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International journal publishing high quality, original plant science research. Owned by the not-for-profit New Phytologist Foundation.
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(🧵 7/7) The project originated from an initial research concept conceived by Feng Shengjun and matured alongside the rapid development and refinement of cucumber gene-editing technologies, thereby providing a solid foundation for the present work.
February 11, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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(🧵 6/7)... Zhao Hongjiao (Zhejiang Wanli University), Liang Yuwei (Zhejiang A&F University, China) and the corresponding author Wang Huasen (Qingdao Agricultural University, China).
February 11, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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(🧵 5/7) The team’s R&D portfolio spans vegetable genomics, epigenetics, biotechnology & artificial intelligence. This study on long non-coding RNA-mediated epigenetic regulation of mitochondrial manganese accumulation in cucumber was jointly conducted by Feng Shengjun (Zhejiang Wanli University)...
February 11, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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🌱 The authors behind the paper 🌱

(🧵 4/7) The Vegetable Molecular Breeding and Simplified Protected-Cultivation Research Team, led by Feng Shengjun, is based at the School of Modern Agriculture, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo, China.
February 11, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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(🧵 3/7) Their results provide insights into possible approaches to improve vegetable crop defenses against heavy metal toxicity.
February 11, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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(🧵 2/7) High manganese content in soils can lead to manganese poisoning in cucumbers. In this study, Feng et al. characterized a novel module of lncRNA AsCsMTP6-CsMTP6 transporter, which regulates manganese accumulation and detoxication in cucumber.
February 11, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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✨ Paper spotlight ✨

(🧵 1/7) LncRNA asCsMTP6-CsMTP6 module regulates mitochondrial manganese homeostasis in cucumber

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Fig. 9 A diagram with a proposed model of the asCsMTP6 function that negatively regulated CsMTP6 transcription and affected the cucumber response to Mn toxicity.
February 11, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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How state transitions balance photosynthetic electron transport in plants – a quantitative study

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by Hoochak et al.

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Schematic depiction of the lateral distribution of photosystems within stacked and unstacked thylakoid domains for Arabidopsis thaliana wild-type plants, along with associated LHCIIs.
February 10, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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SS3 in wheat starch granule initiation

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by Ding et al.

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Isolation of durum wheat mutants defective in SS3a or SS3b.
February 10, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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CO-FT Regulation of flowering in Arabis alpina

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by Sashidhar and Coupland

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Schematic summary of flowering outcomes in Arabis alpina mutants lacking FT and TSFL genes under different developmental stages and cold treatments.
February 10, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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Tetrapyrrole biosynthetic intermediates act as chloroplast-to-nucleus retrograde signals to regulate intercellular trafficking via plasmodesmata

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by Azim et al.

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Schematic of tetrapyrrole biosynthetic pathway, GFP movement assay in Arabidopsis gun mutants, phenotypes of and movement assay in silenced N. benthamiana plants.
February 10, 2026 at 10:27 AM
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(🧵 6/6) In this Tansley insight article, Frey & Spallek discuss CLE functions across these interactions.
February 10, 2026 at 7:35 AM
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(🧵 5/6) Thomas Spallek’s group at the University of Göttingen (Germany) studies how parasitic plants parasitize other plants. Plant peptide hormones, including CLE peptides, play important roles in these interactions, reflecting their broader roles in plant biotic interactions.
February 10, 2026 at 7:35 AM
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(🧵 4/6) Nicolas Frei dit Frey's team at the University of Toulouse (France) is studying the function of fungal- and plant-derived peptide hormones in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis.
February 10, 2026 at 7:35 AM
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(🧵 3/6) ...from symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to parasitic nematodes and parasitic plants. Frei dit Frey & Spallek highlight aspects of common signalling mechanisms and provide insight into the evolution of these peptides.
February 10, 2026 at 7:35 AM
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(🧵 2/6) CLAVATA3/EMBRYO-SURROUNDING REGION (CLE) peptides are key plant signalling molecules mediating cell-to-cell communication. This Tansley insight summarizes recent discoveries on how these CLE peptides influence plant interactions with a range of organisms...
February 10, 2026 at 7:35 AM
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(🧵 1/6) CLE peptides in plant biotic interactions
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Fig. 1 CLAVATA3/EMBRYO SURROUNDING REGION (CLE) in biotic plant interactions.
February 10, 2026 at 7:35 AM
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Guard cell wall water

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by Blatt et al.

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Spatial distribution of water vapour partial pressures between saturation and gradients and water potentials of the xylem guard cell and cell wall.
February 10, 2026 at 5:19 AM
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VPS46, an ESCRT‐III‐associated regulator, orchestrates ERf‐SERKs receptor trafficking to ensure stomatal patterning in Arabidopsis

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by Zuo et al.

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Working model of VPS46-mediated multivesicular body (MVB) sorting for vacuolar degradation of ERf-SERKs complex in Arabidopsis.
February 10, 2026 at 2:45 AM
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The microalga Botryosphaerella sudetica links plant-like light protection with algal lifestyle

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by Bilfernez-Klassen et al.

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This figure was created in BioRender (BioRender.com/0n30f38).
Preferred type of energy-dependent quenching (qE) reflects the organism's lifestyle in the green plant lineage.
February 10, 2026 at 12:11 AM
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How warming and #pollinators interact to drive genomic #evolution in plants

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by Ding and Schiestl

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The figure shows three panels summarizing genome-wide diversity and population structure after experimental evolution in Brassica rapa.
February 9, 2026 at 11:17 PM
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SIAMESE Regulates G2

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by Schwall et al.

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SIAMESE distal cortex cells are significantly smaller than in wild-type Arabidopsis thaliana plants.
February 9, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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PopMYB4 orchestrates disease resistance through H3K36me3‐mediated epigenetic activation of PopGSTU7 in poplars

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by Tan et al.

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The working model of PopMYB4-PopSDG36 in Colletotrichum gloeosporioides defense.
February 9, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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PLETHORA3/7 controls cucumber shoot architecture

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by Kerstens et al.

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CsPLTs are expressed in cucumber root and shoot apices.
February 9, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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New Phytologist's Editor-in-Chief, Maarja Öpik, has been presented with the Order of the White Star by the President of Estonia, Alar Karis.

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Congratulations Maarja!
President annetas teenetemärgi mõnekümnele teadlasele
President Alar Karis tunnustas tänavu vabariigi aastapäeva eel riikliku teenetemärgiga 203 inimest, nende seas oli seekord ligi 40 teadlast ja teadussüsteemiga seotud inimest.
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