Which changes in DNA methylation are triggered by the chromatin remodeler DDM1 (DECREASE IN DNA METHYLATION 1)? They were found to influence leaf phenotypes in Arabidopsis thaliana. Read more https://bit.ly/4olerwL

🧬 How do plants fine-tune their growth using a single family of powerful proteins? Roles of TCP Transcription Factors in Plant Growth and Development https://bit.ly/4hP4R3u

🌊 Why do some mangroves grow tall along coastlines, while others stay small & sparse inland? Dwarfing in mangroves: a review https://bit.ly/4qR9f6g

🌾 Can melatonin help cotton seedlings survive drought by detoxifying a sugar byproduct? Melatonin mediates methylglyoxal homeostasis and autophagy during seed germination under polyethylene glycol-induced drought stress in upland cotton. https://bit.ly/3LVzTL9

🔥 How can heat protect loquat fruits from chilling damage? EjLAC12 is involved in postharvest chilling injury in loquat fruits by regulating lignin polymerization. https://bit.ly/486d6UF

Call for articles – Root responses to multifactorial environmental constraints https://bit.ly/3FiJ99f New submission deadline : 15 March 2026 @wileyecology.bsky.social

Improving Nitrogen use efficiency in rapeseed by pumping ABA level. The results highlight the mechanisms of ABA-mediated N stress mitigation. Read more https://bit.ly/4iuhjX2

Curious to know more about the career path of a prominent woman scientist? Here is the story of Eva-Mari Aro's development and career. Read https://bit.ly/3L4PsAf Her 50+ years of research in photosynthesis led to this tribute Special Issue https://bit.ly/4p0s18Z @wileyecology.bsky.social

🪴 Can the roots of one plant help another survive salty soils? Alleviating Soybean Salt Stress via Suaeda salsa Intercropping: Roles of Desalinization andRoot Interactions https://bit.ly/4oVPNTY

Where is Cd entry point in Nicotiana tabacum and where is it stored? Investigation focuses on the two main Cd uptake routes: soil-root and atmosphere-leaf. Read more https://bit.ly/48m431R

The articles in this issue honor the career of Eva-Mari Aro, whose 50+ years of research in photosynthesis answered many mechanistic questions regarding how photosynthetic organisms adapt to diverse and changing environments. ToC https://bit.ly/4p0s18Z @wileyecology.bsky.social

🌱 Can a fungus living in plant leaves reprogram life underground? Epichloë endophytes potentially facilitate host plant recruitment of rhizosphere microbiota carrying beneficial traits. https://bit.ly/47J4Wkz

😴Focus on the mode of action by which the circadian oscillator influences dormancy release by modulation of endosperm wall biomechanics: report of SCARECROW-LIKE15 in Arabidopsis Read more https://bit.ly/49DXnyo

🚱🌽Do stomatal and hydraulic conductance of plant leaves ensure the net photosynthetic rate in all maize varieties, even the ones differing in drought tolerance? Read more https://bit.ly/49JM1ck

Review Highlight Why aren’t microalgae mainstream yet? While microalgae offer exceptional nutritional potential, consumer acceptance is still held back by sensory challenges. Read the highlight https://bit.ly/3L6EQ3q and the review https://bit.ly/3KSP6g1 ##Microalgea #Plantsci

What are the molecular mechanisms regulating trichome development in Pogostemon cablin, where Patchouli essential oil is stored?ng novel molecular targets for precision breeding of medicinal plants. Read more https://bit.ly/4aeSrQD

Plan Mitochondria Biology is your thing? Then do not miss our latest compiled Special Issue. Editorial https://bit.ly/4pGVUfz ToC https://bit.ly/4pBi8zh

🌲 Can planting ginseng in the forest boost its medicinal power? Effects of understory planting patterns on the accumulation of secondary metabolites in Panaxquinquefolius L. and their possible mechanisms. https://bit.ly/4ovvb5r

Improving Macadamia clonal propagation: Identification of useful WUSCHEL-related homeobox genes in root regeneration. Read more https://bit.ly/4imjhIV

Are spectral effects on growth due to preferential carbon allocation to different phenylpropanoids? Using dynamic light application can balance growth and phenylpropanoid content. @Dr-bluesky.bsky.social @julianverdonk.bsky.social @hortproductphyswur.bsky.social Read more https://bit.ly/4p7KilQ

CALL FOR ARTICLES This Special Issue welcomes manuscripts that explore complex and multilevel plant-bacterial-fungal-viral interactions, which modulate crop physiology and biochemistry under abiotic stress. Read more https://bit.ly/3J9ae0J Submit https://bit.ly/43zoDtT @wileyecology.bsky.social

Interested by Plant Mitochondrial Biology? Check the ToC of our newly compiled Special Issue https://bit.ly/4pBi8zh Articles fall within the fields of protein function and biogenesis, mtDNA and CMS, physiology and respiration, signalling and mitochondrial dynamics. @wileyecology.bsky.social

How do plants discriminate between pathogenic and mutualistic fungi? The alterations to the root transcriptomic landscape during pre-symbiosis with a pathogen or mutualistic fungus were analysed. @fungidownunder.bsky.social @jgi.doe.gov Read more https://bit.ly/4rpbKwY

🌱Can a prebiotic & a probiotic create a super-defense for crops? A study by Jiao et al. combining Levan with Levan-metabolizing Bacillaceae creates a synergistic super-defense in tomato and wheat. The combo is especially effective in poor soils. https://bit.ly/49iyUhV ##PlantImmunity #Plantsci

🧠 Can plants remember past stress to prepare for future challenges? The Plant Mind: Unraveling Abiotic Stress Priming, Memory, and Adaptation https://bit.ly/4nGY2Ck

Villanova et al. reveals that Skeletonema marinoi can perform mixotrophy and thrive in cold, low-light conditions. Glycerol was found to significantly boost biomass productivity, achieving results comparable to CO2 enrichment. Read at https://bit.ly/48bVTKv ##Algae #Diatoms #Mixotrophy

🌿 Can melatonin help medicinal plants survive drought? Integrated physiological and transcriptomic analysis reveals transcription factors are crucial for melatonin-mediated drought tolerance in E. ulmoides https://bit.ly/4qSptw1

🧫 Gelling agents dictate callus fate in Arabidopsis! The paper compares Agar, Phytagel, and Gelrite and found that media rigidity is the only physical property that correlates with callus phenotype and differentiation. https://bit.ly/47TfXjz

🧂 How does a salt-tolerant sugar beet manage stress at the molecular level? Ubiquitination proteomics of sugar beets under salt stress response revealed roles of photosynthesis, Ca 2+ signaling, and the proteasome system https://bit.ly/4nP0ozj

🥶 How does a medicinal plant thrive in freezing temperatures? Transcriptomics and metabolomics analyses reveal new insights into cold resistance in Paeonia veitchii https://bit.ly/43Z6DcC

🌶️ Could one tiny protein make pepper plants more drought-sensitive? Pepper JAZ protein CaJAZ1- 06 negatively regulates drought stress and abscisic acid signaling https://bit.ly/4omi1Yi

🍅Performance of two foliar-applied biostimulants ( a seaweed and plant amino acid-based formulation, and a potassium-rich botanical extract) on tomatoes under open-field conditions. Read more https://bit.ly/3KWagts

New gene expression analysis by Zhang et al. (2025) identifies key regulatory genes in 10 gene families that control woodiness and defense in cucumber. Crucial targets for stress-tolerant crop development! Read the study https://bit.ly/4nLYnE7 ##cucumber #lignin #plantsci

🥶What are the molecular mechanisms in Physalis grisea under low temperature stress? Transcriptomic, metabolomic, and physiological analyses were carried out. Read more https://bit.ly/4ocR1KY

🌾How does a single PPR protein restore male fertility in rice? Takatsuka et al. find that a specific Pentatricopeptide Repeat protein acts as a molecular scissor, cleaving the toxic mitochondrial orf312 RNA in Tadukan-type CMS rice. https://bit.ly/3JKPBbj ##Rice #PPRProtein #Plantsci

Complex interplay between climatic factors: What are the individual and interactive effects of temperature and soil moisture on the root metabolome of the alpine Himalayan dwarf shrub Rhododendron anthopogon? @popecolibot.bsky.social @ibotcz.bsky.social Read more https://bit.ly/48J9h9H

⤵️What physically shapes the thylakoid grana? Böde et al. (2025) confirms that non-bilayer lipid phase behavior is the biophysical force stabilizing the high membrane curvature essential for efficient photosynthesis. Read more at https://bit.ly/4osTTU0 ##Chloroplast #Plantsci

🧂What is birch bZIP5 function and mechanisms in conferring tolerance to saline-alkali (NaHCO3) stress? Read more https://bit.ly/42X1txw

OPEN CALL FOR ARTICLES: This Special Issue welcomes manuscripts that explore complex and multilevel plant-bacterial-fungal-viral interactions, which modulate crop physiology and biochemistry under environmental abiotic stressors. @wileyplantsci.bsky.social https://bit.ly/3J9ae0J

How do RNA viruses manage plant lipid metabolism at high temperatures? Read more https://bit.ly/4nt5Bgc

Review Highlight The review by Bolay et al. revolvs around the reprogramming of cyanobacteria by rewiring 👉 Read the highlight at https://bit.ly/3L6EQ3q 👉 Read the full review at https://bit.ly/4r13bYO

🌞 Can light-damaged plants actually protect themselves by shutting part of their photosynthesis down? PSII photoinhibition as a protective strategy: maintaining an oxidative state of PSI by suppressing PSII activity under environmental stress https://bit.ly/4hWcXHS

🍲What are the adaptive responses of QingFeng , a newly identified basil cultivar, to high salinity and drought stress? Read more https://bit.ly/4qFvPPp

How does H2S talk to Nano-Mn to save plants from chromium? 🧬🛡️ Ayyaz et al. reveal that the combo triggers improved nutrient uptake, reduced Cr accumulation, and a massive antioxidant defense boost in rapeseed. 🔗 https://bit.ly/3WHpCoi ##H2S #PlantStress

Systemically induced production of VOCs in plant undamaged tissues under herbivore attack with respect to below/aboveground signaling put to the test. @jpschnitzlerlab.bsky.social @andreaghirardo.bsky.social @chriswernerlab.bsky.social @ecosense-sfb-1537.bsky.social https://bit.ly/4obw4jy

Which metabolites tell the difference between "injured" and "dead"? 🔬💔 Arora & Chen (2025) find that specific cell wall vs. chloroplast metabolites in cellular leachate are the real biomarkers differentiating sub-lethal vs. fatal freeze stress in plants. 🔗 https://bit.ly/43cJIub ##Plantsci

What are the molecular mechanisms underlying the permeability properties of seed coats? In this study, authors revealed that the rice EXTENSIN-like protein OsPEX1 influences seed germination by modulating water permeability in the seed coat. Read more https://bit.ly/4oxdTV4

Plant defense is a chemical language! ⚗️ The latest Review Highlight takes on the review by Kumari et al. that unpacks the Metabolome Revolution in plant immunity. Read @ https://bit.ly/3L6EQ3q and the full review @ https://bit.ly/3JIlWQ6 ##Metabolomics #PlantDefense #PlantPathology

✅Are the STAY-GREEN (SGR) genes playing pivotal roles in chlorophyll degradation in the fast-growing tree Liriodendron tulipifera? These findings suggest that LtSGR1 modulates carotenoid biosynthesis by directly repressing LtPSY transcription. Read more https://bit.ly/4opDyz0

#Drought doesn’t follow one script: trees vary in how they close #stomata, lose conductivity, and regulate #aquaporins🌿💧 📰New paper out in @pplplantarum.bsky.social 🌳 Link to pub-> doi.org/10.1111/ppl.... @irnase.bsky.social @csicandalextrem.bsky.social