Molecular insights into avocado grafting: the role of chitinase-like genes (Vikas Dwivedi , Lalita Pal , Gal Hadas-Brandwein , et al) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial

Molecular insights into avocado grafting: the role of chitinase-like genes (Vikas Dwivedi , Lalita Pal , Gal Hadas-Brandwein , et al) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
Study Identifies Genetic Markers for Scald Resistance in Winter Malting Barley #GeneticResearch #BarleyBreeding #SNPs #PlantScience #Agriculture
🌾🌡️ RESEARCH 🌡️🌾
Reaction norms to post-flowering heat estimated with the photoperiod-extension method effectively revealed variation in heat tolerance across wheat genotypes that could be useful to develop more tolerant cultivars - Yahya et al.
IN BRIEF: Moderate temperature shifts elicit large-scale changes in the physiology and behavior of a green microalga (Barbara Bourgade , Matteo Pivato) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
🌱 From Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution: Managing invasive plants in cities requires strategies that account for urban ecology, infrastructure, community values and ecosystem trade-offs. (Mohsen B. Mesgaran)
☀️ RESEARCH ☀️
Gao et al. used genetic variation in photosynthesis to improve yield potential in barley by integrating selected photosynthesis-related parameters assessed during development under field conditions into genomic prediction of yield.
OsVPS34-generated PI3P recruits GPA5/Rab5a to regulate post-Golgi glutelin trafficking in rice endosperm (Shanbin Xu , Mingqing Ma , Huanhuan Zhao , et al) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
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Optimising the specific adaptation of #sorghum in variable water-limited environments in Australia
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🍉🧬 Priming reverses seed ageing in watermelon. Multi-omics and machine learning uncovered biomarkers, hub genes, and a regulatory network. Maternal allele bias shapes stored mRNAs.
New targets for seed quality and storage. #plantscience @theplantcell.bsky.social academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...
NEWS & VIEWS: A miR396d-PagGRF20-PagXTH5 module balances growth and salt tolerance in poplar (Avilash Singh Yadav) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
Linking genomic variation to floral trait adaptation across species boundaries
#TansleyReview by Acoca-Pidolle et al. @carriewessi.bsky.social
#cropscience #plantscience #plantgenetics Drought tolerance phenotyping system. 528 experimental units permitting control and water deficit treatments for 264 members of a soy mapping population, grown right through to physiological maturity. Soil water is controlled via water table height.
🏅 2026 AAB President's Medallist 🏅
For his work on building phenotyping platforms & infrastructure for researchers around the world to develop resilient crops, we're delighted to award the inaugural AAB medal for #PlantScience to Jonathan Atkinson (University of Nottingham) 🌾
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🌾❄️ RESEARCH ❄️🌾
A chilling-tolerant Miscanthus accession fine-tunes zeaxanthin, anthocyanin and chlorophyll levels in response to combined stresses, accelerating photoprotection under chilling conditions - Turc et al.
Great news #phdlife #plantscience #fellowshups 77 ECRs have received #travel #fellowahips to be part of #plantbiologylecture CONGRATS!!!
Temporally programmed virulence cascade drives progressive maize root rot by Fusarium graminearum (Mingjian Hu , Wenxiu Niu , Honglan Chen , Xiaogong Wang , Xiaoxing Wang , YanYan Liu , Yunkai Wang , Jihua Tang , Junqiang Ding) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
Integrating advanced #genomic approaches to develop #climate-resilient crops
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🥑🌱 RESEARCH 🌱🥑
Immature fruitlet abscission in avocado is mediated by a hormone-driven and transcriptome reprogramming that activates a senescence program of development in the seed coat to trigger abscission - Haberman et al.
📝 BRIEF COMMUNICATION 📝
CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated OsHMA3 Promoter Editing Reduces Rice Grain Cd Accumulation Without Yield Penalty - Chen, Meng et al.