Nature Plants, Published online: 16 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41477-025-02014-9
SCREAM to stop SPEECHLESS
Nature Plants, Published online: 16 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41477-025-02004-x
Large-scale genetic screening for plastid-to-nucleus gene transfers identifies that fast double-strand break repair functions as a key barrier for nuclear integration of organellar DNA and provides initial insights into the genetic control of this process.
Nature Plants, Published online: 16 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41477-025-02005-w
Inactivation of double-strand break repair pathways greatly increases the integration of plastid DNA into the nuclear genome of tobacco plants, highlighting the mutagenic potential of organellar DNA and its role in shaping plant nuclear genomes.Anonymous, 14/05/2025 | Source: Agriculture and Food News -- ScienceDaily
Nature Plants, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41477-025-02008-7
The mechanisms underlying virus perception and immune activation in plants remain poorly understood. Recent work shows that in rice, an E3 ubiquitin ligase senses viral coat proteins to activate the jasmonate signalling pathway by degrading NINJA3, and triggers downstream antiviral defence responses.
Nature Plants, Published online: 13 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41477-025-02015-8
Mycorrhizal CLE mimicry
Nature Plants, Published online: 13 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41477-025-02002-z
Long-read chromatin assay reveals (1) a novel class of accessible chromatin regions, (2) accessibility within individual LTR retrotransposons and (3) the relationship between diffuse accessibility, gene body methylation and hAT transposon insertion.
Nature Plants, Published online: 12 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41477-025-01998-8
By integrating theoretical modelling and single-cell analysis of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation in Nicotiana plants, a recent study reveals how agrobacterial density governs synergistic and antagonistic effects on transformation outcomes. These insights led to the development of a dual binary vector system that mitigates immune-triggered antagonism, enabling more efficient engineering of complex metabolic pathways in plants.
Nature Plants, Published online: 12 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41477-025-01996-w
Alamos et al. show that Agrobacterium engages in density-dependent interactions that dictate transformation efficiency and transgene expression. These findings enable a quantitative model to improve metabolic engineering in a predictive manner.Anonymous, 09/05/2025 | Source: Agriculture and Food News -- ScienceDaily
