Plant Biology

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1. 1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
   2. Plant Biology

   Pyrophosphate modulates plant stress responses via SUMOylation

   M Görkem Patir-Nebioglu et al.

   In vivo inhibition of SUMO activating E1-enzymes by pyrophosphate reveals a mode of integrating metabolism and stress tolerance that is conserved across kingdoms.
2. 1. Plant Biology

   Multiple pairs of allelic MLA immune receptor-powdery mildew AVR_A effectors argue for a direct recognition mechanism

   Isabel ML Saur et al.
3. 1. Plant Biology

   Arabidopsis RCD1 coordinates chloroplast and mitochondrial functions through interaction with ANAC transcription factors

   Alexey Shapiguzov et al.
4. 1. Plant Biology

   Convergent recruitment of TALE homeodomain life cycle regulators to direct sporophyte development in land plants and brown algae

   Alok Arun et al.

   TALE homeodomain transcription factors have been independently recruited to regulate gametophyte to sporophyte transitions in two complex multicellular eukaryotic supergroups, land plants in Archaeplastida and brown algae in Chromalveolata.
5. 1. Plant Biology

   Identification and characterisation of hypomethylated DNA loci controlling quantitative resistance in Arabidopsis

   Leonardo Furci et al.

   Analysis of epigenetic recombinant inbred lines of Arabidopsis identified four hypomethylated DNA loci controlling quantitative disease resistance, which is associated with genome-wide priming of defence genes without affecting plant growth.
6. 1. Developmental Biology
   2. Plant Biology

   Quantitative analysis of auxin sensing in leaf primordia argues against proposed role in regulating leaf dorsoventrality

   Neha Bhatia et al.

   Top-bottom patterning of leaves is not specified by an asymmetry in the distribution of the plant hormone auxin, in contrast to a previous proposal.
7. 1. Plant Biology

   A florigen paralog is required for short-day vernalization in a pooid grass

   Daniel Woods et al.

   In Brachypodiumdistachyon, a single locus accounts for natural variation in whether perception of short day-lengths confers competence to flower.
8. 1. Evolutionary Biology
   2. Plant Biology

   Paleobotany: Did flowering plants exist in the Jurassic period?

   David Winship Taylor, Hongqi Li

   The discovery of a fossil that might be the oldest flowering plant will continue the debate on the origin and structure of ancestral flowering plants.
9. 1. Evolutionary Biology
   2. Plant Biology

   An unexpected noncarpellate epigynous flower from the Jurassic of China

   Qiang Fu et al.

   Flowers did bloom in the Early Jurassic.
10. 1. Plant Biology

    Point of View: Europe’s first and last field trial of gene-edited plants?

    Jean-Denis Faure, Johnathan A Napier

    The reclassification of gene editing as "GM" will impact on European plant sciences, making it more difficult to validate new traits in field trials and drive forward innovation.