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🧪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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#PlantSci #JIPB #plant #medicine #botany

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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#PlantSci #JIPB🐾 #meow #botany

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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#CropSci #JIPB #agriculture #AgTech #RNA #botany

JIPB Mar 9

🌾#Rice...

✅ Crucial #food source
✅ Monocot model #plant
☠️ Vulnerable to #viral pathogens

🎉But there's hope!

📢Li et al. report ARGONAUTE 2 plays essential roles in a broad-spectrum #antiviral defense.

🔗https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70113
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#PlantSci #FoodSecurity

JIPB Mar 3

🩹During healing, #plant cells release endogenous elicitor peptides to facilitate #immunity.
🌿New work from Claus et al. reveals that endocytosis of the damage-associated #molecular pattern receptor PEPR1 is BAK1 dependent.
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🔗https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70083
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#PlantSci #botany

JIPB Feb 15

Wild relatives of crucial #crop species are vital #genetic resources for breed improvement.
Hu et al.'s work on wild Medicago finds that structural variation drives rhizome innovation and adaptive divergence in sister spp.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70098
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#PlantSci #JIPB #botany

JIPB Feb 10

Pathogen resistance with no #yield loss? Sounds like a win-win to me!

Let's see what Wang et al. have to say about the role of effector UvScd1-secreting Bacillus subtilis as a biocontrol agent for #crop #disease management.

https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70082
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JIPB Feb 6

Time to take out the trash...plant cell style!🗑️

During ER-associated #protein degradation, AtGP78A and AtGP78B break down key regulator AtOS9, fine-tuning protein balance--crucial for #plant #growth and stress responses.

https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70088
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JIPB Jan 18

🌿To #grow or not to grow...🌿

This #OpenAccess #JIPB commentary discusses the mechanism by which #plants decide whether stop or continue growing under fluctuating #environmental conditions.

https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70095
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#PlantScience #botany #evolution #ClimateChange

JIPB Jan 16

In the cytokinin-independent QTL BnaA3.AHK2, Jiao et al. reveal a non-canonical signaling pathway for #seed size regulation and a strategic #genetic target to break #yield trade-offs in polyploid #crops

https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70069
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#PlantSci #JIPB #agriculture #botany