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🌾Wu et al. report that TE-mediated #DNA methylation leads to grain filling with a maternal effect in high-latitude Japonica rice varieties, possibly associated with the northward expansion of #rice during domestication.

🔗https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70126
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JIPB Mar 10

😎Because when it comes to #PlantSci, you can't have too much of a good thing!
💪Zhao et al. report on an AGO2–miR167g-3p–SNAP32 module that confers #antiviral immunity in #rice.
🌾https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70112
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JIPB Feb 5

In this Commentary, Zhang et al. discuss the novel strategy developed by Chen et al. that improves drought tolerance in #rice, by connecting rhizosphere #ecology, gaseous signaling, and #epigenetic control.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70104
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JIPB Jan 21

#ClimateChange will have a major impact on #FoodSecurity. This #JIPB commentary explores the potential of DULL NITROGEN RESPONSE 1 for climate-smart crop breeding under elevated CO2.

https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70084
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J of Systematics and Evolution Jan 16

Today's #maize bears little resemblance to its teosinte #ancestor. In this #JSE review, Yu et al. explore the #morphological and molecular #development and domestication of this agriculturally and economically valuable #crop.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.70035
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JIPB Jan 11

🍏How about them #apples?!😉
🍎Wang et al. identify potential targets for controlling apple Valsa canker in a new study that reveals a novel pH manipulation strategy in V. mali pathogenesis.
🍏https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70085
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JIPB Jan 10

Can you have the best of both worlds? Xu et al. think so!
They report that the artificial thiourea derivative, Y21, serves as a GA-signaling agonist *and* an #auxin analog, promoting #seed germination and #root #development.

➡️https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70068
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JIPB Jan 9

#Sweet!
#Raspberry is an economically valuable #fruit and #medicine #crop. This multi-omics study highlights #genetic intricacies of the species and provides tools for #horticultural improvement at the #genomic level.

https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70052

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JIPB Nov 20

In this #OpenAccess research article, Jin et al. reveal a new module for #seed trait control in #soybean, and explore the potential use of these alleles to facilitate breeding for high-#oil and high-yield cultivars.

Read their findings here⬇️for #free!
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70015

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