🤝ATP binding is essential to multiple biological processes--including #plant #immunity.
💥Here, Kang et al. reveal that a conserved fungal Egh16-like effector disrupts ATP binding of #wheat MPK3, supressing host defense.
👀https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70241
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🚨New in #JIPB!
🌾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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🏔️The unique alpine #biodiversity of the HKH is highly sensitive to #ClimateChange.
🌊Understanding how #environmental gradients shape riverine #biodiversity can inform adaptive #conservation strategies.
🎉https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.70049
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🏔️The Qinling-Daba Mountains represent a critical #ecological transition zone.
🔎Comparative #phylogeography reveals it was a key dispersal corridor for three Oriental Palaeartic megalopteran species.
🔓 https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.70056
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🍄There's a #fungus amungus!
⚖️New work by Ren et al. reveals a dual regulatory role for mycorrhiza-responsive MADS transcription factors OsMADS61 and OsMADS26, governing both direct and #symbiotic #nitrate uptake pathways.
🔗https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70224
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🍅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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🌈Leaf color is an important turfgrass trait, and nitrogen is pivotal for leaf coloration.
⛳️Here, Ye et al. report that #nitrogen-mediated LpMPK6 regulates leaf color in perennial ryegrass.
🔗https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70226
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#PlantSci #grass #plant #botany

Atolwa et al. reveal insights into tribe Euphorbieae's global “out of Africa” distribution pattern and help us understand the role of key innovations and climatic shifts in #plant diversification.
🔗https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.70064
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🍞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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