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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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It's time for us to take a short break to recharge our social media batteries! But before we go, we'd like to thank you for your support this year.
We look forward to bringing you more of the latest #PlantScience #research in 2026!
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December 23, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Karst areas are known for their #biodiversity.
H. subcapitata, a traditional #medicinal #plant growing in karst and non-karst areas, is a useful model for understanding #genomic #adaptation.
Wang et al. reveal their latest analysis...
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The chromosome‐level genome of Hemiboea subcapitata provides new insights into karst adaptation
Analysis of a chromosome-level genome for Hemiboea subcapitata identified three whole-genome duplication events and 25 flavonoid pathway genes cooperating with MYB transcription factors, which might ....
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December 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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#PlantSciJobs
December 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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We're looking for a postdoc to join us in trying to map the routes by which different signals travel through plants and identify what information they carry. Link👇or get in touch! @johninnescentre.bsky.social

#PlantSciJobs

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Postdoctoral Researcher (Faulkner Group) | John Innes Centre
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Faulkner Group at the John Innes Centre, working on cutting-edge science in the field of Cell & Developmental Biology.
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December 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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We are SO excited to announce that, along with the launch of our new website, PMN 17 is live!

PMN 17 is our largest release & includes 583 single-species databases, including updated versions of 155 databases from PMN 16!

You can use PMN 17 now and check out our updated website here: plantcyc.org
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December 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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In this #OpenAccess Commentary, Sangurde et al. get to the #root of recent work by Scharwies et al. on #maize root branching in response to moisture gradients.

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Divergent selection in moisture‐responsive root‐branching pathways between tropical and temperate maize germplasm
This commentary on Scharwies et al. (2025, Science) discusses maize root branching in response to moisture gradients and highlights research gaps in investigation of the role of soil type and soil pr....
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December 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Zhang et al. developed a high-resolution dual-polarity #molecular #imaging platform to unravel spatial metabolic heterogeneity in #plant tissues. Read more here!

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High‐resolution dual‐polarity molecular imaging platform unraveling spatial metabolic heterogeneity in multiple plant tissues
The AMG-LDI-MSI platform uses gold nanoparticle—loaded MoS2 and doped graphene oxide flexible film substrate combined with laser desorption/ionization for rapid and accurate visualization of a wide r...
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December 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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🫖You can't beat a good cup of tea! ...how about some #PlantScience to go with it?

Liu et al. describe the #biosynthesis of acylated flavonoids in #tea plants and highlight CsHCT as a #genetic target for enhancing #cold resistance.
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CsHCT synthesizes acylated flavonoid, kaempferol‐3‐O‐(6″‐p‐coumaroyl)‐glucoside, to enhance cold resistance in tea plants (Camellia sinensis)
The acylated flavonoid kaempferol-3-O-(6”-p-coumaroyl)-glucoside, a newly characterized compound in tea plants, accumulates mainly in young leaves, is stable during black tea processing, is produced ...
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December 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Hu et al. identify a methyltransferase gene that affects #protein content, supporting continued #development of high-protein #soybean cultivars.
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Natural variation in GmMET, an S‐adenosyl‐ l‐methionine‐dependent methyltransferase gene, influences seed protein content in soybean
QTL fine mapping identified the S-adenosyl-l-methionine-dependent methyltransferase gene GmMET as the causal gene underlying the qPC-06-1 for seed protein content in soybean. GmMET may influence seed....
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December 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Australian finger #lime (Citrus australasica) proves an unlikely #hero in the battle against the devastating #potato #crop pathogen Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum (CLso).
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Find the latest in #PlantScience right here!
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Panel of images to illustrate testing of a plant-derived stable antimicrobial peptide (SAMP) derived from Australian finger lime. Potato and Arabidopsis plants producing SAMP synthesis showed increased resistance to vascular bacterial pathogens.
December 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Two 2025 EPPO Jens-Georg Unger Plant Health Fellowships have been awarded for 2025: Ms Songül Erken Meral and Mr Barendinus van Doorn will benefit from this fellowship to gain international experience in plant health.

➡️See successful applicants: www.eppo.int/ABOUT_EPPO/s...
December 18, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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We have a new preprint!
In this study, we use #genomic data to uncover population structure and adaptive potential in the meadow #spittlebug, the main European #vector of #Xylella fastidiosa.
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Whole-Genome Population Genomics Reveals Lineage Structure and Adaptive Potential of Philaenus spumarius, the Principal Vector of Xylella fastidiosa in Europe https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.12.693891v1
December 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Could the way we arrange crops boost future food security?

New work from @camplantepidem.bsky.social looks at how crop layout in landscapes can dramatically slow plant disease spread without relying on chemicals or costly interventions.

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December 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Is it #WeaselWednesday? Because we are super excited about this new #mammal species! @wileyecology.bsky.social #systematics #evolution
December 17, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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DOG1 #gene expression is regulated at transcriptional and co-transcriptional levels. In this #OpenAccess paper, Wang et al. report that the UBA2A #protein regulates #seed dormancy and chromatin-retained DOG1 mRNA stability.
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UBA2A regulates seed dormancy and the stability of chromatin‐retained DOG1 messenger RNA
In Arabidopsis, expression of DELAY OF GERMINATION 1 (DOG1), a key regulator of seed dormancy, is regulated not only at the level of transcription but also post-transcriptionally, at the level of mRN...
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December 16, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Happy 🍅 #TomatoTuesday!
🍅 In this #OpenAccess article, using #tomato, Zhang et al. explore the molecular 🍅 mechanisms by which💡light regulates the #plant epigenome, and the🍅 link between #light signals🍅and #metabolism.

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Light regulates tomato fruit metabolome via SlDML2‐mediated global DNA demethylation
In tomato growth and development, red and blue light signals are captured by the photoreceptors phyB2 and CRY1a, which kickstart tomato fruit ripening by activating HY5, which activates DNA demethyla...
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December 16, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Rooting for roots?
#PlantScience

Join us online for the Mini Symposium of the International Society of Root Research @rootscientists.bsky.social

Register here for free:

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Programme👇
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December 15, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Large-scale #transgenic screening identifies ZmCRK5A (a Ca2+-independent calcium-dependent protein kinase (CDPK)-related kinase) as a master regulator of #drought tolerance in #maize without #yield penalties.

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ZmCRK5A kinase enhances drought tolerance in maize via phosphorylation‐dependent inhibition of ZmSMH4
In a molecular switch that enhances maize drought resilience, the kinase ZmCRK5A phosphorylates and inactivates the repressor ZmSMH4, thereby activating the potassium channel gene ZmKCH1. This mechan...
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December 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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In this #OpenAccess paper, Zhang et al. report that the fungus Trichoderma nigricans T32781 enhances plant‒microbe–soil interactions + decreases #cadmium uptake in #barley and #wheat
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Trichoderma genome and multiomics insight into promoting yield and reducing grain cadmium in barley and wheat
Summary: The fungal strain Trichoderma nigricans T32781 improved yield and reduced the grain cadmium concentrations of wheat and barley in cadmium-polluted soils through microbial and metabolic inter...
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December 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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In this OA commentary, co-EIC Kang Chong explores a new study that reports a #developmental route to #plant totipotency, offering promising strategies to improve regeneration efficiency in difficult-to-transform #crops.

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Rewiring the stomatal lineage: A novel developmental pathway to plant totipotency
This commentary highlights a study revealing that stomatal lineage precursor cells can be reprogrammed into somatic embryos through a LEC2–SPCH–YUC auxin regulatory circuit. This study uncovers a dev....
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December 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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For every story shared, $50 will be donated to Scholars at Risk.

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December 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Explore book publishing with AGU!

Meet AGU Publications staff, the Book Editorial Board, and Wiley’s Frank Weinreich. Tue, 16 Dec, 15:00–15:45, Hall B‑2/C, AGU Central, New Orleans.

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December 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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#PlantScience conference announcements are sprouting all over!
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Abstracts are open for #ICOM2026!

I can’t wait to spend a week immersing myself in all things #mycorrhiza in beautiful Cairns 🌴

There are so many symposia to choose from - go and have a look! icom2026.org/symposia/
December 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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#botanist #PlantSciJobs 🌱
December 11, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Now that we're all on the same wavelength...

New findings by Shi et al. 💡illuminate💡the pathway through which blue #light influences the #circadian #clock via the CRY2–PRR5 module😉

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#PlantScience #development #Arabidopsis #cryptochrome
Diagram to illustrate how the cryptochrome blue light receptor CRY2 interacts with the circadian clock protein PRR5 in a blue light-dependent manner.
December 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM