EXPERT VIEW: 'A genomic journey across the past, present, and future of South American maize' - Pia Guadalupe Dominguez et al, [https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae383] 🌽

EXPERT VIEW: 'CNGC15 and DMI1 ion channel gating in nuclear calcium signaling: opening new questions and closing controversies' - Catherine Jacott & Pablo del Cerro, [https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae352]🌿

REVIEW: 'Imaging the spatial distribution of structurally diverse plant hormones' - Lulu Chen et al, [https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae384]🌿

REVIEW: 'Post-translational modifications control the signal at the crossroads of plant–pathogen interactions' - Kamlesh Kumar Soni et al, [https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae358]🌱

REVIEW: 'Sex determination in bryophytes: current state of the art' - Djordje Božović et al, [https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae347]🌿

DARWIN REVIEW: 'Nucleotides and nucleotide derivatives as signal molecules in plants' - Claus-Peter Witte & Marco Herde, [https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae377]🧬

VIEWPOINT: 'Model forms for triose phosphate utilization-limited photosynthetic rates: implications for estimation of photorespiratory carbon export and the contribution of mesophyll conductance to photosynthesis' - Zhenxiang Zhou & Xinyou Yin, [https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae369] 🌱

VIEWPOINT: 'Bread and hummus: trait connectance and correlation pleiades in grain crops' - Victor Sadras, [https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae374]🍞🌾

INSIGHT: 'Phloem: a missing link in understanding tree growth response in a changing environment' - Jožica Gričar, [https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae410]🌳

INSIGHT: 'Trichoderma gets by with a little help from Streptomyces: fungal–bacterial symbiosis in plant growth promotion' - Tessa Reid & Miriam Gifford, [https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae439]🍄🤝