Authors compared the effect of artificial and natural chilling on endodormancy break and frost hardiness of sugar maple seedlings, using two models to measure chilling accumulation. Read more https://bit.ly/4qJPu0b

🧂How do plants manage to grow in salty soils? Unveiling the plant growth regulators crosstalk in agricultural crop response to salinity-stress: a concise review. https://bit.ly/4qhqcpM

Tiny molecules with great significance. Do not miss our special issue about "Gasotransmitters in plant development and stress acclimation: recent avenues in their research". Full ToC https://bit.ly/4af42Pi

💧 How do sorghum roots survive drought while keeping microbial allies close? Ferritin-mediated iron homeostasis and bacterial shifts are associated with drought adaptation in Sorghum. https://bit.ly/4i3KyzA

This special issue is a collection of the most significant and innovative contributions presented at the 2025 Conference on Smart Agriculture held at the Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies. ToC https://bit.ly/4kA3R4W editorial https://bit.ly/4qv2g1w All articles are free to read for 2 months

🌿 What makes Artemisia argyi such a potent medicinal plant, especially in terms of its flavonoid content? Multi-omics landscape to reveal the discrepancy in the accumulation of flavonoids in Artemisia argyi across multiple growth stages. https://bit.ly/49kqgzA

🌱Wild barley handles drought better for a reason Pan et al. identifies an 8-bp promoter deletion in HvNF-YB7 that enhances drought-induced expression and strengthens glutathione-based ROS detoxification via HvGSTF13.1. https://bit.ly/4sMm96K ##PlantScience #Barley #Drought

🧩Exploring Cytochrome b559’s molecular roles by introducing an Ala substitution at different places: enhanced sensitivity to high light and formation of the dark-stable PS II complex is unique to the PsbE:F10A strain. @otagobiochemist.bsky.social Read more https://bit.ly/45ylNGM

🌄 How do medicinal plants survive & thrive in the extreme conditions of high altitudes? Nitric oxide dynamics in high-altitude medicinal plants: role in stress adaptation, signaling, and phytohormonal interactions. https://bit.ly/4nXspF5

Zoom in plant cuticle thanks to technological advances: Testing the frequency of nano-hydrophilic areas in lettuce. Read more https://bit.ly/3NIhimT

What drives early branching in balsa trees? 🌳 Transcriptome analysis links early branching in Ochroma to altered hormone signaling and meristem regulation. https://bit.ly/4qLZBko ##PlantScience #Transcriptomics #TreeBiology

🌾 How does drought reshape carbon allocation in soybean plants, and what does it mean for nitrogen fixation? Drought stress modifies the source-sink dynamics of nitrogen-fixing soybean plants prioritizing roots and nodules. https://bit.ly/4p3F2z3

🧂Evaluation of 170 Oenothera L. germplasms for saline-alkali tolerance: unravelling the genetic mechanisms underlying the saline-alkali tolerance in Oenothera L. Species. Read more https://bit.ly/4qjYnwV

🌺 How do plants fine-tune hormone levels to shape flower organs like stamens? Primary auxin response genes GH3s and DAO1 modulate stamen elongation in Arabidopsis thaliana and Solanum lycopersicum. https://bit.ly/4pcqSvO

What are the differential transcriptomic and metabolomic responses among three Aster varieties exhibiting distinct resistance levels to the fruit fly Tephritis angustipennis? Read more https://bit.ly/4qF1Ma9

🌳 How do different versions of the same tree species manage their carbon & nitrogen under stress, and after? Variations in C and N storage and use strategies between white poplar ploidy levels after O3 exposure cessations. https://bit.ly/4nMXYRD

Did you miss the Special Issue we published in 2025. Here you can find them all https://bit.ly/45WnEoP

🌦️ How does water availability across tiny forest microclimates shape how trees photosynthesize? Contrasting seasonal variation of photosynthesis in evergreen and deciduous tree species from a tropical forest https://bit.ly/47Xr3El

🦠 How do plants rapidly defend themselves when bacteria try to sneak in through their stomata? Do guard cells have single or multiple defense mechanisms in response to flg22? https://bit.ly/4brMssn

This special issue compile emerging and significant research on Gasotransmitters in plant development. All articles are free to read for 2 months. @wileyecology.bsky.social Full ToC: https://bit.ly/4af42Pi

🌡️🌿 How do rising temperatures & nitrogen pollution reshape the way plants store carbon? Nitrogen addition and warming drive multilevel plant carbon allocation via storage-growth trade-offs: a meta-analysis. https://bit.ly/4qWSgzy

🍅What is the antiviral efficacy of the seaweed-based formulation AG Fort against Tomato leaf curl Palampur virus? Read more https://bit.ly/4qxnKeM

🌳How do non-coding RNAs and mRNAs regulate the rooting process of A. Truncatum between natural conditions and supplementation of plant growth hormone? Read more https://bit.ly/3LA58vE

🌱 Can a microbial scent really boost plant stress tolerance? Microbial volatile 3-methyl-1-butanol enhances stomatal closure and salt stress tolerance via ethylene and jasmonate pathways in Arabidopsis. https://bit.ly/4qN0jie

🌱 How do plants protect their DNA from damage caused by environmental stress? Developing plant-derived DNA repair enzyme resources through studying the involvement of base excision repair DNA glycosylases in stress responses of plants. https://bit.ly/4pMh4so

2025 was a year rich in Special Issues. Here is a retrospective of the ones we compiled. Giving also an idea of the range of research we are publishing. Check them all https://bit.ly/45WnEoP

🧬 How do plants replicate their organellar DNA with machinery borrowed from both viruses & bacteria? A bacteriophage-derived primase-helicase orchestrates plant organellar DNA replication https://bit.ly/47CY1Ld

🌾What are the genetic determinants of fructan content in 278 wheat accessions over two consecutive years? Read more https://bit.ly/3Yt4P8P

🧂 Could silencing one gene help rice thrive under salt stress? Rice RING E3 ligase OsRFP45 negatively regulates salt tolerance by modulating Na+/K+ transporter genes. https://bit.ly/4hWeayR

What are the adaptive strategies of cyanobacteria to elevated UV-B radiation? The morphological, physiological, and biochemical responses of a cyanobacterium Anabaena under a combination of ultraviolet and photosynthetically active radiation were examined. Read more https://bit.ly/3YAw4hI

Lucky you! You get more time to submit your manuscript to our Special Issue "Genome editing for improving plant stress tolerance: challenges and opportunities". The deadline has been postponed to June 30, 2026. https://bit.ly/46S2w4n

💬 How do plants communicate iron needs between leaves & roots? Impact of iron deficiency on the Arabidopsis thaliana phloem sap proteome, a key role for bHLH12. https://bit.ly/3JJiODI

Finding QTL associated with biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) and nutrient acquisition and factors promotive of sustained BNF under biotic stress: materials having higher BNF and more disease-resistant. @fungidownunder.bsky.social @jamilchowdhury.bsky.social Read more https://bit.ly/3MZpHlr

🌊 How do marine microalgae manage to keep photosynthesis running under sulfur scarcity? Effects of sulfate limitation on photosynthesis and cell composition of unicellular marine microalgae of different phylogenies. https://bit.ly/49fYZ1a

What are the underlying mechanisms behind improved Fe nutrition by high sulfur in some grasses? Do different wheat genotypes employ different S-mediated strategies to maintain Fe homeostasis under varying Fe availability? Read more https://bit.ly/4qx3lqB

There is 2 months left before the submission deadline of our Special Issue on Root-soil-leaf interplay: strigolactone signaling in plant-microbe interactions. Welcome to submit Read more https://bit.ly/4pqXm6r @wileyecology.bsky.social

🌸 What makes Pyrethrum parthenium smell so uniquely fragrant? Identification and functional analysis of the fragrance terpene synthase gene PpTPS5 in Pyrethrum parthenium. https://bit.ly/43SfXz2

⛲Comparison of the true stem water potential with the wrapped leaf water potential in wheat at different drought stress levels, do they match? Read more https://bit.ly/4oXAH09

🔆 How do plants balance light energy to optimize photosynthesis, especially under different light colors? Effect of overexcitation of photosystem II on chlorophyll fluorescence quenching parameters in Arabidopsis thaliana state transition mutants. https://bit.ly/4p4g5Ud

🌿 Did you know plants have their own version of the urea cycle — but with a twist? The urea cycle in connection to polyamine metabolism in higher plants: new perspectives on a central pathway. https://bit.ly/3LGcMnM

🍅Do plants possess proteins capable of interacting with collagen-like peptides? Read more https://bit.ly/4qc647Z

🌞 How do different plants fine-tune their photosynthesis when light is in short supply? Similar but distinctive strategies: how peas and beans adapt their thylakoid membranes to low-light conditions. https://bit.ly/49kZBTj

🌾 Can planting density influence both yield & lodging resistance in rapeseed? Density-tolerant rapeseed increased population yield by enhancing post-anthesis nonstructural carbohydrate translocation efficiency in stem. https://bit.ly/4oCJvsS

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