Plant Physiology

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Loss of mitochondrial ADP/ATP Carrier 1 (AAC1) in plants reduces O2 consumption and disrupts mitochondrial ultrastructure, including a less electron-dense matrix and occasional cristae absence.

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Combined loss of mitochondrial MDH1 and NAD-malic enzyme (ME1/ME2) in Arabidopsis thaliana causes reversible, short-day/low-light–dependent impairment of growth and photosynthesis.

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Exogenous sucrose suppresses CsYABBY2 and CsMYB5 expression, derepressing CsPDX2.1 and reducing theanine levels in tea plants (Camellia sinensis).

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Allelic homogenization of detoxification genes RsCYP3A24 and RsGSTF5 in Rhizoctonia solani is associated with metabolic resistance to SYP-14288 under fungicide selection pressure.

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Far-red photons in the 700–750 nm range contribute to oxygenic photosynthesis far more effectively than previously thought when combined with shorter-wavelength light, challenging the 400–700 nm PAR definition.

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Overexpressing FTO in alfalfa (Medicago sativa) using an MsPep1-enhanced transformation platform significantly improved growth traits and drought/salt tolerance, including a 24.98% fresh-weight increase in field plants.

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OsPIL1 overexpression in rice japonica cv. Lijiangxintuanheigu (LTH) restricts growth and yield traits while increasing blast susceptibility, despite identical OsPIL1 coding sequences.

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NbKNB1, a Nicotiana benthamiana potassium channel β-subunit homolog, restricts turnip mosaic virus by directly binding 6K2 and disrupting vesicle maturation and trafficking.

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GmPsbS1 and GmPsbS2 are chloroplast-localized soybean paralogs whose loss in a CRISPR/Cas9 double mutant causes strong high-light photoinhibition with impaired NPQ and elevated ROS.

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SlCOP1 proteins restrict fruit plastid development in tomato by inhibiting SlHY5-dependent GLK2 activation, suppressing chloroplast development and chlorophyll accumulation specifically in fruits.

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AlphaFold-Multimer modeling and confocal microscopy support that Arabidopsis annexins may participate in membrane contact site (MCS) protein complexes, with all eight predicted to carry FFAT motifs.

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VdCAP1 from Verticillium dahliae binds the β-subunit GhSnRK1β1 of the SnRK1 complex and suppresses cotton immunity by disrupting SnRK1β1 nuclear accumulation.

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CsMADS1 is a positive regulator of ABA- and seasonal drought–linked citrate accumulation in citrus fruit, with CsSnRK2.6 phosphorylation at Ser140 enhancing its activity.

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SlSTP9, a plasma-membrane sugar transporter in tomato anther endothecium/middle layers, is required for proper cell expansion, preventing shortened anthers and pollination failure.

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Polychrome activity profiling using E-64 warhead probe cocktails distinguishes papain-like cysteine proteases and their isoforms in plant crude proteomes, producing specific apparent colors.

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An ancient, collinear class TI T2 RNase (EVM0017713)/F-boxes locus in the basal eudicot Akebia trifoliata is linked to the origin of the S-RNase/F-boxes system.

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Bicarbonate does not activate the rapid anion channel QUAC1/ALMT12 in Xenopus oocytes or guard cell protoplasts, showing R-type channels respond differently to CO2/bicarbonate than S-type channels.

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LbGeBP1 is highly expressed early in salt gland development in Limonium bicolor and negatively regulates salt gland development and salt tolerance.

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Loss of both maize JA-Ile hydroxylases ZmCYP94B1 and ZmCYP94B12 causes JA-Ile accumulation in unstressed leaves and enhances resistance to Spodoptera frugiperda and fungal pathogens.

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Cold stress in tea plants lowers pectin degree of methylesterification (DM) and triggers coordinated cellular remodeling, linked to cold-responsive CsPME6/CsPMEI8/CsPMEI17 regulation.

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In a historical panel of 24 soybean genotypes, more than a century of breeding increased photosynthetic capacity but did not consistently improve NPQ relaxation, except AqE during reproduction.

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PIFs transcriptionally activate KTN1 to regulate katanin-mediated microtubule severing, and pifq mutants show reduced severing frequency and dwell time in Arabidopsis hypocotyls.

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JrTTG2 is a hypersensitive early-response WRKY transcription factor in walnut roots, showing a 333-fold induction under drought and coordinating antioxidant and trafficking-linked responses.

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Loss of the splicing factor SR45 in Arabidopsis thaliana reshapes tissue-specific alternative polyadenylation, with distal poly(A) site shifts occurring more often than proximal shifts.

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Plant responses integrate multiple environmental signals, and combined treatments generate distinct transcriptional signatures that enable context-dependent modeling across temperature, water, nutrients, and light.