Plant Biology

Plant Biology

eLife reviews plant biology research including development, epigenetics, genomics, signalling, metabolism and plant-microbe interactions. Learn more about what we review and sign up for the latest research.
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Latest articles

    1. Plant Biology
    2. Ecology

    Genetic canalization of nutrient resorption: evidence from a widespread grass under effective salt stress

    Lele Liu, Wenyi Sheng ... Weihua Guo
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    1. Plant Biology

    Quantitative modelling of biological response dynamics reveals novel patterns in plant volatile signalling

    Jamie M Waterman, Gareth J Moore ... Matthias Erb
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    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Plant Biology

    Mixotrophy: An updated view of glucose pathways in cyanobacteria

    José Manuel García-Fernández
    Contrary to previous belief, the cyanobacterium Synechocystis lacks the Entner-Doudoroff pathway for glucose metabolism.
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    1. Plant Biology
    2. Ecology

    Asymmetric introgression and thermal advantage jointly drive climate-mediated lineage turnover in a mixed-ploidy reed

    Lele Liu, Wenyi Sheng ... Weihua Guo
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    • Convincing
    1. Plant Biology

    Dissecting oligogenic and polygenic indirect genetic effects through the lens of neighbor genotypic identity

    Yasuhiro Sato, Kosuke Hamazaki
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    • Useful
    • Solid
    • Incomplete
    1. Plant Biology

    Story about honest mistakes: The cyanobacterium Synechocystis has a promiscuous Entner-Doudoroff (ED) aldolase but no functional ED pathway

    Ravi Shankar Ojha, Marius Theune ... Kirstin Gutekunst
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Fundamental
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    1. Plant Biology

    Diurnal rhythmicity in metabolism and salivary effector expression shapes aphid performance on host plants

    Jinlong Han, Daniel Kunk ... Vamsi J Nalam
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Plant Biology

    Uncovering genetic mechanisms underlying trait variation in switchgrass using explainable artificial intelligence

    Paulo Izquierdo, Xiaoyu Weng ... Shin-Han Shiu
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
    2. Plant Biology

    Molecular dynamics simulations illuminate the role of sequence context in the ELF3-PrD-based temperature sensing mechanism in plants

    Richard J Lindsay, Abhilash Sahoo ... Sonya M Hanson
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Incomplete
    1. Plant Biology

    Herbivorous insects independently evolved salivary effectors to regulate plant immunity by destabilizing the malectin-LRR RLP NtRLP4

    Xin Wang, Jia-Bao Lu ... Hai-Jian Huang
    Salivary effectors from whiteflies and planthoppers have convergently evolved to undermine RLP4-mediated plant immunity.
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Highlights

    1. Plant Biology

    Making conferences in the plant sciences more inclusive

    Marcia Puig-Lluch, Mary Williams ... Patricia Baldrich
    1. Plant Biology

    Symbiosis: How plants pick their friends

    Estelle Grundy, Michael Udvardi
    1. Plant Biology

    Seed Germination: Coping with salt stress

    Xiaoyan Liang, Caifu Jiang

Senior editors

  1. Jürgen Kleine-Vehn
    University of Freiburg, Germany
  2. Sergio Rasmann
    University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
  3. Detlef Weigel
    Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Germany
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