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The Arabidopsis N6-methyladenosine (m⁶A)-binding protein ECT2 binds to m⁶A in the canonical RR[m⁶A]CH motif, not a plant-specific motif as previously thought, and its intrinsically disordered region contributes to mRNA binding via contacts with U-rich motifs.

A consistent pattern of consumption of Triticeae tribe grasses documented in the Danube Gorges of the Balkans since the Early Mesolithic might have facilitated a quick uptake of domesticated cereals due to a developed cultural taste and specific stone tool processing technology.

The decrotonylase FoSir5 modulates ATP synthesis that supports conidial germination in Fusarium oxysporum through coordinated lysine decrotonylation in different organelles.

The spatial-temporal computer model of plant root meristem combines biomechanics and biochemical scales to reveal design principles underlying cell polarity and anisotropic growth during root development.

A structure that helps algae photosynthesize when carbon dioxide levels are low may also play a role during hyperoxia conditions.

The algal pyrenoid is formed at high O₂ levels, even when CO₂ is high, implying that a product of photosynthesis, most likely H₂O₂ acts as a signal.

The SiPIP2;7 aquaporin is a functional CO₂ pore that can be used to improve CO₂ diffusion at the interface between the airspace and leaf mesophyll which limits C₄ photosynthesis.

Biochemical and in planta studies reveal how a rice immune receptor pair has coevolved to deliver immune responses, an important step towards understanding and engineering bespoke resistance to crop pathogens that threaten food security.

Plant meristem size and shape is controlled by two intertwined regional feedback signals that are mediated by secreted peptides.

A previously uncharacterized type of bivalent chromatin plays an important role controlling the timely induction of genes involved in making a potent defense metabolite upon a pathogen signal in Arabidopsis.