Who else is obsessed with the garden store?

Tell me about the beautiful plants you got or have plans to get or just love to talk about?

#FreeToRead article from our latest special issue! Xie et al. use #palynological data to uncover insights into #vegetation succession in the central Qinghai-Tibet Plateau during the Late Oligocene and Early Miocene!
https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.13168
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#ecology #PlantSci #EcoEvo #botany

Personal history of a great young scientist's journey to discovery: I posted earlier about the science. Here you feel the struggle, the thrill, the emotional commitment.
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https://bsky.app/profile/uurquiza.bsky.social/post/3limuewz5z22j

Flowering time influences both #grain yield and #adaptability in #rice. In a new study, Wei et al. report that the florigen-like protein OsFTL1 promotes #flowering...without essential florigens Hd3a and RFT1. https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13856
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#PlantSci #JIPB #CropSci #botany

Researchers have developed a method to estimate hydrologic traits for 55,000 tree species, improving climate models without requiring massive field data collection.

By analyzing evolutionary relationships, they infer missing data, enhancing Earth system models. This approach accelerates our understanding of plant-water interactions, crucial for predicting climate change impacts.

https://globalplantcouncil.org/plant-power-a-new-method-to-model-how-plants-move-water-globally/ #PlantScience #PlantSci #Science #Plants #Water #ClimateChange

1/8 Exciting developments in biology!

Our research investigates the 24-hour, biological clock in plants, now using absolute protein quantification thanks to Uriel Urquiza’s hard work with me, Karen Halliday and Nacho Molina.

It points to some simple conclusions, some unknown regulatory mechanisms and the promise of a whole new level of understanding.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s44320-025-00086-5

#FreeAccess...for a limited time!
Don't miss this sneak peek of a new study by Zhang et al. that uses an optimized #CRISPR/Cas9 system to create new #Brassica lines with broad-spectrum #PowderyMildew resistance!
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13842
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#PlantSci #JIPB #Arabidopsis #botany

#Seed color is a key #agronomic trait--a vital indicator of both #nutritional and commercial value. Zhao et al. characterize PSC1--a basic/helix–loop–helix transcription factor controlling the purple-red testa trait in #peanut.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13847
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#PlantSci #JIPB #botany

Do you have computational modeling skills and an interest in understanding how plants respond to stress? There is a #FundedPhD for you at IceLab in Umeå University! Work with @mrosvall.bsky.social, Åsa Strand and Ludvig Lizana. Apply by Feb 16 www.umu.se/en/work-with... #plantsci #complex #phdsky

Despite their rapid turnover, #miRNAs are crucial for regulating key #biological processes.
Here, Guo et al. explore the phenomenon of miRNA turnover in their new survey of miRNA conservation across land #plants.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.13158
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#PlantSci #evolution #JSE #botany

Understanding NLR-mediated #immune responses has facilitated significant progress in NLR-mediated #antiviral immunity. What does the future hold? Zhu et al. share progress to date and future research potential! https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13821
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#PlantSci #plant #virus #botany

#Plants have #evolved sophisticated immune systems, but there's still so much we don't know about them! Here, Yan et al. report that #rice E3 ubiquitin ligases balance #immunity and #yield through non-proteolytic ubiquitination.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13831
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#JIPB paper, Song et al. tease out the complex mechanisms behind #jasmonate-regulated #floral defense in #Arabidopsis!
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13818
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#PlantSci #herbivory #pathology #botany

Nitrate is crucial as a nitrogen source and signaling molecule in #plants. Yang et al. reveal that the basic helix-loop-helix #transcription factor TabHLH489 plays a crucial -ve regulatory role in #wheat nitrate signaling. https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13832
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Taihangia rupestris is a rare, protected member of the Rosaceae, endemic to the cliff faces of the Taihang Mountains. Here, Liu et al. explore #population-level #genetic variations in both #chloroplast and #nuclear #genomes.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.13148
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#ThickTrunkTuesday
Blah photo on a dark day, any tips genuinely appreciated, but Biology.

Near-catastrophic damage up the trunk and branches (fire below? tear-out?), now zipping back together from the top .

#Trees #PlantSci #CellsRegeneration

New Insights into Flowering Regulation

An international team uncovered how carbon and nitrogen signals regulate flowering in Arabidopsis thaliana. The study reveals that these pathways converge on FLOWERING LOCUS C to fine-tune flowering time, offering insights to develop resilient, resource-efficient crops for sustainable agriculture.

https://globalplantcouncil.org/new-insights-into-flowering-regulation-impact-of-carbon-and-nitrogen-signalling-on-floral-repressors-in-arabidopsis/ #PlantScience #Science #Plants #PlantSci #Flowers #arabidopsis #agriculture #PlantPhysiology

Abiotic soil stress is a major #environmental problem, limiting #plant growth and #crop yield. Wei et al. report on a TaWRKY55–TaPLATZ2–TaHA2/TaSOS3 regulatory module that regulates #wheat responses to saline-alkali stress.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13793
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Wang et al. work with the highly #heterozygous wild #peach (P. davidiana) #genome to identify a novel #aphid resistance #gene, gaining insights into genome design for the #development of resistant #fruit cultivars.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13782
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