WRKY-ing to avoid stress... Peng et al. report that OsWRKY18 in #roots, transcriptionally regulates genes involved in #ABA signaling, osmotic adjustment, and ion homeostasis, thereby enhancing salt tolerance in #rice. 🌾🧂 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... #PlantScience #PlantAbioticStress

RSVP to join the Dec 16th webinar and hear from the 2025 Arabidopsis Community Dissemination of Arabidopsis Knowledge Awardees! bit.ly/naascawards @bar-plantbio.bsky.social @natanellae.bsky.social

RSVP to join the October 29th webinar and hear from the 2025 Arabidopsis Community Impact Awardees! bit.ly/naascawards @jadebleau.bsky.social sky.social @jfriesner.bsky.social sky.social @josedinneny.bsky.social eny.bsky.social

Having the gall to mimic insects... 🪳 Hirano et al. demonstrate how to artificially induce gall-like structures in host plants by applying a new insect-derived peptide in combination with #phytohormones #auxin & #cytokinin 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... 🔗 academic.oup.com/pcp/pages/re... #PlantScience

Find out more about the benefits of publishing your work with us: academic.oup.com/pcp/pages/be... #OUP @oxfordunipress.bsky.social @jspp-news.bsky.social

Sink-chronised team work by organelles... Konishi and Noguchi show how the mitochondrial respiratory chain helps alleviate pressure from high-light stress on photosynthetic electron transport activity of #chloroplasts by acting as an electron sink ⚡ 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... #PlantScience

The cutting edge... ✂️🧬🌺 Yoshimura et al. demonstrate how precise application of multiplex genome editing can be used to produce reliable homozygous fertilization regulator gene deletion mutants in #Arabidopsis 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... #PlantScience #GenomeEditing #PlantReproduction

Arabidospis ... the last annual MASC (Multinational Arabidopsis Steering Committee) report (2024-2025) is available ! – Arabidopsis, arabidopsisresearch.org/masc-publica...

PUB Talk...🍺 Karthik et al. discuss how the plant U-box (PUB) protein family of E3 ubiquitin ligases help integrate environmental signals with internal regulatory systems, thereby supporting plant growth and reproduction Read full review: doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... #PlantScience #PlantSignaling

There’s an interesting series of 5 free online paleobotany lectures via the Oxford University Botanic Garden this autumn. You can book all 5 lectures here (scroll down webpage to ‘Get your tickets now’ button) www.obga.ox.ac.uk/event/dr-san... #paleobotany

New Issue alert! academic.oup.com/pcp/issue/66/8 Filled with CAPtivating studies on 🪳molecular hijackers, protein regulation, electron sinks, fetilisation regulators, shoot-to-root signalling, 🍅defense, 🌾tolerance, & much more! @jspp-news.bsky.social @oxfordunipress.bsky.social 🌱 #PlantScience

Learn more about #Strigolactones in our recent special issue, guest-edited by @jspp-news.bsky.social Society President, Junko Kyozuka academic.oup.com/pcp/issue/64/9 And sign up below for Junko's upcoming talk👇 #Phytohormones #PlantEvoDevo #PlantDevelopment

Coping in the dark... Hida et al. isolated phosphatase mutations that caused #phototrophic– #heterotrophic switching in dark-grown #cyanobacteria; a useful approach for dissecting evolutionary steps towards loss of photosynthetic capacity in #ParasiticPlants doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... #PlantScience

Applying the (acid) brakes.... 🧪🛑 Ooi et al. provide evidence that cytosolic acidification is the likely underlying mechanism for sulphur dioxide-induced stomatal closure in #Arabidopsis plants 🌱 #PlantScience #Stomata #PlantStress read more here: doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...

Flower power…🌼 Sumi et al. have elucidated the basic #betalain biosynthesis pathway, and show how #flower colour variation in the Caryophyllales is due to the ratio of betacyanin & betaxanthin pigments produced 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... #PlantScience #PlantPigments

With a little help from my friends...🌾 Adachi et al. monitored #rootmicrobiome from #rice grown in unfertilized paddy fields for >4yrs, & uncovered an important role for diazotrophic bacteria in sustaining long-term growth in the absence of external nutrients doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... #PlantScience

Metabolism of L-threonate, an ascorbate degradation product, requires a protein with L-threonate metabolizing domains in Arabidopsis academic.oup.com/pcp/article/... @plantcellphysiol.bsky.social

(cu)cumbersome protection..? 🥒 Jiang et al shed light on the molecular mechanisms that alter fatty acid composition in #cucumber plants to counteract viral infection 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... #CropResistance #PlantViruses #PlantScience

Tight-lipped...🫦 In the latest issue, Kuwayama et al. describe a novel compound capable of inhibiting activation of the plasma membrane H+-ATPase via phosphorylation at the penultimate Thr, which is essential for blue light-induced #stomata opening doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... #PlantScience

🌱 Poster abstracts due Sept 18! Early-career scientists, submit your work for Keystone Symposia: Plant Epigenetics & Epigenome Engineering. Showcase your research, get feedback & connect with leaders. 🔗 keysym.us/KSPlantEpi26 #KSPlantEpi26 #plantbiology #plantgenetics @claudiakohler11.bsky.social

Yoneda et al. show that #Arabidopsis increase their #SalicylicAcid (SA) & #ABA levels in response to low CO2 conditions, with increased SA levels being associated with suppression of non-essential genes & altered expression of cell death-associated genes 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... #PlantScience

Fried Green Tomatoes...🍅 Zhang et al show how #NitricOxide might delay #tomato fruit coloration by downregulating genes related to #chlorophyll degradation & #carotenoid biosynthesis in a manner dependent on the transcription factor, SlSPL6c doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... #FruitRipening #PlantScience

Thylakostasis: Key Factors in Thylakoid Membrane Organization with Emphasis on Biogenesis and Remodeling Proteins in Vascular Plants academic.oup.com/pcp/article/... @plantcellphysiol.bsky.social

🆕REVIEW: Ludwig & Heidorn-Czarna discuss recent advances in the study of mitochondrial #proteases and #mitophagy across #plants, #animals, and #yeast, providing fresh insight into the mitochondrial protein quality control system in plants 🌱 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... #Organelles #PlantScience

New issue alert ‼️ 📖 Volume 66, Issue 7, July 2025 academic.oup.com/pcp/issue/66/7 #PlantScience @oxfordunipress.bsky.social @jspp-news.bsky.social

Registration for the EMBO workshop ‘Plant evolution: from origins to diversification on land’ closes on 25th August. Don’t miss it! More details can be found here: meetings.embo.org/event/25-pla... 🌱 😀

Pod Photosynthesis: A New Frontier for Developing Stress-Resilient and High-Yielding Crops academic.oup.com/pcp/article/... @plantcellphysiol.bsky.social

Chlorophyll Reconstitution of Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting Complexes academic.oup.com/pcp/article/... @plantcellphysiol.bsky.social

"Oh(pen) Sesame!" Oh and colleagues have identified a novel #stomata opening compound that inhibits early #AbscisicAcid ( #ABA) signaling in guard cells. Read for 🆓 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... Article summary and first author (Airi Oh) featured in image below 👇 @jspp-news.bsky.social #PlantScience

🚩To all attendees of the Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on #Photosynthesis and to the wider #PlantScience community, don't miss our Special Issue on Photosynthesis -out later this year! @watarusakamoto.bsky.social @mariaermakova.bsky.social @oxfordunipress.bsky.social @jspp-news.bsky.social

Disease resistance comes at a price…! 🍂 New article by the Inada lab shows how ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTORs, known for their role in disease response, regulate dark-induced ageing & #senescence in #Arabidopsis 🆓 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... #PlantImmunity #PlantScience scienmag.com/scientists-d...

🆕A robust technique for gas exchange measurements using petiole-cut #Arabidopsis leaves in a whole plant chamber 🆓Read it here first: doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... #PlantScience

A balancing act…⚖️ D'Amelia et al. identify additional functions of paralogous R2R3 MYBs in #Solanum (AN1 and AN2), beyond #anthocyanin biosynthesis, to include regulation of the #phenylpropanoid pathway and aspects of #PlantVascularDevelopment doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... #PlantScience

🔦New Review: Ferreira-Guerra @ana-cano-delgado.bsky.social et al. shine light on the canonical sterol biosynthesis pathway during algae and #PlantEvolution, revealing duplications and divergence of enzymes involved in the final steps of this pathway in #bryophytes 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...

🌱 Congrats to C-SPIRIT collaborators Shogo Kuwayama, Kohei Fukatsu, Toshinori Kinoshita (@en.nagoya-u.ac.jp) & colleagues on the publication of their article! They show how AG126, AGD-1, and AcAGD-1 can stop plants from opening stomata in response to light! 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... #PlantScience

🚨New Issue Alert🚨 🔗 academic.oup.com/pcp/issue/66/6 ▶️Packed with the latest quality research in #PlantScience: #Stomata, #RootBiology, #PlantBiochemistry, #GeneEditing, #PlantSenescence, #PlantEpigenetics, #PlantDevelopment & much more! 🌱🔬🧬🧑‍🔬 @oxfordunipress.bsky.social @jspp-news.bsky.social

Read about PCP Editor Tatsuya Nobori @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social and his views on 'Scientific Mobility in Microbiology'....🦠🌱🚶 doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...

There's lots to learn from #StreptophyteAlgae, such as how calcium-mediated transcriptional regulation has been found to occur via Calmodulin-binding transcription factors...📶 (doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...) or how their #photosystems peripheral antennae possess unique features (doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...)

The Salt Path(way)... Roy et al. have identified a #rice R40 family lectin, Osr40g3, that imparts salt tolerance by decreasing the stability of 14-3-3 protein OsGF14e, which in turn diminishes #GA accumulation to activate expansin protein EG45 📖 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... #PlantScience #AbioticStress

Arabidopsis SnRK2.9 interacts with FAH1 to regulate sucrose-induced anthocyanin academic.oup.com/pcp/article-... @plantcellphysiol.bsky.social

Going to a conference and hope someone posts about your talk? Make it easy for the posters!! Tips: 1. Include your handle at beginning and end 2. Make clear what is published/not 3. Have a conclusions slide with key message 4. Highlight new preprint or publication if relevant #AcademicSky 🦠🧪🧬

SOSensitive..! 🧂🔦 🌱Qi et al. show how #phytochrome signalling regulates #Arabidopsis hypocotyl elongation in darkness and under #salt-stress via PIF3 and phyB, with phyB protein accumulation under the control of the serine/threonine protein kinase, SOS2 #PlantScience doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...

Nominations are open for the 2026 #JSPP Award 🏅and JSPP Young Investigator Award 🏅 📅Deadline for Nominations by JSPP members: August 8, 2025 📅Deadline for Self-Nominations: September 18, 2025 Application Guidelines jspp.org/en/awards/ho... @jspp-news.bsky.social

Read Nakano's latest review in PCP discussing 'Long-Term Consequences of PTI Activation and Its Manipulation by Root-Associated Microbiota' 🆓 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... #PlantMicrobiome

✍️If you have any work ready to publish or are interested in submitting future work to Plant & Cell Physiology 🌱 then please chat with PCP Editor Ken Tsuda @kenichitsuda.bsky.social at #2025ISMPMI👌 Find out more about Ken and his work, here: doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...

🪧To all #ISMPMI2025 attendees: 🗣️Don't miss your chance to speak with PCP Editor Tatsuya Nobori @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social about submitting your work to PCP! #PlantImmunity #PlantMicrobiome #single-cellOmics

🌱Interested in joining the JSPP @jspp-news.bsky.social? Many society membership benefits to be had, not least free publication in Plant & Cell Physiology !!!(academic.oup.com/pcp/pages/Ge...) 🆓 Click here to become a member 👇 jspp.org/en/member/be...

GROUP LEADER VACANCY JIC is recruiting a Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences. If you think your research would synergise and thrive at JIC, please apply. www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...

A HYR power... 🐛 Gandham et al. found that the master transcriptional regulator HYR not only enhances growth & physiological traits in #rice, but also increases physical & chemical defense mechanisms that deter #herbivore feeding, development & host selection doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... #PlantScience