Plant Physiology

Plastidial starch phosphorylase regulates maltodextrin turnover during starch granule initiation in Arabidopsis leaves (Liping Wang , You Wang , Regina Feil , Gregory J MacNeill , John E Lunn , Ian J Tetlow , Michael J Emes) doi.org/10.1093/plphys… @ASPB #PlantSci

Genomic insights into the evolution of Chinese sweetgum and its autumn leaf coloration (Ping-Li Liu , Zhao-Yang Jing , Ren-Gang Zhang , Ye Chen , Zhixin Zhu , Xi Zhang , Chen-Kun Jiang , Ruili Li , Jian-Bo Xie , Shihui Niu , et al) doi.org/10.1093/plphys… @ASPB #PlantSci

Revealing the diversity of in vivo photosystem I light-harvesting antennae (Xianjun Zhang , Rin Taniguchi , Shen Ye , Yutaka Shibata) doi.org/10.1093/plphys… @ASPB #PlantSci

NEWS & VIEWS: “Seeds tyranny: No flowers for old plants” (María Flores-Tornero) doi.org/10.1093/plphys… #PlantScience

Construction of a non-coding RNA-mediated metabolic regulatory network to explore metabolic variation in tomato breeding (Penghui Liu , Chao Wang , Zhonghui Zhang , Ziyue Xu , Xumin Ou , Shixuan Li , et al) doi.org/10.1093/plphys… @ASPB #PlantSci

NEWS & VIEWS: Leaf oil under stress: Divergent lipid synthesis and stabilization strategies in wild-type and engineered tobacco (Sara Shakir) @ASPB #PlantSci

High-light-inducible proteins control associations between chlorophyll synthase and the Photosystem II biogenesis factor Ycf39 (Anna Wysocka , Natalia Kulik , Mahendra K Shukla , Monika Opatíková , et al) doi.org/10.1093/plphys… @ASPB #PlantSci

GRANA: An AI–based tool for accelerating chloroplast grana nanomorphology analysis using hybrid intelligence (Alicja Bukat , Marek Bukowicki , Michał Bykowski , Karolina Kuczkowska ,et al) doi.org/10.1093/plphys… @alicja_bukat @KowalewskaLucja @Foczis0 @michalby @ASPB #PlantSci

Many transcription factor families have evolutionarily conserved binding motifs in plants (Sanja Zenker , Donat Wulf , Anja Meierhenrich , Prisca Viehöver , Sarah Becker , Marion Eisenhut , Ralf Stracke , Bernd Weisshaar , Andrea Bräutigam) doi.org/10.1093/plphys… @ASPB #PlantSci

A point mutation in the photosystem II protein PsbW disrupts thylakoid organization and alters starch granule formation (Theresa E Ilse , Hongyuan Zhang , Arvid Heutinck , Chun Liu , et al) doi.org/10.1093/plphys… @ASPB #PlantSci

📣 Are you a creative and articulate plant scientist looking to connect with other like-minded folks? Application is now open for the 2025-2026 Plantae Fellows program!🌱 👉 Learn more and apply by August 31! plantae.org/2026fellowsapp #plantscience

NEWS & VIEWS: Building resistance: stomatal and mesophyll conductance as variables limiting photosynthetic induction (Pablo Ignacio Calzadilla) doi.org/10.1093/plphys… @ASPB #PlantSci

A highly conserved ABCG transporter mediates root–soil cohesion in Arabidopsis (Bethany M Eldridge , Emily R Larson , Lucy Mahony , James Clark , Jumana Akhtar , Clarice Noleto-Dias , Jane L Ward , Claire S Grierson) doi.org/10.1093/plphys… @ASPB #PlantSci

PuUBL5-mediated ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 1 stability is critical for root development under drought stress in Populus ussuriensis (Haoqin Zhao , Yanrui Fu , Wanqiu Lv , Xin Zhang , Jingjing Li , Da Yang , Lin Shi , et al) doi.org/10.1093/plphys… #PlantScience

#ASPBPlantPhysMonday #ICYMI

#ASPBPlantPhysMonday #ICYMI