New Phytologist

Maarja Öpik, New Phytologist's Editor-in-Chief, joined Ene-Liis Semper's 'Where are you?' on 8 March. The event brought together musicians, speakers and actors around the theme of nature in Estonia. Maarja spoke about the importance of soil (watch from around 60 min).

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Comparison of budbreak predictions from cold hardiness model with observations.

Cold hardiness dynamics predict budbreak

Francisco Campos-Arguedas, et al.

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Expression patterns of selected AGP genes.

AGP and EXO-LIKE genes promote brassinosteroid-dependent anisotropic growth

Daria Novikova, et al.

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C460- From Kranz to Crops: Celebrating 60 Years of C4 Discovery and Innovation

23-25 July 2026 at Lancaster University, UK

Generously funded by @annbot.bsky.social , @newphyt.bsky.social, @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social, @westsyduhie.bsky.social and others! 🧪🌱

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So happy to be part of the latest issue of New Phytologist! 🌿 Thanks for the kind feature!

Biophysical and biochemical processes affecting the speed of photosynthetic induction.

Blue light enrichment accelerates photosynthetic induction under contrasting environmental conditions in wheat

Wen-Lin Wang (王文林), et al.

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Summary provided in English and Chinese.

Hypothesized molecular levers regulating the apparent competitive growth-defense trade-off.

Integration of environmental information in plants

@mb-mueller.bsky.social, Xueying Chen, Casey S. Philbin, Christopher S. Jeffrey and André Kessler

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#PlantScience #ecology

Genome features and evolution of two Hippophae genomes.

Heteromorphic XY chromosomes with pericentromeric recombination suppression in Hippophae (Elaeagnaceae)

Yiling Li, et al.

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Studied species grouped according to root-system type (tap-rooted vs adventitious-rooted).

Plant root architecture shapes underground resource-use strategies

Cristian D. Torres, Pirén López-Alaniz, Amaru Magnin and Javier G. Puntieri

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Schematic diagram of L-, M-, and S-morphs in Pontederia crassipes. An L-morph flower has a long style, three short upper anthers, and three mid-length lower anthers; an M-morph flower possesses a mid-length style, short upper anthers, and long lower anthers; and an S-morph flower exhibits a short style, mid-length upper anthers, and long lower anthers.

Origin, tristyly and float formation of water hyacinth

Yunming Zhang, et al.

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Schematic model of NAC42-L activity following temperate and Mediterranean acclimation, including open perspectives on molecular mechanisms.

#Arabidopsis acclimation to daily environmental fluctuations converts a defense response regulator into a susceptibility factor toward #Sclerotinia

Marie Didelon, et al.

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Schematic of salt transport and excretion in Avicennia marina pneumatophore in intertidal zone.

Lenticel-mediated #salt excretion in #mangrove pneumatophores

He-Zi Huang, et al.

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REVEILLE (RVE) is necessary but not sufficient for the winter cold response.

A chaperonin complex connects the clock to winter-cold survival in plants

Goowon Jeong, et al.

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Chloroplast differentiation in epidermal cells: an environmental response supporting submerged photosynthesis in Rorippa aquatica While the epidermal cells of terrestrial plants typically lack chloroplasts, this is not the case for aquatic plants, a trait that likely evolved to enhance photosynthetic efficiency underwater. Amp...

I am glad to announce our work has been published to @newphyt.bsky.social !
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Why, when, and how microbes can benefit ecological restorations: current approaches and future directions The restoration of terrestrial ecosystems often requires the reestablishment of plant communities, but restorations often overlook microbial communities, which directly and indirectly structure plant....

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Why, when, and how microbes can benefit ecological restorations: current approaches and future directions

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Relationship between herbaceous species richness and relative humidity at hourly intervals across a 24 hour period. We measured relative humidity every 5 min during the growing season in the Biodiversity, CO2, and Nitrogen (BioCON) experiment in central Minnesota in 2012 (Reich et al., 2001, Wright et al., 2015).

#Diversity affects #microclimate #temperature and humidity: an overview of the evidence and major unanswered questions

#TansleyInsight by Alexandra J. Wright, J. English, and C. Guimaraes-Steinicke

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Schematic overviews of the sulfur assimilation pathway, the abscisic acid signaling pathway, and the regulatory function of the cysteine synthase complex.

#TansleyInsight article: Novel roles of sulfur metabolism in stress-controlled stomata aperture regulation

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by Sun et al.

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This figure was created in BioRender (BioRender.com/4vg6oit).

Model for membrane trafficking in the immune response to powdery mildew fungi.

#TansleyInsight article: Plant immunity depends on endomembrane trafficking

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by Thordal-Christensen et al.

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(🧵 6/6) John’s research uses novel remote sensing techniques to investigate how plants modify local abiotic conditions and the resulting facilitative effects on neighboring plant species and pollinators.

(🧵 5/6) ... neighbouring plants, biodiversity maintenance and improved ecosystem functioning. Claudia’s research focuses on understanding how biodiversity influences ecosystem functioning across spatial and temporal scales by integrating functional traits and remote sensing approaches.

🌱 The authors behind the paper 🌱

(🧵 4/6) Alexandra is a community ecologist and integrative biologist working in grasslands and forests. She studies how plants modify the environment around them, and how these can lead to facilitation between...

(🧵 3/6) In this Tansley insight, Wright, English & Guimaraes-Steinicke assess the current evidence for why this is the case and highlight unanswered questions to direct future research.

(🧵 2/6) Plants manipulate the temperature, humidity, and ‘comfort’ of the air around them. This effect is more prevalent in plant communities with high species diversity.

Fig. 1 We measured relative humidity every 5 min during the growing season in the Biodiversity, CO2, and Nitrogen (BioCON) experiment in central Minnesota in 2012.

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(🧵 1/6) Diversity affects microclimate temperature and humidity: an overview of the evidence and major unanswered questions
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Regulation of alternative splicing in the ABA signaling pathway of plants

A #ResearchReview by Du & Chen et al.
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Fig. 3 Enhanced data mining and analytical precision for MSI data using artificial intelligence.

Mass #spectrometry imaging: principles and applications in plant research

A #ResearchReview by Sun et al.
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Fig. 3 Representative osmoresponsive condensates and their functions in animal (left) and plant (right) cells.

#TansleyInsight: Condense to sense: a new path for plant osmosensing

Zhenyu Wang & Hongwei Guo
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Fig. 2 Integrative proteomics approaches for data-driven reconstruction of kinase signaling.

#TansleyInsight: Masters of perception: phosphorylation-dependent signaling in plants

Mark Roosjen, Justin W. Walley & Dolf Weijers
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Fig. 1 Anthropogenic disturbance alters the diversity, composition, and abundance of microbes as well as the edaphic properties of the soil.

#TansleyReview: Why, when, and how microbes can benefit ecological restorations: current approaches and future directions

Kerri Crawford, Collin Dice & Scott Clark
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