Paul Lopez
@palp311.bsky.social
Plant biologist exploring the fascinating world of fungi and their interactions with plants under stress 🪴. Passionate about sustainable agriculture, biocontrol🔬🧫. Always learning, always curious 📚.
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Excited this MS is out! Here, we genome edited Pire in tomato, a conserved E3 ligase controlling NADPH oxidase accumulation in Arabidopsis. Edited lines exhibited enhanced resistance to foliar bacterial pathogens, but not two root colonizing pathogens. #PlantImmunity
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Gene editing of the E3 ligase PIRE1 fine-tunes reactive oxygen species production for enhanced bacterial disease resistance in tomato
An E3 ligase helps control plant immune responses and regulates reactive oxygen species production, offering a strategy to boost disease resistance in leav
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June 3, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Excited this MS is out! Here, we genome edited Pire in tomato, a conserved E3 ligase controlling NADPH oxidase accumulation in Arabidopsis. Edited lines exhibited enhanced resistance to foliar bacterial pathogens, but not two root colonizing pathogens. #PlantImmunity
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🚨 New preprint!
We've developed a bioassay-guided genome mining approach to identify bacterial secondary metabolites that inhibit Zymoseptoria tritici — a major fungal pathogen of wheat.
Available now on bioRxiv: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
We've developed a bioassay-guided genome mining approach to identify bacterial secondary metabolites that inhibit Zymoseptoria tritici — a major fungal pathogen of wheat.
Available now on bioRxiv: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Development of a bioassay guided genome mining approach for antifungal natural product discovery from pseudomonads
Zymoseptoria tritici causes Septoria Leaf Blotch disease of wheat and has evolved to overcome most chemical and genetic control methods. As such, new tools are required for future disease control.
We...
doi.org
June 3, 2025 at 8:08 AM
🚨 New preprint!
We've developed a bioassay-guided genome mining approach to identify bacterial secondary metabolites that inhibit Zymoseptoria tritici — a major fungal pathogen of wheat.
Available now on bioRxiv: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
We've developed a bioassay-guided genome mining approach to identify bacterial secondary metabolites that inhibit Zymoseptoria tritici — a major fungal pathogen of wheat.
Available now on bioRxiv: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Elevated CO2: a double-edged sword for #plant #defence against #pathogens
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
👆 A #Commentary by Rosa Sanchez-Lucas & Estrella Luna on this article by Bredow et al. 👇
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue #PlantScience
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
👆 A #Commentary by Rosa Sanchez-Lucas & Estrella Luna on this article by Bredow et al. 👇
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue #PlantScience
June 3, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Elevated CO2: a double-edged sword for #plant #defence against #pathogens
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
👆 A #Commentary by Rosa Sanchez-Lucas & Estrella Luna on this article by Bredow et al. 👇
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue #PlantScience
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
👆 A #Commentary by Rosa Sanchez-Lucas & Estrella Luna on this article by Bredow et al. 👇
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue #PlantScience
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🚨Happening today at 10:00 am Eastern Time. Don’t miss it!🌱
👉Free registration at plantae.org/plantaeprese...
#plantscience
👉Free registration at plantae.org/plantaeprese...
#plantscience
📣 Join us for the upcoming Plantae webinar on April 24 at 10:00 am Eastern time, hosted by the 2025 Plantae Fellows.🌱
👉 Free registration at buff.ly/lSj1OL1.
#plantscience
👉 Free registration at buff.ly/lSj1OL1.
#plantscience
April 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
🚨Happening today at 10:00 am Eastern Time. Don’t miss it!🌱
👉Free registration at plantae.org/plantaeprese...
#plantscience
👉Free registration at plantae.org/plantaeprese...
#plantscience
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Integrating ‘cry for help’ strategies for sustainable agriculture #plantscience
Integrating ‘cry for help’ strategies for sustainable agriculture
Plants recruit specific soil microbes through a sophisticated ‘cry for help’ strategy to mitigate environmental stresses. Recent advances highlight the potential of leveraging this mechanism to develop microbe-based approaches for enhancing crop health, but challenges remain in refining the criteria and conceptual frameworks to effectively investigate and harness these plant–microbe interactions.
dlvr.it
April 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Integrating ‘cry for help’ strategies for sustainable agriculture #plantscience
Reposted by Paul Lopez
Reposted by Paul Lopez
📜 NO: from plant immunity to fungal virulence factor
🧑🔬 Stefania Vitale, David Turrà
📔 @cp-trendsplantsci.bsky.social
🔗 www.cell.com/trends/plant...
#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantImmunity #NitricOxide #Phytohormones #Fusarium
🧑🔬 Stefania Vitale, David Turrà
📔 @cp-trendsplantsci.bsky.social
🔗 www.cell.com/trends/plant...
#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantImmunity #NitricOxide #Phytohormones #Fusarium
NO: from plant immunity to fungal virulence factor
Traditionally viewed as a plant defense molecule, nitric oxide (NO) has now been shown
to play a key role in fungal pathogenesis. A recent study by Zhang et al. reveals
that banana pathogenic isolates...
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April 24, 2025 at 8:26 AM
📜 NO: from plant immunity to fungal virulence factor
🧑🔬 Stefania Vitale, David Turrà
📔 @cp-trendsplantsci.bsky.social
🔗 www.cell.com/trends/plant...
#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantImmunity #NitricOxide #Phytohormones #Fusarium
🧑🔬 Stefania Vitale, David Turrà
📔 @cp-trendsplantsci.bsky.social
🔗 www.cell.com/trends/plant...
#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantImmunity #NitricOxide #Phytohormones #Fusarium
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📜 The future of genome editing in plants
🧑🔬 Larry Gilbertson, Holger Puchta, R. Keith Slotkin
📔 @natplants.nature.com
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantCRISPR #PlantGE #PlantGenomics #PlantNGTs #GenomeEditing #PlantGenomeEditing
🧑🔬 Larry Gilbertson, Holger Puchta, R. Keith Slotkin
📔 @natplants.nature.com
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantCRISPR #PlantGE #PlantGenomics #PlantNGTs #GenomeEditing #PlantGenomeEditing
The future of genome editing in plants - Nature Plants
Future genome editing in plants will mimic the natural evolutionary processes that shape genomes. It will be used to reshape plant genomes in a manner that could have happened naturally, but more prec...
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April 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
📜 The future of genome editing in plants
🧑🔬 Larry Gilbertson, Holger Puchta, R. Keith Slotkin
📔 @natplants.nature.com
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantCRISPR #PlantGE #PlantGenomics #PlantNGTs #GenomeEditing #PlantGenomeEditing
🧑🔬 Larry Gilbertson, Holger Puchta, R. Keith Slotkin
📔 @natplants.nature.com
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantCRISPR #PlantGE #PlantGenomics #PlantNGTs #GenomeEditing #PlantGenomeEditing
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Nitric oxide controls stomatal development and stress responses by inhibiting MPK6 phosphorylation via S-nitrosylation in Arabidopsis
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#plantscience
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#plantscience
April 24, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Nitric oxide controls stomatal development and stress responses by inhibiting MPK6 phosphorylation via S-nitrosylation in Arabidopsis
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#plantscience
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#plantscience
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MYBs to the rescue..!
Zhou et al. reveal how BpMYB06 can transcriptionally regulate genes that enhance ROS scavenging, and regulate stomatal closure, osmotic potential and ionic balance, thereby improving saline-alkaline tolerance in birch trees 🍃
📖 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...
#PlantScience
Zhou et al. reveal how BpMYB06 can transcriptionally regulate genes that enhance ROS scavenging, and regulate stomatal closure, osmotic potential and ionic balance, thereby improving saline-alkaline tolerance in birch trees 🍃
📖 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...
#PlantScience
April 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
MYBs to the rescue..!
Zhou et al. reveal how BpMYB06 can transcriptionally regulate genes that enhance ROS scavenging, and regulate stomatal closure, osmotic potential and ionic balance, thereby improving saline-alkaline tolerance in birch trees 🍃
📖 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...
#PlantScience
Zhou et al. reveal how BpMYB06 can transcriptionally regulate genes that enhance ROS scavenging, and regulate stomatal closure, osmotic potential and ionic balance, thereby improving saline-alkaline tolerance in birch trees 🍃
📖 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...
#PlantScience
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A fungal effector hijacks a plastid protein to dampen plant immunity; PR1 is here for rescue
Muhammad Saad Shoaib Khan, Faisal Islam, Huan Chen & Jian Chen
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#plantimmunity #ROS #BioticStress
Muhammad Saad Shoaib Khan, Faisal Islam, Huan Chen & Jian Chen
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#plantimmunity #ROS #BioticStress
A fungal effector hijacks a plastid protein to dampen plant immunity; PR1 is here for rescue - Stress Biology
Plants are engaged in a constant battle for survival against pathogens, which triggers a multifaceted immune response characterized by pattern-triggered immunity (PTI) and effector-triggered immunity ...
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April 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
A fungal effector hijacks a plastid protein to dampen plant immunity; PR1 is here for rescue
Muhammad Saad Shoaib Khan, Faisal Islam, Huan Chen & Jian Chen
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#plantimmunity #ROS #BioticStress
Muhammad Saad Shoaib Khan, Faisal Islam, Huan Chen & Jian Chen
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#plantimmunity #ROS #BioticStress
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💡Protein lovers - a brand NEW video exploring AlphaFold's pLDDT score in Jalview is out! Find out how you can select, hide and colour your alignments using this 3D structure prediction confidence metric.
▶️ Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVCM...
▶️ Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVCM...
April 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
💡Protein lovers - a brand NEW video exploring AlphaFold's pLDDT score in Jalview is out! Find out how you can select, hide and colour your alignments using this 3D structure prediction confidence metric.
▶️ Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVCM...
▶️ Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVCM...
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Let the BOOSTER boost photosynthesis and plant productivity #plantscience
Let the BOOSTER boost photosynthesis and plant productivity
Recently, Feyissa et al. discovered an orphan gene, BOOSTER (BSTR), in Populus species, which has been shown to optimize photosynthesis and enhance CO2 assimilation and biomass accumulation. Integrating BSTR into breeding programs holds promise for boosting crop yields and contributing to food security, increased biofuel production, and sustainable agriculture.
dlvr.it
April 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Let the BOOSTER boost photosynthesis and plant productivity #plantscience
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Phosphorylation-dependent VaMYB4a regulates cold stress in grapevine by inhibiting VaPIF3 and activating VaCBF4 (Qinhan Yu, Qiaoling Zheng, Chang Liu, Junxia Zhang, Yaping Xie, Wenkong Yao, Jiaxin Li, Ningbo Zhang, Xinyi Hao, Weirong Xu) https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiaf035 #PlantScience
January 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Phosphorylation-dependent VaMYB4a regulates cold stress in grapevine by inhibiting VaPIF3 and activating VaCBF4 (Qinhan Yu, Qiaoling Zheng, Chang Liu, Junxia Zhang, Yaping Xie, Wenkong Yao, Jiaxin Li, Ningbo Zhang, Xinyi Hao, Weirong Xu) https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiaf035 #PlantScience
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Peer review isn’t just an academic burden—it’s a chance to learn, mentor & contribute. 🌟
📖 Check out our latest editorial: “Review process: an academic responsibility that facilitates active & peer learning.”
📚 shorturl.at/pULLN
#PeerReview #AcademicPublishing
📖 Check out our latest editorial: “Review process: an academic responsibility that facilitates active & peer learning.”
📚 shorturl.at/pULLN
#PeerReview #AcademicPublishing
January 12, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Peer review isn’t just an academic burden—it’s a chance to learn, mentor & contribute. 🌟
📖 Check out our latest editorial: “Review process: an academic responsibility that facilitates active & peer learning.”
📚 shorturl.at/pULLN
#PeerReview #AcademicPublishing
📖 Check out our latest editorial: “Review process: an academic responsibility that facilitates active & peer learning.”
📚 shorturl.at/pULLN
#PeerReview #AcademicPublishing
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Plants may control their own microbiomes: Scientists discovered stable RNA on plant leaves that can regulate microbes, revealing a new layer of plant-environment interaction.
#PlantMicrobiome #RNAInterference #PlantScience #MicrobialEcology #CrossKingdomRNAi #EarthDotCom #EarthSnap #Earth
#PlantMicrobiome #RNAInterference #PlantScience #MicrobialEcology #CrossKingdomRNAi #EarthDotCom #EarthSnap #Earth
Plants may control their own microbiomes
Scientists discovered stable RNA on plant leaves that can regulate microbes, revealing a new layer of plant-environment interaction.
www.earth.com
January 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Plants may control their own microbiomes: Scientists discovered stable RNA on plant leaves that can regulate microbes, revealing a new layer of plant-environment interaction.
#PlantMicrobiome #RNAInterference #PlantScience #MicrobialEcology #CrossKingdomRNAi #EarthDotCom #EarthSnap #Earth
#PlantMicrobiome #RNAInterference #PlantScience #MicrobialEcology #CrossKingdomRNAi #EarthDotCom #EarthSnap #Earth
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🌱 Plants Shape Their Microbiome
New research shows plant leaves are coated with unique RNAs that might help control the microbes living on their surface - a potential way plants protect themselves.
🔗 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#PlantScience #Microbiology #SciComm 🧪
New research shows plant leaves are coated with unique RNAs that might help control the microbes living on their surface - a potential way plants protect themselves.
🔗 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#PlantScience #Microbiology #SciComm 🧪
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
doi.org
January 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
🌱 Plants Shape Their Microbiome
New research shows plant leaves are coated with unique RNAs that might help control the microbes living on their surface - a potential way plants protect themselves.
🔗 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#PlantScience #Microbiology #SciComm 🧪
New research shows plant leaves are coated with unique RNAs that might help control the microbes living on their surface - a potential way plants protect themselves.
🔗 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#PlantScience #Microbiology #SciComm 🧪
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Using digital blueprints, a computational biologist explains how #microbes could colonize space, produce drugs, and generate energy—highlighting how these models could shape the future of #biotechnology, #medicine, and #space exploration. https://buff.ly/422BLbe 🛰️🧪🩺
January 7, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Using digital blueprints, a computational biologist explains how #microbes could colonize space, produce drugs, and generate energy—highlighting how these models could shape the future of #biotechnology, #medicine, and #space exploration. https://buff.ly/422BLbe 🛰️🧪🩺
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Huh, my Online R learning GitHub repo hit 500 stars! github.com/cxli233/Onli...
December 13, 2024 at 10:26 PM
Huh, my Online R learning GitHub repo hit 500 stars! github.com/cxli233/Onli...
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Proud to share our new @plantphys.bsky.social review exploring the anatomical and molecular basis for root adaptations to the environment. Prashanth Ramachandran and Andrea Ramirez detail cell types and pathways that help plants stay resilient in a changing world. academic.oup.com/plphys/advan...
Rooting for survival: how plants tackle a challenging environment through a diversity of root forms and functions
Abstract. The current climate crisis has global impacts and will affect the physiology of plants across every continent. Ensuring resilience of our agricul
academic.oup.com
December 9, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Proud to share our new @plantphys.bsky.social review exploring the anatomical and molecular basis for root adaptations to the environment. Prashanth Ramachandran and Andrea Ramirez detail cell types and pathways that help plants stay resilient in a changing world. academic.oup.com/plphys/advan...
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Plants tolerate high🧂salinity by depositing cutin and suberin to form apoplastic barriers that limit the influx of ions. The question is, HOW?
Read on to find out!👇
doi.org/10.1111/jipb...
#PlantScience #wheat
Read on to find out!👇
doi.org/10.1111/jipb...
#PlantScience #wheat
December 6, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Plants tolerate high🧂salinity by depositing cutin and suberin to form apoplastic barriers that limit the influx of ions. The question is, HOW?
Read on to find out!👇
doi.org/10.1111/jipb...
#PlantScience #wheat
Read on to find out!👇
doi.org/10.1111/jipb...
#PlantScience #wheat
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♻️GasanalyzeR: advancing reproducible research using a new R package for photosynthesis data workflows by Danny Tholen and co-authors
Full #openaccess
👉 https://buff.ly/4c92gx2
#PlantScience
Full #openaccess
👉 https://buff.ly/4c92gx2
#PlantScience
GasanalyzeR: advancing reproducible research using a new R package for photosynthesis data workflows
GasanalyzeR, a new software tool, helps analyse data related to photosynthesis to achieve consistent and reproducible results. Many physiologically relevan
buff.ly
December 7, 2024 at 7:07 AM
♻️GasanalyzeR: advancing reproducible research using a new R package for photosynthesis data workflows by Danny Tholen and co-authors
Full #openaccess
👉 https://buff.ly/4c92gx2
#PlantScience
Full #openaccess
👉 https://buff.ly/4c92gx2
#PlantScience
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Reposted by Paul Lopez
NEW!
💻 🍃 Model-based inference of a dual role for HOPS in regulating guard cell vacuole fusion
by Charles Hodgens, D T Flaherty, Anne-Marie Pullen, Imran Khan, Nolan English, Lydia Gillan, Marcela Rojas-Pierce and Belinda Akpa
https://buff.ly/3Xa0Blc #stomata #PlantScience 🧪
💻 🍃 Model-based inference of a dual role for HOPS in regulating guard cell vacuole fusion
by Charles Hodgens, D T Flaherty, Anne-Marie Pullen, Imran Khan, Nolan English, Lydia Gillan, Marcela Rojas-Pierce and Belinda Akpa
https://buff.ly/3Xa0Blc #stomata #PlantScience 🧪
Identifying and quantifying the contribution of maize plant traits to nitrogen uptake and use through plant modelling
Abstract. Breeding for high nitrogen-use efficient crops can contribute to maintaining or even increasing yield with less nitrogen. Nitrogen use is co-dete
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December 5, 2024 at 4:10 PM
NEW!
💻 🍃 Model-based inference of a dual role for HOPS in regulating guard cell vacuole fusion
by Charles Hodgens, D T Flaherty, Anne-Marie Pullen, Imran Khan, Nolan English, Lydia Gillan, Marcela Rojas-Pierce and Belinda Akpa
https://buff.ly/3Xa0Blc #stomata #PlantScience 🧪
💻 🍃 Model-based inference of a dual role for HOPS in regulating guard cell vacuole fusion
by Charles Hodgens, D T Flaherty, Anne-Marie Pullen, Imran Khan, Nolan English, Lydia Gillan, Marcela Rojas-Pierce and Belinda Akpa
https://buff.ly/3Xa0Blc #stomata #PlantScience 🧪
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www.nature.com/articles/s41....
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Such a brilliant example of transposon domestication in plants, driven by environmental stress.
#plantscience
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Such a brilliant example of transposon domestication in plants, driven by environmental stress.
#plantscience
Retrotransposon-driven environmental regulation of FLC leads to adaptive response to herbicide - Nature Plants
This study reports the discovery of a retrotransposon insertion in the FLC gene conferring an environmentally dependent control mechanism mediated by DNA methylation that drives the adaptation of natu...
www.nature.com
December 5, 2024 at 10:44 PM
www.nature.com/articles/s41....
It appears this hasn't circulated on Bluesky yet - still missing some people here!
Such a brilliant example of transposon domestication in plants, driven by environmental stress.
#plantscience
It appears this hasn't circulated on Bluesky yet - still missing some people here!
Such a brilliant example of transposon domestication in plants, driven by environmental stress.
#plantscience