🌽🧬🐛 Together with @natcomms.nature.com and Scientific Reports, we invite articles in all areas of research investigating the roles of RNA in plant biotic interactions (including plant-microbe, plant-insect, and plant-plant interactions). www.nature.com/collections/...

🌱🦠🧫 Together with @natcomms.nature.com, @natplants.nature.com and Scientific Reports, we invite manuscripts that investigate plastid biology or explore the fundamental principles governing plastid origin, integration, and diversification across the eukaryotic tree of life. go.sn.pub/z7b5je

🍎🪰 Polyphagous fruit flies (Tephritidae) exhibit species-specific olfactory tuning to host fruit compounds, suggesting an evolved balance between detection and discrimination, with potential implications for ecological management and pest control strategies. www.nature.com/articles/s42...

We welcome submissions of papers focused on genome assembly, population genetics, marker-trait association studies, gene cloning, and breeding technique development and implementation in orphan crops to our joint collection that includes @natcomms.nature.com @commssustain.nature.com go.sn.pub/3gehui

New perspective 🦠: the ancestral evolutionary states of thylakoid membranes may have been initially dedicated to non-oxygenic alternative electron flows. #cyanobacteria @bccmcollections.bsky.social @universitedeliege.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s42...

PBAT plastic exposure decreases taxonomic diversity across multi–kingdom soil microbiota, while enriching functional diversity, genome size, and genes for plastic degradation and carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur cycling. www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Metabolomic reprogramming in a high-yield ginger cultivar shapes microbiome assembly, enriching keystone taxa like Devosia and Talaromyces, which enhance nutrient cycling and yield, offering a basis for microbiome-informed crop design. doi.org/10.1038/s420...

A warm welcome to Dr. Vincent Courdavault, who joins our Plant Biology section as an editorial board member! Their work in plant specialized metabolism, alkaloids, plant genetic transformation, yeast engineering and muti-omics approaches will be a valuable addition. Welcome aboard! 🌱🧬

Single-cell profiling in rubber tree saplings to water-deficit stress identifies seven bark cell types and ABA-mediated drought responses, including uniform ABF2/3/4 induction. www.nature.com/articles/s42...

🧬🌿 Dr. Taikui Zhang is joining our editorial board in the Ecology & Evolution section! Dr. Zhang brings expertise in angiosperms, (pan-)genomics, evolutionary genomics, phylogenomics, whole genome duplications, and bioinformatics. Welcome aboard! 🌱

This new study in Communications Biology provides evidence on how carbon metabolism regulates cell division among cyanobacteria. TCA pathway manipulation directly impacts the FtsZ-dependent cell division by regulating its expression via the transcriptional factor NtcA. 🦠 doi.org/10.1038/s420...

Congrats, Joe Ecker @salkinstitute.bsky.social, to receiving the McClintock Prize! Joe has been a visionary leader of the field of genetics and genomics – not only for plants – for decades www.salk.edu/news-release...

Reciprocal cooperation at the early stage between an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus and a phosphate-solubilizing bacterium is mediated by external phosphorus availability. www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Our editor Michele Repetto is at the Ecological and Evolutionary Genomics #GRC meeting, Dynamics of Ecological and Evolutionary Change. Find her at the conference for a chat about your research and publishing with our journal!

A lab experiment shows that Dark Septate Endophytes can form common fungal networks between plants, increasing biomass and enabling water movement, suggesting that non-mycorrhizal fungi may contribute to plant connectivity. www.nature.com/articles/s42...

The best part of conferences: Meeting old friends and making new ones 😊 @davefaveplants.bsky.social @keikosugimoto.bsky.social @ipgsa2025.bsky.social #IPGSA #plantscience

Have expertise in computational biology? Our journal is looking for a Locum Associate Editor with expertise in this area. springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...

In transit now to Luxembourg to represent @commsbio.nature.com at the Phytofactories 2025 meeting. If you're attending, stop by and chat with me during the meet-the-editor session tomorrow (Wednesday) from 5:30-7:00 PM! eventform.plantae.org/plantae.cale...

Photosynthetic #sacoglossan sea slugs lose state transitions due to structural changes of their kleptoplasts, whereas Bryopsidales #algae show an evolutionary loss of state transitions, highlighting the diverse light-use strategies of green algae. www.nature.com/articles/s42... @vesahavu.bsky.social

Smallholder-maintained #cowpea varieties in Southern Africa hold valuable genetic traits for adapting to a changing climate, offering key insights for breeding resilient #crops and strengthening future food security.🌍 @mdellacq.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Resequencing of a core collection of tef, an indigenous cereal, identifies genetic redundancy and candidate genes for grain colour, size and metabolite content variation. www.nature.com/articles/s42...

🌱A study on the response of different resistant Amorphophallus species to Pcc stress reveals that endophytic fungal taxa play a key role in host plant's defense against necrotizing bacterial pathogens. doi.org/10.1038/s420...

Featured on the @commsbio.nature.com homepage: in a genus of perennial herbs (Aquilegia spp) incomplete lineage sorting contributes to phenotypic convergence in a recent cryptic radiation while standing genetic variation and introgression facilitate rapid adaptive divergence www.nature.com/commsbio/

🌳🌱Last days to submit to our cross-journal Collection with @natcomms.nature.com & Scientific Reports on plant responses and adaptations to abiotic stress:🌲🪴 www.nature.com/collections/...

Our 2025 cross-journal Collection on biotechnology for a circular economy on one carbon assimilation, bio-manufacturing, waste management, recycling, bio-energy, including computational methodology on the above fields, will present updates to our 2023 collection: www.nature.com/collections/...

MusaPUB22/23 knockout in banana plants enhances resistance to Xanthomonas wilt (BXW) without compromising growth. These findings highlight the role of U-box E3 ligases in plant immunity and the potential of using this approach for disease-resistant crop engineering www.nature.com/articles/s42...

An L-aminoacylase in the oral secretion of fall armyworm larvae attenuates inducible plant defense responses by degrading herbivore-associated signal molecules and promotes larvae growth on their preferred host plant species. doi.org/10.1038/s420...

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Mechanisms of plant acclimation to multiple abiotic stresses www.nature.com/articles/s42... @commsbio.bsky.social

Researchers pinpoint the genes responsible for the final three pea traits studied by Gregor Mendel more than 160 years ago https://go.nature.com/3EC3eqT

A study on rice pollination using single-cell metabolomics and microscopy reports a discovery such that pollen grains attached show "Roly-poly toy"-like physical motion subsequently after exudation, leading to pollen adhesion and germination to facilitate rapid pollination. doi.org/10.1038/s420...

Barley landraces house unique variation that can help adapt this food crop to a changing climate. A de-novo core collection is used to predict which individual barley landraces have the most potential to help with adaptation to adverse environments. doi.org/10.1038/s420...

Highlighted today in @phys.org.web.brid.gy, development of a mathematical model provides a non-linear dynamics explanation for the formation of petal patterns in broken tulips. Article on Phys.org: phys.org/news/2025-04... Original article 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s42... PC: Thomas Hillen

🧬🌿 Comparative genomic study of the Colletotrichum gloeosporioides species complex provides insights into the role of chromosomal rearrangements, mediated by repetitive sequences, drive genetic diversification and host adaptation in the phytopathogens doi.org/10.1038/s420...

Welcoming our newest Communications Biology Editorial Board members this month! 😊 First up, a big welcome to Yuhong Cao, joining our Bioengineering & Biotech team! Yuhong brings expertise in mRNA technology, circRNA sequencing design, plant genome engineering & breeding, and nanotechnology.

An alignment-free deep learning framework predicts DNA-binding proteins and residues from primary sequences, eliminating multiple sequence alignments (MSAs). It uses protein language models and class-weighted training to address data imbalance and improve accuracy doi.org/10.1038/s420...

Our editor Laura will be giving a talk at the @universidadoviedo.bsky.social this Thursday 10th at 1pm, please come if you want to learn more about our journal and the editorial process in the Nature Portfolio!

The gibberellic acid phytohormone biosynthesis inhibitor paclobutrazol induces triterpenoid biosynthesis in the fungus Sanghuangporus lonicericola.

Microscopic imaging and machine learning reveal coordinated spatial patterns of chloroplasts and stomata during cacao leaf development, suggesting an acropetal maturation process crucial for flush growth. www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Grains suppress ovaries in ears of maize to strengthen their sugar utilization advantage for development, potentially through hormone and MAPK signaling. www.nature.com/articles/s42...

An sRNA study in Arabidopsis reveals that a tRF drives immunity via DCL1 and AGO2, activating defense genes, suppressing Gypsy retrotransposons, and binding chromatin to coordinate transcriptional reprogramming in a sequence-dependent manner. www.nature.com/articles/s42...

An autonomous robotic platform enables high-throughput, low-cost, and high-volume phenotypic measurements in maize canopies, facilitating the understanding of genotype, environment, and management interactions (GxExM) with high accuracy. @earthsense-inc.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s42...

VRN2-PRC2 facilitates light-triggered repression of PIF signaling to coordinate growth in Arabidopsis. Great work from @djgibbs.bsky.social lab together with @sjonhartman.bsky.social and @ekaiserli.bsky.social Developmental Cell www.cell.com/developmenta...

Characterization of Arabidopsis thaliana thylakoid lumen 7.6 protein functions in photosystem II assembly www.nature.com/articles/s42... @commsbio.bsky.social

Interesting Behind the Paper blog post about a study that was recently published in @commsbio.bsky.social as part of the Plant microbiomes Collection! Read the original article here: www.nature.com/articles/s42... Check out other papers in the Collection here: www.nature.com/collections/...

Featured on the @commsbio.bsky.social homepage this week, investigation of pollen cellular respiration and pollen-silk interactions led to development of an accessible protocol that can preserve maize pollen viability for up to 7 days at hybrid seed production scale www.nature.com/articles/s42...

🌱As part of a new joint Collection with @naturecomms.bsky.social and Scientific Reports, we welcome submissions on the ‘hidden half’ of plants, including studies exploring mechanisms underlying root establishment, functions, and responses to biotic and abiotic factors www.nature.com/collections/...

Incredible: New proof that #bumblebee queens destroy leafs (probably helping to found new colonies)! This again can accelerate flowering :) From researchers @ethzurich.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s42...