📢 Announcing the next webinar in our series all 'aabout' #plantscience and #sustainableagriculture 🌱 🌾 All aabout Rice 🌾 📅 30th June, 10am BST Ft. talks from Ari Sadanandom, Moe Moe Kyi Win & Guilherme Turra 🌾 Register for free 👉️ buff.ly/TBUv6Sr @annalsapplbio.bsky.social @oryzanet.bsky.social

🌱 RESEARCH 🌱 PlantRG: A Comprehensive and User-Friendly Database for Plant Resistance Gene Analogs (RGAs) - He, Ma, Cao et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pbi.... #plantscience 🧪

🌱 RESEARCH 🌱 Spatially Resolved ABA Signalling Reveals Dual Role in Tomato Yield - Wen, Mai, Xiao et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pbi.... #plantscience 🧪

🌱 RESEARCH 🌱 Interactional Endocytosis and Transmembrane Transport Promote Cellular Internalization of Nano-Delivered RNA Drugs for Efficient Control of Crop Diseases - Guan et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pbi.... #plantscience 🧪

🍃 REVIEW 🍃 MYB Factors: Hubs of Plant Stress and Hormone Crosstalk - Htun et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pbi.... #plantscience 🧪 @cimmyt.bsky.social

📣 NEW ISSUE 📣 Our June issue is out now! 🔍 On the cover: 30 years on from the development of homegrown Bt cotton in China, Meng et al. explore its impact on cotton harvests and the textile industry Read the issue in full 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14677652...

🌱 RESEARCH 🌱 Staurosporine Targets Mitochondrial Regulator VdAtuA3 to Disrupt Mitochondrial Homeostasis to Control Verticillium Wilt - Sheng, Li et al. #plantscience 🧪 @ucdavisplants.bsky.social

🚨 Final few days to nominate for the AAB President's Medals! 🚨 Get your nominations in now! 👉 aab.org.uk/aab-presidents-medal/

🚨 CLOSING SOON 🚨 🐦 Final few days to save yourself up to 235€ at Auxin 2026- Early-bird registration closes 31st May! 🐦 🌊 Join us for auxin biology by the sea 🌊 📆 4-8th October 2026, Albufeira Portugal Check out the programme & register now 👉 auxin2026.info #plantscience #auxin

🌱 RESEARCH 🌱 Cell-Specific Expression and Cellular Compartmental Regulation in Camptothecin Biosynthesis - Hao et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pbi.... #plantscience 🧪

📝 BRIEF COMMUNICATION 📝 A Transcriptional Switch for Recombinant Protein Expression in Seed Plastids - Mirzaee et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pbi.... #plantscience 🧪

We're proud to sponsor #ISRFG2026 🌾 Looks like a great programme already!

🌱 RESEARCH 🌱 Post-Translational Control of TaFT1 by WAPO1 Ubiquitination Shapes Spike Architecture and Yield in Wheat - Jiang, Li, Wang et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pbi.... #plantscience 🧪

🌱 RESEARCH 🌱 A Novel AP2/ERF Transcription Factor Controls Trichome Initiation and Fruit Development in Cucumber - Wen, Du et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pbi.... #plantscience 🧪

🌱 RESEARCH 🌱 The Dual-Function of CtrNAC019-CtrNPF2.1 Module in Salt Tolerance and Nitrogen Use Efficiency Via Enhancing Vacuolar Chloride Sequestration and Nitrate Efflux in Citrus trifoliata - Zhao et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pbi.... #plantscience 🧪

⏰ Less than 2 weeks left to nominate a colleague for the inaugural AAB President's Medals!! ⏰ Nominations close 31st May! 👉 aab.org.uk/aab-presidents-medal/ 🌱 Plant Science 🌎 Sustainable Futures 👥 Accessibility in Applied Biology #plantscience #sustainableagriculture #farming #forestry

🌱 RESEARCH 🌱 GmDOF3.1-GmCPX Module Regulates Nodulation and Nitrogen Fixation Abilities in Soybean - Xing et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pbi.... #plantscience 🧪

🌱 RESEARCH 🌱 Gene Editing of Nicotiana benthamiana Architecture for Space-Efficient Production of Recombinant Proteins in Closed Environments - Giroux, LeBreux et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pbi.... #plantscience 🧪 @ulcriv.bsky.social

🍃 REVIEW 🍃 Revisiting the Molecular Roadmap for Sugar Crops: Genome Reading, Trait Writing and Variety Redesigning - Wang et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pbi.... #plantscience 🧪

📝 BRIEF COMMUNICATION 📝 KAS-Seq Captures Global Transcription Dynamics and Active Single-Stranded Enhancers in Rice - Li et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pbi.... #plantscience 🧪

🍃 REVIEW 🍃 Negative Regulators of Rice Agronomic Traits: Functional Insights and Applications in Genome Editing-Based Breeding - Wu et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pbi.... #plantscience 🧪

🌱 RESEARCH 🌱 Designed Alleles of ZmRap2.7 Decouple the Trade-Off Between Early Flowering and Yield Penalty - Wang, He, et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pbi.... #plantscience 🧪

🌾🧬Want better rice? Sometimes you need to break things. Negative regulators are genes that hold back yield, quality, or stress resistance. Disrupt them with genome editing, & you release hidden potential. A new framework for precision breeding #plantscience onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🌱🔬Want more protein in crops without extra fertilizer? Engineer the serine biosynthesis pathway. In Arabidopsis & maize, PPSB overexpression raised essential amino acids and nitrogen content. Especially promising under elevated CO2. @plantbiotechj.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

📝 BRIEF COMMUNICATION 📝 Engineering Herbicide Cross-Resistance in Rapeseed by Generating Stacked BnaALS Mutations via Sequential CBE and ABE8e-SpRY Editing - Ren et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pbi.... #plantscience 🧪

🌱 RESEARCH 🌱 OsMYB306-OsRAV11 Regulates Resistance of Rice to Striped Stem Borer by Modulating Serotonin Biosynthesis - Zang, Wang et al. 🔗

📣 Call for Papers 📣 PBJ will be launching a special issue to coincide with Photosynthesis 2026, guest edited by Ben Long @botbml.bsky.social Watch this space for more information, but in the meantime don't miss your chance to present in-person at ICPR26 👇

📝 BRIEF COMMUNICATION 📝 Development and Application of Prime Editors for the Induction of Site-Specific, Heritable Edits in Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] - Khadka et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pbi.... #plantscience 🧪 @danforthcenter.bsky.social @iastateresearch.bsky.social

We're happy to announce that PBJ is now part of India’s One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) initiative 🥳 Eligible researchers can now publish with all their APC costs covered by the scheme - a major step toward expanding equitable access to scientific publishing! #openaccess #plantscience

🌱 RESEARCH 🌱 A Modified Cas9 Scaffold Allows Extension of the Virus-Induced Gene Editing Technology to the Large Potyvirus Genus - Merwaiss et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pbi.... #plantscience 🧪 @ibmcp.bsky.social

🌱 RESEARCH 🌱 Ectopic Expression of ScALDH21 From a Desert Moss Enhances Cotton Resistance to Verticillium Wilt via the Modulation of Jasmonates and Phenylpropanoid Pathways - Yang, Li et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pbi.... #plantscience 🧪

🌱 RESEARCH 🌱 PbrIDD2-PbrAPX14 Module Functions in the Ethylene-Mediated Ripening and Senescence Process of Pear Fruit - Wang et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pbi.... #plantscience 🧪

📣 NEW ISSUE 📣 Our May issue is out now! 🔍️ On the cover: The premium cotton species Gossypium barbadense offers new genetic targets for breeding for superior fiber quality in Jiang et al. Read it in full 👉️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14677652... #plantscience 🧪

🌱 RESEARCH 🌱 Spatiotemporal Metabolome and Single-Nucleus Transcriptome Integration Illuminates an Auxin Gradient Orchestrated by NtTAC1 Underlying Leaf Angle Regulation in Tobacco - Wang, Gao et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pbi.... #plantscience 🧪

We're live! Tune in now to hear highlights from our latest special issue 👇

🌱 RESEARCH 🌱 DcH3.3 and DcNAC1 Regulate the Expression of UGT73A93 Involved in the Changes in Flower Colour and Fungal Resistance in Carnation - Zhou, Xiong, Zhang et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pbi.... #plantscience 🧪

📝 BRIEF COMMUNICATION 📝 Engineering of Amygdalin Biosynthesis in Rice Endosperm for Pharmaceutical Production and Sitophilus oryzae Resistance - Chen, Chai, Chen et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pbi.... #plantscience 🧪

Coming up tomorrow - The Nicotiana benthamiana Biofactory hosted by the Global Plant Council and supported by the Plant technology Journal @globalplantgpc.bsky.social @plantbiotechj.bsky.social #plantscience #biotechnology us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

⏰ Just a few days left to submit an abstract for Auxin 2026 ⏰ Join our fantastic line-up of invited speakers! 📣 Deadline for oral presentations is 30th April Find out more 👉 auxin2026.info #plantscience #auxin

🍃 REVIEW 🍃 Plant Peptides on the Rise: From Historical Insight to Future Applications - Wang, Zhang, Chen et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pbi.... #plantscience 🧪

🌱 RESEARCH 🌱 Sweet Potato Gene Clusters Control Anthocyanin Biosynthesis and Leaf Morphology - An, Shen et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pbi.... #plantscience 🧪

🌱 RESEARCH 🌱 Two Aquaporins Mitigate Growth-Defence Trade-Offs by Facilitating CO2 and H2O2 Transport in Wheat - Lu, Qi, Qian et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pbi.... #plantscience 🧪

🌍️ #EarthDay 🌍️ Less fertiliser, lower emissions, healthier soils 🌱 Recent research shows that precision-bred wheat plants promote biological nitrogen fixation in the soil, increasing wheat yields with lower synthetic nitrogen fertilizer. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pbi.... @ucdavisplants.bsky.social

🌱 RESEARCH 🌱 Transcriptional Regulation of the Novel Theacrine Synthase Gene CsTcS2 by the CsTINY–CsWRKY33 Module Underpins Theacrine Biosynthesis in Camellia sinensis - Wu, Zhu et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pbi.... #plantscience 🧪

🌱🧬 Don't miss out on the 1st webinar of our new PlantEd series! ⏰⏰ Tomorrow at 11am BST!! ⏰⏰ Join us 👇

🌱 RESEARCH 🌱 Mapping and Functional Characterization of Homologous Genes AhSUCA06 and AhSUCA16 Underlying Sucrose, Oil and Protein Contents in Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) - Zheng, Qi, Shi et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pbi.... #plantscience 🧪

🍃 REVIEW 🍃 Unfolding Plant Defence: Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Signalling at the Plant-Pathogen Interface - Meng et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pbi.... #plantscience 🧪

🌱 RESEARCH 🌱 Rice EMF3 Alleles Adjust Flower Opening Time to Enhance the Seed Setting Rate Under High Temperature Stress - Ishizaki, Hashida, Hirabayashi, Sasaki, Tokunaga et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pbi.... #plantscience 🧪

🌱 RESEARCH 🌱 Spatial Regulation of Silicon Accumulation in Peduncle Confers Sheathed Spike in Barley - Wu, Jiang et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pbi.... #plantscience 🧪

📝 BRIEF COMMUNICATION 📝 Establishment of an Agrobacterium-mediated CRISPR/Cas9 Genome Editing System for Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus) - Pan, Zhuang et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pbi.... #plantscience 🧪