JIPB1d ago
A new study in #JIPB reveals how bollworms suppress #plant defenses.
Wang et al. report #cotton bollworm effector HYPB1 targets dirigent protein GhDIR15, suppressing lignin #biosynthesis and weakening cell wall-mediated defense.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70270
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JIPB3d ago
The #ClimateEmergency is driving urgent #conservation efforts to meet 30x30 targets.
This study integrates several types of data for 603 Rhododendron species in China, highlighting significant conservation hotspots.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70253
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JIPB4d ago

Ever wonder how ubiquitination regulates plant receptor kinases?🤔

Then do we ever have a review for you!🫵

Zhou et al. look at what's new and next with the ubiquitin code of receptor kinases in #plants.

https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70267
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JIPBMay 8
OsKOL4 and OsKOL5, five-gene tandem arrays encoding members of the ent-kaurene oxidase family, play divergent roles in momilactone metabolism, but both act in the production of #antifungal and #antibacterial phytoalexins.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70262
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JIPBMay 7
Global #ClimateChange threatens #agricultural productivity, especially as elevated temperatures impact #rice grain filling.
New work by Li et al. reports that intron editing of RISBZ1 confers thermotolerance for grain filling.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70274
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JIPBMay 6
🌽Improving quantitative traits in #maize requires new breeding strategies.
🍿Liu et al report that the optimized Cas-SF01 #gene-editing toolbox shortens flowering timing in commercial maize inbred JING724.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70264
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JIPBMay 5
New work on vesicle trafficking in relation to CO2 reveals that CO2-sensitive K+ channel traffic affects stomata and whole-plant water use, providing a novel perspective on #plant responses to #ClimateChange.
🔓Free access!⬇️
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70269
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JIPBMay 4
Haploid induction is an essential component of doubled haploid #plant breeding.
Li et al. report that editing the #cucumber peroxidase #gene CsPOD7 establishes a haploid inducer line capable of inducing maternal haploids.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70276
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JIPBApr 30
Single-cell multiomics is transforming #crop research by revealing how distinct cell types shape #development, stress responses, and #evolution.
Wang et al. highlight new tools and their potential to improve #plant breeding.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70272
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JIPBApr 29

🚨Special issue alert!

Our latest focus issue, "Advances in Plant Natural Products: Biosynthesis, Bioengineering, and Applications," is out now!

Find it here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17447909/2026/68/4

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