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Journal of Integrative Plant Biology
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Journal of Integrative Plant Biology publishes reports, commentaries, review articles, new resources, new technologies, and full-length research articles.
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🤩Meet one of the #rhizosphere's biggest stars!

💫Strigolactones are essential for #plant #growth and #development. In this #OpenAccess research article, Niu et al. explore their discovery, characterization, and applications for #agriculture.

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Drivers of strigolactone diversity: P450s in strigolactone biosynthesis
This review summarizes the discovery and functional identification of cytochrome P450 in strigolactone biosynthesis, classifies and summarizes the members discovered so far, clarifies their biologica...
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February 18, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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February 18, 2026 at 10:55 AM
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#Arabidopsis root growth is known to be suppressed under low Pi conditions. Here, Zhang et al. report that this #growth inhibition is caused by the collapse of #auxin transport in the presence of accumulated iron.
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Collapsed auxin transport by iron inhibits primary root growth under low phosphate stress
Under low phosphate stress, a burst of reactive oxygen species by accumulated iron suppresses the activity of PIN proteins, leading to a collapse of polar auxin transport and distribution in primary ...
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February 12, 2026 at 4:11 PM
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🧶 New findings by Hussain et al. don't just improve our understanding of secondary #cell wall formation, they might just change the #cotton industry!
Read all about it here!⬇️

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GhMYB44 orchestrates a multi‐tiered cascade to regulate secondary cell wall biosynthesis in cotton fibers
In cotton, a transcriptional cascade involving the R2R3-MYB transcription factor GhMYB44 activates the NAC regulator GhFSN43, which controls key cellulose synthesis genes in cooperation with another ...
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February 11, 2026 at 5:35 PM
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Pathogen resistance with no #yield loss?

Let's see what Wang et al. have to say about the role of effector UvScd1-secreting Bacillus subtilis as a biocontrol agent for #crop #disease management in this #FreeToRead article!

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Panel of morphological comparison images to illustrate functional analysis of the effector UvScd1 from the fungal pathogen Ustilaginoidea virens, which induces plant resistance and controls major rice diseases without causing significant yield penalties.
February 10, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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Join us for the 11th Leibniz Plant Biochemistry Symposium. Registration is now open. Everyone is cordially invited.
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February 6, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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Time to take out the trash...plant cell style!🗑️

During ER-associated protein degradation, AtGP78A and AtGP78B break down key regulator AtOS9, fine-tuning protein balance--crucial for #plant #growth and stress responses.

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Diagram of the interior of a plant cell including the plasma membrane, to illustrate how AtGP78A and AtGP78B (homologs of the mammalian ubiquitin ligase gp78), break down a key regulator, AtOS9, fine-tuning protein balance.
February 6, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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February 3, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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In this #FreeAccess Commentary, Zhang et al. discuss the novel strategy developed by Chen et al. that improves drought tolerance in #rice, by connecting rhizosphere #ecology, gaseous signaling, and #epigenetic control.
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A microbiome–epigenome axis: SRB‐derived H2S suppresses OsHDA710 to activate drought responses in rice
This commentary highlights the recent identification of exogenous application of sodium butyrate, as a histone deacetylase inhibitor that improves rice drought resistance via enriching sulfate-reduci...
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February 5, 2026 at 2:14 PM
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February 3, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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Do vast, functionally distinct #ecosystems like temperate and alpine drylands differ in #climate-impacted biomass allocation strategies?
Hu et al. offer a predictive framework for vegetation response to the #ClimateCrisis.
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Climate‐driven biomass allocation patterns in herbaceous plants of Northern China's drylands
Temperate and alpine drylands respond differently to climate change because of their differing growth rules: temperate plants are constrained by fixed, size-based patterns, but alpine plants flexibly...
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February 3, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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February 3, 2026 at 11:18 AM
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February 3, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Stone cells impact pear #fruit quality, and their formation is complex and poorly understood. Xue et al. offer insights into MADS #gene-mediated stone cell formation & functional divergence within the SEP3 subfamily.
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The PbrMADS1–PbrMYB169 complex has uniquely emerged to regulate lignification of stone cells in pear
Genome-wide association study in pear identified a SEP3-subfamily transcription factor, PbrMADS1, which interacts with PbrMYB169 to regulate stone cell lignification. The methionine at position 63 in....
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February 2, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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🧬📄 Preprint update (v2): We added new biochemical experiments that clarify how IWS1 associates with the transcription elongation complex and further define competition between IWS1 and RECQL5. 🧪⚙️
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Structural model is already available in the PDB (9MLC).
February 2, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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In #gymnosperms, #root #anatomy and #physiology makes it challenging to survive #ClimateChange -induced waterlogging.
Yan et al. identify an ethylene #biosynthesis transcription factor module that may help #PlantScience change that.

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TgRAV1–TgWRKY74–TgACS13 module fine‐tunes ethylene biosynthesis to modulate waterlogging‐induced root vitality in the gymnosperm Torreya grandis
Under waterlogging stress, the TgRAV1–TgWRKY74 regulatory module in Torreya grandis modulates expression of the ethylene biosynthesis gene TgACS13 through multiple mechanisms to control ethylene accu...
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January 30, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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Redox modulation of PGLP1 oligomerization mediated by thioredoxin f is crucial for plant responses to high light and fluctuating light onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @jipb.bsky.social
Redox modulation of PGLP1 oligomerization mediated by thioredoxin f is crucial for plant responses to high light and fluctuating light
A redox-dependent post-translational modification mechanism fine-tunes the activity of phosphoglycolate phosphatase, which catalyzes the initial step of the photorespiratory pathway, the conversion o...
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January 29, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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You've got to👋*hand*🍌it to Xie et al., this is some *sweet* work!😋
Find their paper "Methionine oxidation-regulated MaERF95L controls starch and sucrose metabolism in postharvest #banana during ripening" right here⬇️
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Methionine oxidation‐regulated MaERF95L controls starch and sucrose metabolism in postharvest banana during ripening
In postharvest banana fruit ripening, the EDLL-domain ERF transcription factor MaERF95L promotes starch-to-sugar metabolism by activating starch/sucrose metabolic genes. Reactive oxygen species-trigg...
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January 29, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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Plant natural product biosynthesis through metabolon engineering onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @jipb.bsky.social
Plant natural product biosynthesis through metabolon engineering
This review elucidates how plants utilize metabolons, i.e., dynamic enzyme complexes, to efficiently biosynthesize high-value compounds. An AI-assisted design blueprint is presented for engineering t...
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January 20, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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Xie et al. use genotyping by target sequencing to generate an exome capture panel of the Triticeae D #genome and facilitate definition of the introgression landscape of Aegilops tauschii #wheat derivatives.

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An exome capture panel of the Triticeae D genome facilitates defining the introgression landscape of Aegilops tauschii‐wheat derivatives
To diagnose introgression from ancestor species Aegilops tauschii into common wheat, the ATPanExomeV1 genotyping panel was developed based on the genomes of Ae. tauschii and modern wheat. The panel s....
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January 28, 2026 at 5:42 PM
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🌾 💥 In this #OpenAccess report, Wang et al. reveal the roles of OsMAPKKK72 in #rice blast resistance and uncover a mechanism by which AvrPib suppresses blast resistance by interfering with #MAPK activation.

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Rice blast pathogen effector AvrPib compromises disease resistance by targeting Raf‐like protein kinase OsMAPKKK72 to inhibit MAPK signaling
The rice Raf-like protein kinase OsMAPKKK72 acts as a scaffold to modulate MAPK signaling. To invade rice plants, the blast fungus delivers the effector AvrPib to target OsMAPKKK72, suppressing MAPK ...
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January 27, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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January 26, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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Candidates must be available to travel to London on Thursday 19 March 2026.
January 26, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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The #PlantScience and #SynBio are strong in this one!
January 26, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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🌾#Rice is an important #FoodSecurity #crop, but #domestication has eliminated many valuable #genes found in its wild ancestors.

✂️Multiplex gene editing hopes to reverse this problem--and Tian et al. give us a sneak peek!

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Traits improvement of wild rice O. rufipogon via multiplex genome editing
Multiplex genome editing of seven genes for the rapid improvement of target traits in wild rice Oryza rufipogon produced lines with enhanced agronomic traits, including erect plant architecture, shor....
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January 26, 2026 at 4:09 PM