🤖 SPECIAL ISSUE RESEARCH 🤖 Integrating drone-based phenotyping & machine learning enables non-destructive prediction of root system traits, offering a novel approach to support root research & improve crop resilience under climate change- Alahmad et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

Researchers made use of recent advances in sequencing techniques to study how “cellular specialisation affects interconnected pathways”. This could help us understand the genetic basis for C3-C4 intermediacy in specific plants. 🌿

Pyruvate orthophosphate dikinase (PPDK) as a putative key regulator of diurnal deacidification in CAM leaves across varying light intensities and photoperiods academic.oup.com/jxb/article-... @jxbotany.bsky.social

Strong BSC enrichment of GLDP, GLDT, SHM, GGT, GOX, and GS2/GOGAT — the full photorespiratory glycine–serine–NH₃ cycle is shifted from mesophyll to BSC in C3-C4 Moricandia arvensis This shift couples CO₂ concentration, nitrogen re-assimilation, and redox balance within BSC mitochondria and plastids.

🌿 RESEARCH 🌿 Single-nucleus RNAseq reveals bundle sheath cell-specific photorespiration pathways in Moricandia arvensis, incl ammonium assimilation & redox regulation, highlighting metabolic compartmentalization in C3–C4 photosynthesis – Triesch et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

🌽 SPECIAL ISSUE RESEARCH 🌽 In maize cultivars, variation in saturating CO2 assimilation rate was related to leaf anatomy, and loss of potential CO2 uptake was related to stomatal conductance determined by ethylene synthesis - Yang et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

🤖 SPECIAL ISSUE RESEARCH 🤖 Integrating drone-based phenotyping & machine learning enables non-destructive prediction of root system traits, offering a novel approach to support root research & improve crop resilience under climate change- Alahmad et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

🌾💧 SPECIAL ISSUE RESEARCH 🌾💧 Yun et al. use a high-throughput pipeline to characterize leaf elongation responding to drought stress across eight species including barley, wheat, oat, and wild relatives. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪 @chenyang.co

🌿 SPECIAL ISSUE RESEARCH 🌿 Comparative transcriptomics analysis across species with a broad range of leaf-surface pH indicates the molecular mechanisms underlying differing buffering capacities in response to external pH changes - López-González et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

🌾 RESEARCH 🌾 Association analysis on 450 rice accessions identified 67 marker–trait associations for grain yield under reproductive drought stress, linked to 23 genes. Introgressed haplotypes increased yield by 25–27% under drought - Singh et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

🌾 RESEARCH 🌾 Association analysis on 450 rice accessions identified 67 marker–trait associations for grain yield under reproductive drought stress, linked to 23 genes. Introgressed haplotypes increased yield by 25–27% under drought - Singh et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

🍇 SPECIAL ISSUE RESEARCH 🍇 Grapevine scion–rootstock interaction can modulate susceptibility to wood pathogens, dsRNAs are effective in reducing but not stopping wood pathogens & the wood microbiome is perturbated by application of dsRNAs - Nerva et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

🌿 SPECIAL ISSUE REVIEW 🌿 Gómez-Espinoza et al. aim to broaden current perspectives on the multifunctional roles of oxalate oxidases in plant development, stress responses, and redox regulation. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

🌿SPECIAL ISSUE REVIEW🌿 Silicon enhances plant resilience to abiotic stresses by modulating physiological & molecular responses, particularly under drought and metal(loid) toxicity & is a potential tool for sustainable agriculture - Mora-Sanhueza et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

SPECIAL ISSUE RESEARCH 🌾 SUB1-mediated energy conservation (quiescence) combined with higher tissue tolerance is a more favourable mechanistic acclimation than energy expenditure (ion exclusion) under saline water submergence in rice - Chakraborty et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

🧬 SPECIAL ISSUE REVIEW 🧬 Trihelix transcription factors control developmental processes, from embryogenesis to reproductive growth, responses to pathogens & abiotic stress, & epigenetic modifications after ethylene & ABA perception - Ibarra & Reynoso 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

🌾 SPECIAL ISSUE RESEARCH 🌾 Ethylene antagonizes ABA-induced stomatal closure in rice by inhibiting the protein kinases CTR1 and 2, negatively regulating the chilling tolerance of seedlings - Huang et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

☀️SPECIAL ISSUE REVIEW☀️ Clemente-Moreno et al explore how cell wall dynamics can impact photosynthesis (via mesophyll conductance) & resilience to (a)biotic stress, giving new insights into optimizing photosynthesis & stress tolerance simultaneously. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

🌾 SPECIAL ISSUE RESEARCH 🌾 The lipoxygenase gene OsLOX9, regulated by the transcription factor OsMYC2, is induced upon blast fungus infection and promotes jasmonic acid accumulation, thereby enhancing rice resistance to Magnaporthe oryzae - Wang et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

🧬 SPECIAL ISSUE REVIEW 🧬 Histone H3 methylation plays a critical role in regulating plant responses to abiotic stresses such as drought, salinity, temperature, light, cadmium, and nutrient stress 🧂🌡️☀️💧 📝 Yu et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

🌾 SPECIAL ISSUE RESEARCH 🌾 Heat shock tolerance in a sorghum genotype was facilitated by up-regulation of osmoprotectants, chaperones, and reactive oxygen species scavengers & suppression of SnRK1, a metabolic regulatory kinase - Watson-Lazowski et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

🍅 SPECIAL ISSUE RESEARCH 🍅 In tomato the myo-inositol phosphate synthase gene SlMIPS2 is sharply induced early in phosphate starvation, and SlMIPS2 regulates cellular InsP6 levels and SPX–PHR1 interactions to control Pi homeostasis - Roychowdhury et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

🧪 SPECIAL ISSUE RESEARCH 🧪 Clusters of phytocytokine & receptor protein family genes evolved in Salicaceae. Phytocytokines show antifungal & immune elicitation activities, with elicitor activity being dependent on clustered receptor proteins - Lintz et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience

☀️ SPECIAL ISSUE REVIEW ☀️ González-Delgado et al review how plants sense photoperiod, how humans have profited from manipulating the genetic factors controlling photoperiod, and the benefits & drawbacks such manipulations can have for agriculture 🚜 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

🏔️ SPECIAL ISSUE REVIEW 🏔️ Flexas et al review the findings of recent ecophysiological campaigns at remote sites at the limits of plant life and discuss their interest in the context of climate change ❄️☀️ 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

⚙️ SPECIAL ISSUE REVIEW ⚙️ Iron is essential to plants, and molecular mechanisms controlling iron uptake and concentration are affected by other essential nutrients such as zinc, copper, phosphorus, and nitrogen 🧲 🌿 📝 Wairich et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

🧬 SPECIAL ISSUE REVIEW 🧬 Mitochondrial carrier proteins regulate metabolite transport and energy balance, helping plants adapt to drought, salinity & temperature extremes, supporting cellular processes and resilience 🧂🌡️ 📝 Monteiro-Batista et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

🌍🌽 SPECIAL ISSUE REVIEW 🌽🌍 Global climate change is resulting in long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. This review highlights primary metabolic adjustments of plants to cope with future abiotic stressors 🌡️☀️💧 📝 Bulut et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

🪲 SPECIAL ISSUE REVIEW 🪲 Non-host resistance is the most common, durable, and efficient outcome of plant defences against biotic stresses. This review highlights its role in plant–insect interactions- Pinheiro et al. 📝 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

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Happy to see our work published in the @jxbotany.bsky.social today! Feedback welcome. academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...

📣 NEW SPECIAL ISSUE 📣 Issue 17: Plant Stress Physiology: Safeguarding Food Security in a Changing Climate 📘 Edited by Adriano Nunes-Nesi, Agustin Zsögön, and Wagner L. Araújo 🔗 academic.oup.com/jxb... #JXBspecialissues #PlantScience 🧪

📝 EDITORIAL 📝 Nunes-Nesi, Araújo & Zsögön present highlights from the 19th Brazilian Congress of Plant Physiology (Oct 2024) & the accompanying Special Issue 🔎 The featured research spans adaptation, photosynthesis & mechanisms of stress & immunity 🌎 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

⚽️ 🌿 VIEWPOINT 🌿 ⚽️ Get the ball rolling: update and perspective on the role of chloroplast plastoglobule-associated proteins under abiotic stress ☀️ ✍️ by Sheng Ying @msupri.bsky.social 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

📣 NEW SPECIAL ISSUE 📣 Issue 17: Plant Stress Physiology: Safeguarding Food Security in a Changing Climate 📘 Edited by Adriano Nunes-Nesi, Agustin Zsögön, and Wagner L. Araújo 🔗 academic.oup.com/jxb... #JXBspecialissues #PlantScience 🧪

🚨 CLOSING SOON 🚨 The Special Issue on "Plant Proteostasis" closes on 30 November 2025 📅 📝 Edited by Pablo Manavella & Catharina Merchante We're still accepting submissions! Got a manuscript? 👉 Contact the JXB office: bit.ly/JXBissues #JXBspecialissues #PlantScience 🧪 @sebiology.bsky.social

** UPCOMING SPECIAL ISSUE ** Plant Proteostasis Editors: Pablo Manavella & Catharina Merchante Deadline: 30th Nov '25 Manuscripts of any format welcomed, please contact the office (bit.ly/JXBissues) #JXBspecialissues 🌱 🌿 🧪 #plantscience @kmerchante.bsky.social @sebiology.bsky.social (1/2)

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Our work on mapping the dynamics of phospholipids during lateral root formation is now published in @jxbotany.bsky.social We show that PI(4,5)P₂ plays a key role: targeted reduction in pericycle promotes LR development. → academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...

🚨 SPECIAL ISSUE - CLOSING SOON 🚨 🌿🟡 Sulfur Signaling 🟡 🌿 📝 Edited by Markus Wirtz, Stan Kopriva & Hideki Takahashi 📅 Deadline: 30 November 2025 📄 We welcome contributions! Got an manuscript in mind? Contact JXB office 👉 bit.ly/JXBissues #JXBspecialissues #PlantScience 🧪 @sebiology.bsky.social

Mechanisms of carbon allocation to stem-like axial sink organs academic.oup.com/jxb/article/... @jxbotany.bsky.social

Mysterious giants in the world of lipids-long linear isoprenoid functions in plant physiology and reproduction academic.oup.com/jxb/article/... @jxbotany.bsky.social

🧬 UPCOMING SPECIAL ISSUE 🧬 🔬 Single-Cell and Spatial Transcriptomics in Plants 🔬 📝 Edited by Shahid Mukhtar 📅 Deadline: 28 February 2026 📣 Got a suitable manuscript? Contact us: bit.ly/JXBissues @smukhtarlab.bsky.social @sebiology.bsky.social #JXBspecialissues #PlantScience 🧪 (1/2)

🍇🌱 RESEARCH 🌱🍇 Botrytis cinerea infection is promoted by chitotetraose treatment, which has a role as a negative regulator of grapevine immunity, inhibiting MAPK phosphorylation and defense-related gene expression in roots & leaves - Marzari et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

#IJPB event Three inspiring days at the 3rd Workshop on Carbon Allocation in Plants 🌿 Thanks to all participants and sponsors for the great discussions! 👏 Special mention to Rozenn Le Hir @catsteam.bsky.social 👉 bit.ly/4dy5hHO and Wenjia Xu CHRODYNO team 👉 bit.ly/4fqSSq9 for sharing their works!

☀️🌱 Editor's Choice 🌱☀️ CLC2, a light chain in the clathrin complex, is a substrate of the ubiquitin ligase ATL5 and functions in seed longevity by influencing the expression of ribosomal protein genes in Arabidopsis - Hasegawa et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

🌽🧂RESEARCH🧂🌽 Phosphorylation of ZmWRKY104 by ZmMAPK7 enhances its ability to bind to DNA of the ZmSOD4 promoter and increases SOD activity, thereby improving salt tolerance in maize - Li et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

🌽🧂RESEARCH🧂🌽 Phosphorylation of ZmWRKY104 by ZmMAPK7 enhances its ability to bind to DNA of the ZmSOD4 promoter and increases SOD activity, thereby improving salt tolerance in maize - Li et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

The plasticity of physiology and development in response to the environment is amazing and not always mediated by the same pathways in response to a same stimulus.