Thermal regulation of flowers: color-driven differences in radiation absorption, cooling, and heat tolerance [0.03%]
Yuxin Li,Charlotte Grossiord,Xinran Ke et al.
Yuxin Li et al.
Angiosperm flowers vary widely in color, influencing not only pollinator attraction but also the thermal environment of reproductive organs, with potential consequences for plant fitness under climate change. We examined how color polymorph...
Thomas M Mansfield,Artin Zarsav,Filipa Cox et al.
Thomas M Mansfield et al.
Ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMF) produce mycelia with variable extension and complexity, which can be classified according to soil 'exploration types' (ETs). ETs have received attention as one of the few mycorrhizal trait frameworks, but without...
Cyclophilin A-mediated cis/trans isomerization modulates RIN4 to control intracellular rhizobial infection in legumes [0.03%]
Takashi Goto,Kasper Røjkjær Andersen,Masaru Bamba et al.
Takashi Goto et al.
In most legume-rhizobium symbioses, rhizobial colonization occurs through host-derived intracellular infection threads, which enable rhizobial recruitment while presumably modulating the host immune system to prevent rejection. To investiga...
Ligand-induced ubiquitination regulates endocytosis and homeostasis of the ERECTA receptor kinase for stomatal development [0.03%]
Liangliang Chen,Minh Huy Vu,Pengfei Bai et al.
Liangliang Chen et al.
Stomatal patterning on the plant epidermis is regulated by the ERECTA family of leucine-rich repeat receptor kinases (LRR-RKs). While ubiquitination has emerged as a key regulatory mechanism for the endocytosis of receptor kinases, the prec...
Björn D Lindahl,Karina E Clemmensen,Johan Stendahl et al.
Björn D Lindahl et al.
Clear-cutting is detrimental to ectomycorrhizal fungi in a short time perspective, but long-term effects on species richness and community composition are uncertain. To evaluate ecological sustainability of rotation forestry, we examined to...
Nucleomorph phylogenomics suggests a deep and ancient origin of cryptophyte plastids within Rhodophyta [0.03%]
Lukáš V F Novák,Sergio A Muñoz-Gómez,Maria Ciobanu et al.
Lukáš V F Novák et al.
The evolutionary origin of red algae-derived complex plastids remains obscure. Cryptophyta, one of four eukaryotic lineages harboring these plastids, still contains nucleomorphs, which are highly reduced remnants of red algal nuclei. The ge...
A Y-linked A-class MADS-box gene as a maleness-determining candidate in the hardy-rubber tree (Eucommia ulmoides) [0.03%]
Xianzhi Zhang,Wenliang He,Xinyi Wang et al.
Xianzhi Zhang et al.
Eucommia ulmoides is a dioecious plant (with separate genetically male and female individuals) important in medicine and rubber production in the order Garryales. Flowers develop unisexually from inception (termed type II unisexual flowers)...
Multi-omics analysis of Raptor1A knockout reveals resistance to Tuta absoluta in tomato without growth penalties [0.03%]
Limei Song,Ningning Zhang,Jiayue Tang et al.
Limei Song et al.
The Target of Rapamycin (TOR) signaling pathway plays a pivotal role in balancing plant growth and defense. However, the specific contribution of TOR complex components to insect resistance remains poorly understood. In this study, we ident...
Flavonoids, strigolactones, and beyond: scaling plant-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi communication towards community-level dynamics [0.03%]
Carlos Urcelay,Valentina Borda,Nicolás Marro et al.
Carlos Urcelay et al.
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are key drivers of plant growth and nutrition, shaping the relationship between plant diversity and ecosystem productivity. In agroecosystems, AMF generally benefit crops but often have neutral or even neg...
Kevin A Bird,Joanna L Rifkin,Chloee M McLaughlin et al.
Kevin A Bird et al.
Eukaryotic genomes harbor many forms of variation, including nucleotide diversity and structural polymorphisms, which experience natural selection and contribute to genome evolution and biodiversity. Harnessing this variation for agricultur...