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Plant & Cell Physiology (PCP) – an academic society journal supporting the plant science community #OUP #JSPP
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Advance articles | Plant and Cell Physiology | Oxford Academic
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Congratulations to PCP Editor, Kenichi Tsuda @kenichitsuda.bsky.social for his great contribution to the plant science community! 💐🔬
Thank you for citing our work. I will continue contributing to the scientific community by publishing rigorous and reliable research.

#HighlyCited2025
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November 21, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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TOR kinase involved in regulating the development of maize radicle through starch metabolism academic.oup.com/pcp/article-... @plantcellphysiol.bsky.social
TOR kinase involved in regulating the development of maize radicle 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
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October 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Psychedelic plants... 🌿✌️

Nolan et al. have identified morphological & molecular differences in modern & traditional Cannabis cultivars, showing how selective breeding for larger trichomes enhances phytocannabinoid production for improved drug cultivars

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#PlantScience
Bigger is better: modern Cannabis trichomes are larger and more productive than their landrace ancestors
Abstract. Cannabis sativa L. (Cannabis) is a medicinal plant that produces and stores an abundance of therapeutic and psychoactive secondary metabolites, i
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November 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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In her article on @plantcellphysiol.bsky.social , botanist @l-teixeiracosta.bsky.social hypothesizes that reduction of negative effects (from parasitic flowering plants) may be hampered by other causes of climate change, such as extremely high temperatures and severe drought.
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Strange Plants And The Weirding Climate: Parasitic Plant Physiology Under Climate Change
Abstract. Parasitic flowering plants are often seen as keystone species due to the broad influence they exert on communities worldwide. Positive and negati
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November 14, 2025 at 11:17 AM
3-in-1 action...

Yamamoto et al. report the efficient way in which Arabidopsis encodes a unique protein necessary for threonate metabolism (instead of the 3 enzymes required for the bacterial pathway), as part of the ascorbate degradation process in plants

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#PlantScience
Metabolism of L-threonate, an ascorbate degradation product, requires a protein with L-threonate metabolizing domains in Arabidopsis
Abstract. L-Threonate is one of the major degradation products of ascorbate in plants. While bacteria can utilize L-threonate as a sole carbon source by co
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November 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Countdown: there are only 9 days left ... if you want to join

Molecular Biology of Plants (#MBP2026) Conference in Hennef

Registration + abstract submission end on
🗓️ 23rd November 2025

www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/conferenc...
Registration is open to take part in the Molecular Biology of Plants (#MBP2026), which especially invites early career scientists to present their molecular #plantsci research www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/conferenc...
November 14, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Right on track...🛤️

Obara & Tominaga have characterised the subcellular dynamics of plant myosin XI and found that it acts as part of a novel transport mechanism to co-ordinate cargo movement & #actin track remodelling

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#PlantScience
#PlantCellBiology
November 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Standing tall...🌾

Yamaguchi et al. have identified a novel membrane protein (BRITTLE CULM 4) that affects cellulose composition in the secondary cell walls of #rice

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#PlantScience
#PlantCellWalls
The rice BRITTLE CULM 4 gene encodes a membrane protein affecting cellulose synthesis in the secondary cell wall
Abstract. The formation of secondary cell walls, which provide mechanical strength to the plant body, depends on numerous factors. Studies on rice brittle
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November 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Stress hub...🤯

Korek et al. characterised the #strigolactone repressor HvD53A in #barley, providing evidence for its role as a central node connecting SL signalling to stress resilience - at the expense of #photosynthesis

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#PlantScience
November 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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🚨 I'm excited to share that my new publication is now available at @plantcellphysiol.bsky.social 📃 Building on numerous publications and on my own recent research, I discuss several ways in which #GlobalChange 🌎🌍🌏 affects the physiology of #ParasiticPlants 🌱

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Strange Plants And The Weirding Climate: Parasitic Plant Physiology Under Climate Change
Abstract. Parasitic flowering plants are often seen as keystone species due to the broad influence they exert on communities worldwide. Positive and negati
doi.org
November 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
💡Great insight from PCP Editor @jennyrussinova.bsky.social on the use of #brassinosteroids to precision engineer crops
-see original post below

Find out more about BRs in action in our special issue
➡️ academic.oup.com/pcp/issue/65...

Organised by B. Poppenberger, J. Russinova & S Savaldi-Goldstein
November 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Seasons of change...

To understand climate impact on plant clock biology, Muranaka et al. studied diel rhythmic genes in #Arabidopsis halleri over 4 seasons, finding cooperation in the temperature-dependent regulations of circadian rhythmicity & growth

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#PlantScience
November 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Surviving Arctic conditions... 🥶

Kolomiiets et al. identify a new Klebsormidium strain from the High Arctic Svalbard region & investigate the mechanisms underpinning its extreme resilience to cold, desiccation, N-starvation, & freezing stress

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#ExtremeBiology
November 5, 2025 at 10:47 AM
A matter of life and death... ☠️🧬

Sakil et al. review the physiological role of autophagic cell death in plants incl. its contribution to stress response & developmental processes, and discuss the mechanisms underlying such processes
#PlantScience
#PlantAutophagy

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Autophagic cell death in plants
Abstract. Autophagy is a catabolic process that degrades cytoplasmic components under cellular stress conditions such as nutrient deprivation, reactive oxy
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November 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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The Dobzhansky Prize recognizes the accomplishments and future promise of an outstanding early-career evolutionary biologist. The awardee will present the Dobzhansky Prize plenary at #Evol2026. Apply by December 1! shorturl.at/p70wY
November 3, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Check out the latest Issue of PCP!
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The cover features an Arabidopsis halleri (subsp. gemmifera) plant

▶️Read the full story by Muranaka et al. who highlight the importance of the circadian clock in predicting plant responses to climate change 🕔🌦️

#PlantScience
Volume 66 Issue 10 | 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.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Read PCP Editors Satoko Yoshida and Takayuki Tohge's exciting collaborative work on parasitic plants (below).

And watch out for PCP's upcoming special issue on #ParasiticPlants (organised by Satoko Yoshida, Atsushi Okazawa, Thomas Spallek and Kaori Yoneyama) - out next year...!
October 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Congratulations to PCP Editor @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social !
Our Plant Proteins meeting has begun! Starting the day with his 2025 Early Career Research Award Lecture, Dr Tatsuya Nobori discussed the development of PHYTOMap, a novel method for multiplexed single-cell 3D spatial gene expression analysis in whole-mount plant tissues.
October 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Lotus position...🧘‍♂️

A new study by Waizumi et al suggests that short-day responsive phase change regulation is mediated underground in enlarged vascular bundles of lotus nodes by NnBFT1, with NnFT2 promoting flowering & NnFT3 promoting vegetative reproduction

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#plantscience
October 23, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Drought-induced changes in photosystems and light-harvesting complexes organization in thylakoid membranes of Pisum sativum academic.oup.com/pcp/article-... @plantcellphysiol.bsky.social
Drought-induced changes in photosystems and light-harvesting complexes organization in thylakoid membranes of Pisum sativum
Abstract. The organization of thylakoid supercomplexes are important for the efficiency of photosynthesis; however the organization of the photoprotective
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October 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Hedge your bets! 📈

Ma et al. show that peptide elicitor flg22 suppresses cell wall development under biotic stress; a process mediated by salicylic acid to flexibly prioritize immune responses for plant survival

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#PlantSciences

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October 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Arrested Development...

Kikuchi et al. show that #Arabidopsis pollen mother cells deficient in pectin components, arabinan & galactan, experience meiotic failure and male sterility

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#PlantScience
#PlantReproduction

See also eye-catching cover image...📸
October 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The same but different... ♊

Wu et al. have performed comparative genomics analyses in legumes & other species to reveal the similarities & unique features of gene regulatory networks operating in nitrogen-fixing & arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses

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#PlantScience
October 9, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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📣Join your colleagues at #PlantBio2026 in Ottawa, Canada!🌱

Now accepting applications for:
-ASPB Travel Awards (due 11/14)
-Women's Young Investigator Travel Awards (due 11/14)
-Recognition Travel Awards (due 12/1)

👉 Learn more and apply now: plantbiology.aspb.org/travel-awards/!

#plantscience
October 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Read about the earlier grounding-breaking work on Casparian strip mutants by Durr et al. providing the first clues that root exudates influence the rhizosphere microbial community composition, here:
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October 8, 2025 at 8:41 AM