuan Han, Junjie Liu, Miao Chang, Chuanling Li, Jian-Xiu Shang, Zhiping Deng, Wenqiang Tang, Yu Sun
ABA INSENSITIVE 1 (ABI1) and ABI2 are co-receptors of the phytohormone abscisic acid (ABA). Studies have demonstrated that phosphorylation of multiple amino acids on ABI1/2 augments their ability to inhibit ABA signaling in planta. However, whether and how the dephosphorylation of ABI1/2 is regulated to enhance plant sensitivity to ABA remain unknown. In this study, we identified two protein phosphatases
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The dual-targeted transcription factor BAI1 orchestrates nuclear and plastid gene transcription in land plants Mol. Plant (IF 17.1) Pub Date : 2025-03-31 Jing Qin, Yelin Shan, Hao Liu, Zhangzhi Xue, Yike Xie, Guoxin Yuan, Yiming Zou, Xiaonuan Hao, Yunpeng Zhu, Xuan Shen, Meng Li, Xu Wang, Puyuan Liu, Jinxiu Xu, Yuhua Wang, Peng Zhao, Yuan Chen, Yi Zhu, Min Xu, Ming Yue, Aigen Fu, Weiguo Zhang, Beibei Li
Coordinated gene transcription in plastids and nuclei is necessary for the photosynthetic apparatus assembly during chloroplast biogenesis. Despite the identification of several transcription factors regulating nuclear-encoded photosynthetic gene transcription, transcription factors regulating plastid gene transcription are barely reported. Here, we report that BAI1 (“albino” in Chinese), a nucleus–plastid
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Cytokinin signaling connects the chloroplast function with nuclear genome stability Mol. Plant (IF 24.1) Pub Date : 2025-03-28 Elody Vallet, Cécile Raynaud
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Reprogrammable design of DELLA as a strategy to mitigate alkaline–heat stress for sustainable agriculture Mol. Plant (IF 17.1) Pub Date : 2025-03-28 Jie Hu, Hui Liu, Xiuhua Gao, Xiangdong Fu
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RAPID LEAF FALLING 1 facilitates chemical defoliation and mechanical harvesting in cotton Mol. Plant (IF 17.1) Pub Date : 2025-03-28 Bing Zhang, Dandan Yue, Bei Han, Danfan Bao, Xiao Zhang, Xuyang Hao, Xin Lin, Keith Lindsey, Longfu Zhu, Shuangxia Jin, Maojun Wang, Haijiang Xu, Mingwei Du, Yu Yu, Xianlong Zhang, Xiyan Yang
Chemical defoliation stands as the ultimate tool in enabling the mechanical harvest of cotton, offering economic and environmental advantages. However, the underlying molecular mechanism that triggers leaf abscission through defoliant remains unsolved. In this study, we meticulously constructed a transcriptomic atlas through single-nucleus mRNA sequencing (snRNA-seq) of the abscission zone (AZ) from
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Low-cadmium rice for food safety: OsCS1 is a genetic breakthrough Mol. Plant (IF 17.1) Pub Date : 2025-03-25 Iqra Noor, Hamza Sohail, Biao Jin, Changquan Zhang
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A highly efficient and environmentally friendly strategy to obtain transgene-free genome-edited progeny in flowering plants Mol. Plant (IF 24.1) Pub Date : 2025-03-24 Tianhe Cheng, Meng-Xiang Sun
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Design of future climate smart crops by engineering heat stress-responsive gene expression Mol. Plant (IF 17.1) Pub Date : 2025-03-22 Alisdair R. Fernie, Mustafa Bulut
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Dynamic transcriptome and GWAS uncover a hydroxyproline-rich glycoprotein that suppresses Agrobacterium-mediated transformation in maize Mol. Plant (IF 17.1) Pub Date : 2025-03-19 Min Liu, Yan Yang, Tianhu Liang, Fengxia Hou, Minyan Zhang, Shijiang He, Peng Liu, Chaoying Zou, Langlang Ma, Guangtang Pan, Yaou Shen
Genetic transformation is a crucial tool for investigating gene function and advancing molecular breeding in crops, with Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation being the primary method for plant genetic modification. However, this approach exhibits significant genotypic dependence in maize. Therefore, to overcome these limitations, we combined dynamic transcriptome analysis and genome-wide
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Antisense-mediated regulation of nitric oxide biosynthesis Mol. Plant (IF 17.1) Pub Date : 2025-03-17 Wil Prall, Martin Crespi
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Propagation of plant immunity via interactions between PRIMER and bystander cells Mol. Plant (IF 17.1) Pub Date : 2025-03-14 Hongyuan Zheng, Yu Wang, Xuemin Zhou, Daowen Wang, Shi Xiao, Zheng Qing Fu
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Single-plant NLR is able to recognize effectors from a wide range of adapted and non-adapted pathogens Mol. Plant (IF 17.1) Pub Date : 2025-03-13 Soohyun Oh, Doil Choi
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Large-scale genomic and phenomic analyses of modern cultivars empower future rice breeding design Mol. Plant (IF 17.1) Pub Date : 2025-03-13 Xiaoding Ma, Hao Wang, Shen Yan, Chuanqing Zhou, Kunneng Zhou, Qiang Zhang, Maomao Li, Yaolong Yang, Danting Li, Peng Song, Cuifeng Tang, Leiyue Geng, Jianchang Sun, Zhiyuan Ji, Xianjun Sun, Yongli Zhou, Peng Zhou, Di Cui, Bing Han, Xin Jing, Qiang He, Wei Fang, Longzhi Han
Modern cultivated rice plays a pivotal role in global food security. China accounts for nearly 30% of the world’s rice production and has developed numerous cultivated varieties over the past decades that are well adapted to diverse growing regions. However, the genomic bases underlying the phenotypes of these modern cultivars remain poorly characterized, limiting the exploitation of this vast resource
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Mobilizing Triticeae diversity from gene banks to farmer’s field Mol. Plant (IF 17.1) Pub Date : 2025-03-08 Awais Rasheed, Jindong Liu, Rudi Appels, Zhonghu He
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A comprehensive omics resource and genetic tools for functional genomics research and genetic improvement of sorghum Mol. Plant (IF 17.1) Pub Date : 2025-03-07 Chengxuan Chen, Fengyong Ge, Huilong Du, Yuanchang Sun, Yi Sui, Sanyuan Tang, Zhengwei Shen, Xuefeng Li, Huili Zhang, Cuo Mei, Peng Xie, Chao Li, Sen Yang, Huimin Wei, Jiayang Shi, Dan Zhang, Kangxu Zhao, Dekai Yang, Yi Qiao, Zuyong Luo, Li Zhang, Aimal Khan, Baye Wodajo, Yaorong Wu, Ran Xia, Chuanyin Wu, Chengzhi Liang, Qi Xie, Feifei Yu
Sorghum, the fifth most important food crop globally, is a source of silage forage, fiber, syrup, and biofuel. Moreover, it is widely recognized as an ideal model crop for studying stress biology becaused of its ability to tolerate multiple abiotic stresses, including high salt-alkali conditions, drought, and heat. However, functional genomics studies on sorghum have been challenging, primarily due
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Sensing H2O2 for defense in plants Mol. Plant (IF 17.1) Pub Date : 2025-03-04 Yan Bi, Leeza Tariq, Hui Wang, Fengming Song
Plant cells sense H2O2, a major reactive oxygen species (ROS), through cysteine oxidation of critical immune regulators. Recently, Liao et al. reported that the rice transcription factor bHLH25 directly perceives pathogen-induced H2O2 via methionine oxidation to trigger defense responses. This study highlights the importance and complexity of H2O2-mediated oxidation modification in plant immunity.
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The near-complete genome assembly of pickling cucumber and its mutation library illuminate cucumber functional genomics and genetic improvement Mol. Plant (IF 17.1) Pub Date : 2025-03-04 Yao Tian, Kui Li, Tonghui Li, Wudi Gai, Jie Zhou, Xing Wang Deng, Yan Xue, Yun Deng, Hang He, Xingping Zhang
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SuperDecode: An integrated toolkit for analyzing mutations induced by genome editing Mol. Plant (IF 17.1) Pub Date : 2025-03-04 Fuquan Li, Xiyu Tan, Shengting Li, Shaotong Chen, Lin Liu, Jingjing Huang, Gufeng Li, Zijun Lu, Jinwen Wu, Dongchang Zeng, Yanqiu Luo, Xiaoou Dong, Xingliang Ma, Qinlong Zhu, Letian Chen, Yao-Guang Liu, Chengjie Chen, Xianrong Xie
Genome editing using CRISPR/Cas (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/CRISPR-associated protein) or other systems has become a cornerstone of numerous biological and applied research fields. However, detecting the resulting mutations by analyzing sequencing data remains time consuming and inefficient. In response to this issue, we designed SuperDecode, an integrated software toolkit
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NTRC’s novel role: Bridging chloroplast redox oscillations and nuclear circadian clock Mol. Plant (IF 17.1) Pub Date : 2025-03-03 Francisco Javier Cejudo
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Plant PAQR-like sensors activate heterotrimeric G proteins to confer resistance against multiple pathogens Mol. Plant (IF 17.1) Pub Date : 2025-03-01 Houxiao Zhang, Yuzhu Zhang, Quanlin Li, Fengsheng Hao, Gary Stacey, Dongqin Chen
Human adiponectin receptors (AdipoRs) and membrane progestin receptors (mPRs, members of the progestin and adipoQ receptor [PAQR] family) are seven-transmembrane receptors involved in the regulation of metabolism and cancer development, which share structural similarities with G protein-coupled receptors. Plant PAQR-like sensors (PLSs) are homologous to human PAQRs but their molecular functions remain
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Large-scale metabolomic landscape of edible maize reveals convergent changes in metabolite differentiation and facilitates its breeding improvement Mol. Plant (IF 17.1) Pub Date : 2025-03-01 Chunhui Li, Zhiyong Li, Baishan Lu, Yaxing Shi, Senlin Xiao, Hui Dong, Ruyang Zhang, Hui Liu, Yanyan Jiao, Li Xu, Aiguo Su, Xiaqing Wang, Yanxin Zhao, Shuai Wang, Yanli Fan, Meijie Luo, Shengli Xi, Ainian Yu, Fengge Wang, Jianrong Ge, Hongli Tian, Hongmei Yi, Yuanda Lv, Huihui Li, Ronghuan Wang, Wei Song, Jiuran Zhao
Edible maize is an important food crop that provides energy and nutrients to meet human health and nutritional requirements. However, how environmental pressures and human activity have shaped the metabolome of edible maize remains unclear. In this study, we collected 452 diverse edible maize accessions worldwide, including waxy, sweet, and field maize. A total of 3020 non-redundant metabolites, including
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