Plant & Cell Physiology

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Myosin XI-1: A key molecular target for salt-tolerant crops Salt stress is a major factor that impairs plant growth and yield. In a breakthrough, researchers from Waseda University have revealed that Arabidopsis thaliana myosin XI-1—a member of the motor...

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Myosin XI-1: A key molecular target for salt-tolerant crops | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

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Schematic diagrams and photos depicting Eco CRISPR-Cas3-mediated targeted mutagenesis in rice calli. Panel (a) schematic of the Eco CRISPR-Cas3 vector targeting OsPDS; panel (b) schematic of the OsPDS locus. ; panel (c) Rice calli on a petri dish; panel (d) is a gel electrophoresis of PCR products

The right tools for the job...🛠️

Saika et al. have developed Eco CRISPR-Cas3 for #rice (from humans), demonstrating its potential use as a #GenomeEditing tool to generate gene knockout/deletions, base editing, & genome rearrangement in plants🌾✂️🧬

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#GeneEditing

photo showing orchid flowers with a variety of developmental phenotypes, photo of first author of the paper, and text summarising the study and first author biography

ClassE Orchids 💮

Hsu et al. show that E-class proteins OAGL6-1 & OAGL6-2 act redundantly with PaSEP1/3 to form advanced SP & L complexes that determine sepal, petal, and lip identities in Phalaenopsis #orchids

Editor's choice:
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#PlantScience
#Flowering
#PlantDevelopment

Best picks from our #moss archive:

Auxin fluctuation & PIN polarization in leaf cell reprogramming
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Hormonal Diterpenoids Distinct to Gibberellins Regulate Protonema Differentiation
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Glutamate-Induced Electrical & Calcium Signals doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...

Target of rapamycin kinase is involved in regulating maize radicle development through starch metabolism Abstract. Target of rapamycin (TOR) signaling plays a pivotal role in regulating various cellular processes, including energy metabolism and growth. In thi

Radicle, dude! 🏄

Liu et al show that 'target of rapamycin' or TOR signaling regulates #maize radicle development by modulating starch metabolism and energy homeostasis 🌽

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Have you ever wondered why some petal are bicolor ? Like in dahlias or petunia ?
(Part of) the answer is in this publication :
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Image showing the ICAR2026 meeting information. 22-26 June 2026f, National University of Singapore

The #ICAR2026 webpage is now live and registration is open (icar2026.sg). #arabidopsis #plantscience #conference

text summary of paper by Koskimaki et al and first author biography. Also included, two photos - one of a confocal microscopy image showing pine colonisation of an endophyte (GFP localisation in green) , and the other is a headshot of the first author.

A cunning colonizer...

Koskimäki et al. reveal the unique and rhizobia-like colonization strategies employed by the endosymbiont Methylorubrum extorquens DSM13060 to invade pine trees

#OpenAccess doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...

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Genome-wide identification of genes associated with enhanced carbon secretion in cluster roots of Lupinus albus L Abstract. Several plant species adapted to low-phosphorus (P) conditions develop cluster roots, specialized structures that release organic acids and acid

(D)efficiency in motion...🪴

Hanashiro et al. show how secretion of organic acids & acid phosphatases is regulated in white lupin cluster roots to increase inorganic phosphate availability under P-deficient conditions

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#PlantNutrition

🚄 Advance Access 🚄

#Marchantia polymorpha FERONIA and MARIS mutants reveal a link between cell wall integrity and ABA responses

T.O. Jobe, C.G. Litholdo Junior, S.C. Stolze, L. Stephan, J. Westermann, A. Harzen, M. Hülskamp, H. Nakagami, A. Boisson-Dernier

#OpenAccess

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confocal images of four root tips and their transverse sections

Not so lonely now...! 👥🛣️

Ohashi-Ito et al. demonstrate that LONESOME HIGHWAY and its homolog LL3 play distinct yet redundant roles in regulating cell proliferation during #root vascular development

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#RootBiology
#PlantDevelopment

Genome-wide identification and expression analysis Pvrboh genes reveal their potential roles in salt tolerance and calcium signaling Abstract. Salinity stress is a major environmental factor that limits plant growth and productivity. Understanding the mechanisms of plant salt tolerance i

Got my ion you... 🧂🥛

Pan et al. assessed Respiratory Burst Oxidase Homologs genes in the halophytic plant Paspalum vaginatum and found that Pvrboh4/5 is associated with Ca2+ signaling & salt stress tolerance

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#Halophytes
#SaltStress

Still in time...! ⌛

We are still receiving submissions of regular (research) papers for the special issue on Plant Chronobiology! 🌱🕔

🧑‍💻Contact us directly for more info...!🧑‍💻

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#PlantClockBiology
#Chronobiology

Yes, we are still receiving submissions. Please contact the editorial office for more info. Thanks.

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⏰Wakey-wakey, rise and shine! 🔆

📣 Now receiving submissions for the
Special Issue on Plant Chronobiology 🌱🕗

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#Chronobiology

AlphaFold2 predicted structure of the N-terminal region and LOV domain of LKP2 (amino acids 1–170), taken from fig 1C. from Tanikawa et al. https://doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcaf139

Time for LOV and disorder? 🕝🌱

Tanikawa et al have determined that N-terminal disordered regions near the LOV domains of F-box proteins LKP2 and ZTL are essential for shortening the circadian period in #Arabidopsis under different conditions

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#PlantClockBiology

A Winning Combo!✂️🏷️

Wang et al have developed a combined 'Fluorescent Tags and Multiplex CRISPR/Cas9 assembly'(FTMC) vector that allows 2 ways to perform concurrent multiplex plant genome editing & protein localization in a single transformation

doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...

#PlantScience
#GenomeEditing

Special List Plant & Cell Physiology publishes several special issues each year that cover a wide range of research topics in the plant sciences. Special issues are

📣Special Issue - call for papers📣

‘Plant Vascular Biology: Functional Design for Transport and Signaling’🌱

Organising Editors:
Koh Aoki, Christine Faulkner @pdchristine.bsky.social, Yrjö Helariutta, Yuki Kondo & Misato Ohtani

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The N- and C-terminal Domains of Artificial Pentatricopeptide Repeat Proteins are dispensable for the in vivo Stabilization of Chloroplast RNAs ABSTRACT. Artificial pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins (called as well designer PPR or dPPRs) are customized RNA binding proteins made of tandem repe

N- and C-terminal Domains of Artificial Pentatricopeptide Repeat Proteins are dispensable for the in vivo Stabilization of Chloroplast RNAs academic.oup.com/pcp/article-... @plantcellphysiol.bsky.social

Db Call For Papers Announcing New Changes to our Submission Policy: We currently accept database paper submissions all year round. Accepted database papers will be publis

We invite you to submit your Database Articles! 💻

We welcome submissions of manuscripts describing new or updated #databases & online reference tools; this is a great opportunity to share your useful resource with the #PlantScience research community!

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⭐Research Highlights!⭐

Read our latest featured papers and the first authors behind the work...

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A united front...

Join us this March 16 for the Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists @jspp-news.bsky.social & the Taiwan Society of Plant Biologists joint meeting on:

#JTPB2026 “Plant Environmental Adaptation: Japan–Taiwan Collaborations Towards Sustainable Futures”

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Volume 67 Issue 1 | Plant and Cell Physiology | Oxford Academic The official journal of the Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists. Publishes original articles reporting significant findings in broad aspects of plant biology.

New Year, New Volume, New Issue out now! 🌼🔬🧬

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Head to Tokyo this March...!🌸

Still in time to register for the 67th Annual JSPP meeting

But hurry, registration deadline: 2 February 2026! 🏃

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Cover image for Plant & Cell Physiology Volume 66, Issue 11 November 2025. The cover illustrates the protein complexes that constitute the photosynthetic reactions –as represented by superheroes—Kougou-Sentai Hika-Renger (光合戦隊ヒカレンジャー), a team conceptually inspired by the Japanese Super Sentai hero teams (internationally known as the Power Rangers). Each character corresponds to a photosynthetic complex (Red: Photosystem II, Green: Photosystem I, Blue: Cytochrome b6/f, Purple: NADH dehydrogenase-like, Yellow: ATP synthase); collectively, they are shown performing light energy conversion reactions aboard a chloroplast-inspired spaceship, thereby safeguarding the planet.

Super-charged, Superhero Saturday! 🔋🦸‍♂️🦸‍♀️

We can't get enough of our Nov issue cover and special issue on #photosynthesis! 🔆🌱

Cover artwork produced by Kohei Hara and directed by Team OQ

Congratulations to Budding Editor, Akari Maeda 🥳

Read her timely work on plant circadian clock function, here: doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...

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#earlycareer

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A model for the regulatory roles of RAV-like 9 in flavonoid biosynthesis in the dioecious gymnosperm, Taxus mairei

Sex-specific protection... 🛡️

Zhan et al uncover the involvement of the transcription factor RAV-like 9 in regulating the sex-specific flavonoid biosynthesis response of the dioecious gymnosperm Taxus mairei during fungal infection

doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...

#PlantScience

Deciphering the biochemical functions and nucleotide sugar donor specificity determinants of dicot GT61 glycosyltransferases involved in xylan substitutions Abstract. Plant cell wall polysaccharide glycosyltransferases catalyze the transfer of sugars from specific nucleotide sugar donors onto specific acceptor

Sugar sugar...!🍬

Zhong et al show how #Poplar & #Arabidopsis glycosyltransferases can catalyze the transfer of sugars from specific nucleotide sugar donors onto specific acceptor substrates due to subtle structural differences in their substrate-binding pockets
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Jasmonic acid and salicylic acid interact to determine spatial regulation of gene expression responses in potato leaf to herbivory by Colorado potato beetle and mechanical wounding Abstract. We investigated the spatial dynamics of potato (Solanum tuberosum) responses to herbivory and mechanical wounding. We first followed the spatiote

Core defense...⚔️🐛🦠

🌟Editor's choice! 🌟

Levak et al. provide compelling evidence for similar SA-JA cross-talk co-ordinating response to #herbivory and mechanical wounding as for pathogen attack

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#PlantScience
#PlantImmunity
#JasmonicAcid
#SalicylicAcid
#PlantHormones