plant-biology

Scientific Reports, Published online: 25 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-49431-0 Tobacco rattle virus triggers local defense and systemically coordinates taxoid biosynthesis in Taxus baccata revealed by integrated metabolic analysis

dc.title: Regulation of stomatal aperture in plants: Evidence for extracellular adenosine signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana dc.description.abstract: Extracellular adenosine functions as a hormone-like signal through G-protein-coupled purinergic receptors in animal cells. Although plant cells do use extracellular ATP signaling via purinergic receptors, there is currently no evidence for extracellu…

Nature Communications, Published online: 21 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-73528-9 This study identifies 11-OH-JA, not 12-OH-JA, as the major JOX-derived shunt product accumulating in wounded Arabidopsis. 11-OH-JA does not bind the COI1-JAZ co-receptor, redefining JA catabolism as a deactivation pathway.

This article is part of the Journey of a Young Investigator (JOYI) 2026 series, highlighting Amrita Saxena ’s journey shaped by curiosity, mentorship, and unexpected turns. Now an Assistant Professor at the Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Allied and Health Sciences, Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bengaluru , she studies plant stress biology to understand crop resilience while men…

Scientific Reports, Published online: 18 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-52246-8 Lactic acid bacteria priming of antioxidant defense systems mitigates oxidative damage and preserves postharvest quality in tomato under drought stress

Clay minerals have long been thought too large for plant absorption, but new research turns that assumption on its head. Scientists have discovered that wheat (Triticum aestivum) can absorb micrometer-sized montmorillonite particles--a common soil clay mineral--through tiny cracks formed at sites of lateral root emergence.

Nature Communications, Published online: 02 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-72199-w The wheat NLR Pm3e provides broad-spectrum resistance against powdery mildew. Here, the authors show that Pm3e recognizes two structurally unrelated effector proteins and that its range can be further expanded by NLR engineering.

Nature Communications, Published online: 30 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-72469-7 This study reveals how plants balance growth with survival under low-oxygen conditions. The signaling module SnRK1–RAP2.4h–PIP2 fine-tunes this trade-off, offering a potential target to improve crop flood tolerance.

Plant growth, soil health, and crop productivity with nutritional quality can be significantly enhanced by employing microbial consortia that incorporate diverse microorganisms with complementary functions. Plants produce various types of secondary metabolites such as terpenoids, alkaloids, phenolics, essential oils, and other metabolites through various cellular mechanisms, which are often stimu…

Scientists have discovered that many plants emit faint ultrasonic clicks when distressed. It sounds like something out of a dark children’s story. Hurt a plant, and it “screams.” Not in a way humans can hear, but in a newly documented study, stressed plants were found to release bursts of ultrasonic sound that resemble faint pops [...]