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🌾Cao et al. report that HSP101-encoding NEO-TETRAPLOID RICE FERTILITY GENE 1 interacts with SAPK2 to regulate tapetum #development in polyploid #rice, providing a resource for its #genetic improvement.
🔗https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70218
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JIPB 1d ago

🛡️Xu et al. reveal a striking #evolutionary divergence in the regulatory mechanisms of salicylic acid #biosynthesis between N. benthamiana and #Arabidopsis.
⬇️Get a free sneak peek at this new work right here!
⚔️https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70214
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JIPB 3d ago

🌽Zhu et al. uncover a key regulatory pathway controlling #maize root #development and highlight a valuable target #gene for improving root systems and enhancing drought tolerance in crop breeding programs.
🍿https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70220
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JIPB 5d ago

🍅Can we also blame #GA for us missing #TomatoTuesday?
🍅Xu et al. investigate the #molecular basis of cut-budding in #tomato, specifically, the role of GROWTH-REGULATING FACTOR1 & its association with gibberellin signaling.
🍅 https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70219
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JIPB Mar 23

🍞Pre-harvest sprouting in #wheat leads to premature seed germination and reduces both yield and flour quality.
🫓A new #FreeAccess study in #JIPB reports that GSK3 regulates DOG1L4 to enhance PHS resistance.
🥖https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70234
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JIPB Mar 21

Meet a hierarchical engineering strategy that improves Casδ-1 #genome editing activity by enhancing its interactions with crRNA, PAM duplex, single-stranded #DNA substrate, and #RNA–DNA heteroduplex.
Read it for free!
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70222
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#PlantSci #CRISPR #JIPB #Botany #OpenAccess #GenomeEditing

JIPB Mar 20

🧪Phillyrin is a unique #antiviral lignan with potent anti-#flu activity only found in Forsythia suspensa.
Wang et al. reveal key steps in its #biosynthesis, bringing us one step closer to a valuable #drug.
🔗https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70216
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JIPB Mar 19

🐾We *promise* this🐾post wasn't written🐾by a cat...🤞
🐾Banjanac et al. report🐾that iridoid diversity in🐾catmints is at least partially attributed🐾to #evolutionary gains🐾and losses of key🐾#biosynthetic #genes.
🔗https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70125🐾
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JIPB Mar 18

🌡️When the going gets🥵hot...GUN1 gets going.

🌱GUN1 helps relay heat-related cues to maintain #chloroplast biogenesis and support thermotolerance during early seedling #growth in #Arabidopsis.

🔗https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70127
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JIPB Mar 17

🌾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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