#Photosynthesis regulation impacts carbon and nitrogen assimilation in the diazotrophic cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... by Santin et al. @WileyPlantSci #PlantScience

Turncoat? Native Nitrogen‐Fixing Legumes Facilitate Plant Invasion via Soil Microbes and Nitrogen Transfer 🔗 buff.ly/swLyfKM

📚𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 How do plants read positional cues? 🌿 ERECTA-family receptors interpret spatiotemporal peptide cues, integrating receptor activation, signaling dynamics, trafficking, and non-canonical pathways. ✍️ Bai and @keikoutorii.bsky.social 👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70793

📚𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 How do plants sense ethylene? New insights from structural, computational & spectroscopic approaches reveal how receptor dynamics, copper coordination, and clustering drive signaling. ✍️Kersten, Eberle, Groth, and Gohlke 👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70810

🎉New paper! We looked into plant-soil interactions along a unique grassland successional gradient of 300 years. Young (30-60 years old!) ex-arable grasslands still have higher soil pathogen abundance than ancient grasslands, which makes plant populations less resilient to drought. @erc.europa.eu

🚨First science publisher sues Meta. Elsevier, owner of Cell and The Lancet, joined a class action lawsuit alleging Meta used paywalled papers (including from Sci-Hub) to train Llama. This isn't just another AI fight. It’s academic publishing versus Big Tech. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

🌿🧬 Trees from harsher climates show more growth‑timing flexibility. But the genes behind that plasticity aren't under selection—unlike the genes controlling the traits themselves. What does that mean for forest resilience in a warming world? 🌍🌱 #plantscience www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🌱⚡Photosynthesis hates stress. Nanoparticles might help—by boosting light capture, electron transport, and carbon fixation. But effects are dose‑dependent. Mechanistic understanding + safe‑by‑design = responsible ag innovation🔬🌾 #plantscience www.nature.com/articles/s44...

🧪🌱Nanoparticles can help crops or hurt them. It all depends on what they transform into inside the plant. The way forward? Design nanoparticles with transformation management in mind. Smart nanotechnology for sustainable farming🌾🔬 #plantscience @natcomms.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A Journey into Plant-Microbe Interactions: From Lab to Field for a Sustainable Agriculture | Springer Nature Link

Nitrogen fixation research in action 🌱 Submit to the Canadian Journal of Microbiology NASNFC special collection featuring work on agriculture, microbial systems, ecology, and plant–microbe interactions. ▶️ https://ow.ly/E0qT50YO6T3 Queen's University Research #Microbiology #NitrogenFixation

Plants use immunogenic peptides to coordinate immunity. Pathogens can mimic them to hijack defense. 🌱 We compare phytocytokines with animal cytokines and ask how these signals are made, released, mimicked, and controlled in space and time. doi.org/10.1111/tpj....

#Single-cell #transcriptomes reveal #spatiotemporal #heat stress response in pearl #millet leaves nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PlantScience #PlantSci @newphyt.bsky.social @wileylifesci.bsky.social @plant-sci.bsky.social @techspatiales.bsky.social @seedinnovation.bsky.social

#Methionine-mediated trade-off between plant #growth and #salt tolerance academic.oup.com/plphys/artic... #PlantScience #PlantSci @plantphys.bsky.social @aspbofficial.bsky.social @plantteaching.bsky.social @plant-sci.bsky.social @the-science-guys.bsky.social @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social

CAM #photosynthesis discovered for the first time in a carnivorous plant Scientists from @SNSB and @lmumuenchen.bsky.social have found out in experiments with Pinguicula (butterworts). Read more open access in our journal Plant Biology doi.org/10.1111/plb.... #PlantSci

🚨First science publisher sues Meta. Elsevier, owner of Cell and The Lancet, joined a class action lawsuit alleging Meta used paywalled papers (including from Sci-Hub) to train Llama. This isn't just another AI fight. It’s academic publishing versus Big Tech. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Ecophysiology for climate-smart forest management #TansleyReview by Gessler et al. @wslresearch.bsky.social @arthurobuntspecht.bsky.social @annekempel.bsky.social @josegruenzweig.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #plantscience

Cambial viability is reduced in water-stressed conifer saplings A #PriorityReport by Meek, Salladay & Pittermann 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue #PlantScience

🌾🧬 Wheat feeds one third of the planet. But can it survive a hotter world? Enter spatial omics—a cell‑by‑cell, layer‑by‑layer atlas of how wheat responds to heat, drought, and stress. That's the future of climate‑resilient breeding🌍🔬 #plantscience @natgenet.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

♻️🆓: Phylogeny and evolution of streptophyte algae doi.org/10.1093/aob/... #PlantScience

🧪🌱Nanoparticles can help crops or hurt them. It all depends on what they transform into inside the plant. The way forward? Design nanoparticles with transformation management in mind. Smart nanotechnology for sustainable farming🌾🔬 #plantscience @natcomms.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🌱⚡Photosynthesis hates stress. Nanoparticles might help—by boosting light capture, electron transport, and carbon fixation. But effects are dose‑dependent. Mechanistic understanding + safe‑by‑design = responsible ag innovation🔬🌾 #plantscience www.nature.com/articles/s44...

🌱🧬 Soybean feeds the world. Climate threats? Drought, floods, heat, salt, pathogens. New tools—genomics, AI, multiomics—are decoding stress resilience networks. Next stop: precision‑bred, climate‑smart soy. 🌍🌾 #plantscience @jipb.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🌿🔬Meet SAGA1 and SAGA2 — two proteins in Chlamydomonas that build a starch "shield" around the pyrenoid, where CO₂ gets fixed. Why it matters: This starch sheath traps CO₂, making algae super efficient at carbon capture🌍🧪 #plantscience @mjonikas.bsky.social @pnas.org www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Heat. Drought. Salinity. Flooding. They don't hit alone—so why study them that way? Climate change means combined abiotic stresses. Enter panomics: a holistic view of how plants juggle multiple threats at once.The goal? Stress‑smart crops, designed for the real world🌍 www.cell.com/trends/plant...

🌱🧬 Soybean feeds the world. Climate threats? Drought, floods, heat, salt, pathogens. New tools—genomics, AI, multiomics—are decoding stress resilience networks. Next stop: precision‑bred, climate‑smart soy. 🌍🌾 #plantscience @jipb.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🌾🌱 SPECIAL ISSUE REVIEW 🌱🌾 Heterosis is a complex biological phenomenon with unrealised potential for utilisation in large-scale crop production systems, and this review examines current knowledge in the context of wheat - Revell et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

Heat. Drought. Salinity. Flooding. They don't hit alone—so why study them that way? Climate change means combined abiotic stresses. Enter panomics: a holistic view of how plants juggle multiple threats at once.The goal? Stress‑smart crops, designed for the real world🌍 www.cell.com/trends/plant...

🌿🧬 Trees from harsher climates show more growth‑timing flexibility. But the genes behind that plasticity aren't under selection—unlike the genes controlling the traits themselves. What does that mean for forest resilience in a warming world? 🌍🌱 #plantscience www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🌾🧬 Wheat feeds one third of the planet. But can it survive a hotter world? Enter spatial omics—a cell‑by‑cell, layer‑by‑layer atlas of how wheat responds to heat, drought, and stress. That's the future of climate‑resilient breeding🌍🔬 #plantscience @natgenet.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Excited to share our review is on the Cover of @cp-trendsplantsci.bsky.social (Vol 30, Issue 10)🤩🎉😍 👉 #Panomics to manage combined #abiotic stresses in plants 🔗 www.cell.com/trends/plant... Congratulations to all authors @agbioworld.bsky.social👏 @plantteaching.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social

Ecosystem resilience depends on successful regeneration - not just adult plant performance - yet these processes remain largely overlooked in monitoring and risk assessments. Read more: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

See my new post on our homepage ✍️ The journey to our newest publication on how plants cope with proteotoxic stress ♻️ www.cell.com/molecular-ce... From Doubt to Discovery: A 15-Year Journey into Proteostasis, Pathogens, and Persistence

#transgenerational transmission of a core #microbiome that protects against downy mildew from soil to #phyllosphere Fantastic and important study by @jellespooren.bsky.social @rlberendsen.bsky.social @cornepieterse.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc... #plantscience

🧬 From genome to super-pangenome—a new paradigm for crop improvement. By integrating cultivated & wild genomes, super-pangenomes uncover hidden diversity: SVs, rare alleles, regulatory elements driving stress adaptation & yield. A "surprise package" for food security🌾🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Happy birthday 🎂 , David Attenborough! Famed naturalist marks 100 years He once directed programming at the BBC and has hosted numerous award-winning nature documentaries, but he’s always stayed down-to-earth, colleagues say #plantscience www.scientificamerican.com/article/davi...

⛽🌾Energy crisis drives fertilizer shortages & food insecurity. Urea prices jumped 46% in a month. 360M+ face acute hunger in 2026. This pattern repeats. Governments must treat fertilizer as strategic infrastructure, or next shock = next harvest failure. #plantscience www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Synthetic biology Can synthetic biology help address some of the world’s most pressing problems? In this spotlight, @nature.com takes a closer look at how researchers are harnessing engineered biological systems to combat pollution and food insecurity. #plantscience www.nature.com/collections/...

🌿🔬Meet SAGA1 and SAGA2 — two proteins in Chlamydomonas that build a starch "shield" around the pyrenoid, where CO₂ gets fixed. Why it matters: This starch sheath traps CO₂, making algae super efficient at carbon capture🌍🧪 #plantscience @mjonikas.bsky.social @pnas.org www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

#Temperature regulation in plants: From #molecular mechanisms to #climate-resilient #crop improvement onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PlantScience #StressBiology #PlantSci @jipb.bsky.social @planteditors.bsky.social @phimresearch.bsky.social @isplore.bsky.social @rsasidharan.bsky.social

#Melatonin-enabled #omics: understanding plant #responses to single & #combined #abiotic stresses for #climate-smart #agriculture www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #PlantSci @tandfresearch.bsky.social @omics.bsky.social @cropstress.bsky.social @plantgenevo.bsky.social @plantbiomax.bsky.social

Not only will heat harm crop plants, but farmers and livestock (animals) and fish too. I know you know, but articles like this help raise awareness of the coming challenges and why it's imperative that we act yesterday, today, and tomorrow to prepare. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Turbocharging crop #breeding with integrated #biotechnology for a #climate-resilient future onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PlantScience @jipb.bsky.social @cropnetwork.bsky.social @cropnutrition.bsky.social @plantdiseaseguy.bsky.social @seedscience.bsky.social @inaturalist.bsky.social

💬 "You need a core group of people who are willing to acknowledge that the science will be better if it's done together and openly. Once you have that foundation of belief, you can begin to draw others in." Overcoming the computational hurdles of plant #pangenomes ⤵️ buff.ly/GqvJ6hp #PlantScience

🌾🔥The worst time for wheat—that's what US farmers are calling this season. Extreme heat. Drought. Wild temperature swings. Across the Plains, wheat crops are devastated. Some farmers aren't even bothering to harvest A climate warning on our plates🧑‍🌾🌡️ #plantscience www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Synthetic biology Can synthetic biology help address some of the world’s most pressing problems? In this spotlight, @nature.com takes a closer look at how researchers are harnessing engineered biological systems to combat pollution and food insecurity. #plantscience www.nature.com/collections/...

Kenya 🇰🇪 is a hotspot of butterfly diversity with ~900-1,000 species 🦋 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

🧂This work establishes CRY1 as a negative regulator of salt tolerance and provides a mechanistic framework for developing crops with improved resilience through targeted manipulation of cryptochrome–GA–DELLA interactions. Read more https://bit.ly/4sBdP8x

🧬🍞New wheat genome just unlocked the secrets of perfect dough. What's inside? Gluten genes with wild structural variation. Epistatic interactions strong in modern wheats but weak in landraces. That's the signature of modern breeding at work🍞🔥 #plantscience www.nature.com/articles/s41...

⛽🌾Energy crisis drives fertilizer shortages & food insecurity. Urea prices jumped 46% in a month. 360M+ face acute hunger in 2026. This pattern repeats. Governments must treat fertilizer as strategic infrastructure, or next shock = next harvest failure. #plantscience www.nature.com/articles/d41...