Plant stem cells carve their own niche.

abstract：:With increasing calls for improving terrestrial carbon sequestration and sustainable water use, scientists are faced with the challenge of predicting changes in carbon-water relations from organisms to landscapes. We propose an integrative framework to help in answering basic and applied questions pertaining to couple...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Maxwell TM,Silva LCR

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several soil-borne microbes such as mycorrhizal fungi and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria can help plants to deal with biotic and abiotic stresses via plant growth promotion and induced resistance. Such beneficial belowground microbes interact in a bidirectional way via the plant with aboveground insects such as ...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Pineda A,Zheng SJ,van Loon JJ,Pieterse CM,Dicke M

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of tetrapyrrole biosynthesis is crucial to plant metabolism. The two pivotal control points are formation of the initial precursor, 5-aminolaevulinic acid (ALA), and the metal-ion insertion step: chelation of Fe(2+) into protoporphyrin IX leads to haem and phytochromobilin, whereas insertion of Mg(2+) is th...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Cornah JE,Terry MJ,Smith AG

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The architecture of inflorescences diverged during the evolution of distinct plant families by mechanisms that remain unknown. Using computer modeling, Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz and colleagues established a single model for the development of distinct inflorescences. Selection restricts inflorescence evolution to high ...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Koes R

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Waxy (Wx) gene that governs amylose synthesis is an old but widely used target in improving the quality of starchy crops. New genome-editing strategies are being deployed to create beneficial Wx alleles with finely tuned amylose content (AC). Precise targeting must be combined with traditional approaches to develo...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Huang L,Sreenivasulu N,Liu Q

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dimensionless numbers are ubiquitous in the physical sciences because they provide insight into physical processes, organize large quantities of data, facilitate 'scale analysis' and establish 'similarity'. Here I explore the use of dimensionless numbers in plant biology, focusing on the expansive growth rate of plant...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Ortega JKE

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extensive mechanistic and regulatory interconnections between the various events of mRNA biogenesis are now recognized as a fundamental principle of eukaryotic gene expression, yet the specific details of the coupling between the various steps of mRNA biogenesis do differ, and sometimes dramatically, between the d...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Belostotsky DA,Rose AB

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Micronutrient deficiencies are responsible for so-called 'hidden undernutrition'. In particular, iron (Fe) deficiency adversely affects growth, immune function and can cause anaemia. However, supplementation of iron can exacerbate infectious diseases and current policies of iron therapy carefully evaluate the risks an...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Murgia I,Arosio P,Tarantino D,Soave C

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When Arabidopsis seedlings are grown on a hard-agar plate, their primary roots show characteristic spiralling movements, apparent as waves, coils and torsions, together with a slanting toward the right-hand side. All these movements are believed to be the result of three different processes acting on the roots: circum...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Migliaccio F,Piconese S

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Being continuously exposed to variable environmental conditions, plants produce phytohormones to react quickly and specifically to these changes. The phytohormone ethylene is produced in response to multiple stresses. While the role of ethylene in defense responses to pathogens is widely recognized, recent studies in ...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Dubois M,Van den Broeck L,Inzé D

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant Protein Phosphorylation, 12-15 September 2001, Vienna, Austria. ...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Mundy J,Schneitz K

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signal transduction cascades are known regulators of various aspects of plant biology, our knowledge of these systems has been largely restricted to a small subset of the MAPKs. However, global analyses are now revealing that many more of these kinases are probably enga...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Andreasson E,Ellis B

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant photosynthesis performs the remarkable feat of converting light energy into usable chemical forms, which involves taming highly reactive intermediates without harming plant cells. This requires an apparatus that is not only efficient and robust but also flexible in its responses to changing environmental conditi...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Kramer DM,Avenson TJ,Edwards GE

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Programmed cell death (PCD) is crucial in plant organogenesis and survival. In this review the involvement of mitochondria and chloroplasts in PCD execution is critically assessed. Recent findings support a central role for mitochondria in PCD, with newly identified components of the mitochondrial electron transport c...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Van Aken O,Van Breusegem F

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Image analysis has become a powerful technique for most plant scientists. In recent years dozens of image analysis tools have been published in plant science journals. These tools cover the full spectrum of plant scales, from single cells to organs and canopies. However, the field of plant image analysis remains in it...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Lobet G

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review, we examine two new trait-based models of community assembly that predict the relative abundance of species from a regional species pool. The models use fundamentally different mathematical approaches and the predictions can differ considerably. Maxent obtains the most even probability distribution subj...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Laughlin DC,Laughlin DE

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent study reports partner manipulation for an interaction that was considered a reward-for-defence mutualism. Secretions of lycaenid caterpillars altered ant locomotion and aggressiveness, likely by manipulating dopaminergic signalling. This study opens the question whether such manipulation is common and whether...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Heil M

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The grey mould Botrytis cinerea causes disease in more than 1000 plant species, including important crops. The interaction between Botrytis and its (potential) hosts is determined by quantitative susceptibility and virulence traits in both interacting partners, resulting in a greyscale of disease outcomes. Fungal infe...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Veloso J,van Kan JAL

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chloroplast genomes defied the laws of Mendelian inheritance at the dawn of plant genetics, and continue to defy the mainstream approach to biotechnology, leading the field in an environmentally friendly direction. Recent success in engineering the chloroplast genome for resistance to herbicides, insects, disease and ...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Daniell H,Khan MS,Allison L

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Auxin is one of the most important plant hormones controlling various aspects of plant growth and development. Here, we highlight three recent papers that shed light on how local auxin biosynthesis contributes to plant growth and development in response to endogenous developmental signals and exogenous environmental c...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Lv B,Yan Z,Tian H,Zhang X,Ding Z

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In plants, carotenoid accumulation and sequestration take place within chloroplasts and chromoplasts. In the chloroplast, practically all carotenoids are associated with chlorophyll-binding proteins, whereas chromoplasts have developed a unique mechanism to sequester carotenoids within specific lipoprotein structures....

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Vishnevetsky M,Ovadis M,Vainstein A

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant nutrient acquisition is tightly regulated by resource availability and metabolic needs, implying the existence of communication between roots and shoots to ensure their integration at the whole-plant level. Here, we focus on systemic signaling pathways controlling nitrogen (N) nutrition, achieved both by the roo...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Gautrat P,Laffont C,Frugier F,Ruffel S

更新日期：2020-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:It is challenging to understand how plants adapt flowering time to novel environmental conditions, such as global warming, while maintaining plasticity in response to daily fluctuating temperatures. A recent study shows a role for transposons and highlights the need to investigate how these different responses evolved...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Pajoro A,Verhage L,Immink RGH

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance genes allow plants to recognize specific pathogens. Recognition results in the activation of a variety of defence responses, including localized programmed cell death (the hypersensitive response), synthesis of pathogenesis-related proteins and induction of systemic acquired resistance. These responses are ...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Murphy AM,Chivasa S,Singh DP,Carr JP

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unless there are mechanisms to selectively retain membrane proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) or in the Golgi apparatus, they automatically proceed downstream to the plasma or vacuole membranes. Two types of coat protein complex I (COPI)-interacting motifs in the cytosolic tails of membrane proteins seem to fa...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Gao C,Cai Y,Wang Y,Kang BH,Aniento F,Robinson DG,Jiang L

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) fixes atmospheric CO2 into organic compounds and is composed of eight copies each of a large subunit (RbcL) and a small subunit (RbcS). Recent reports have revealed unusual RbcS, which are expressed in particular tissues and confer higher catalytic rate, lesser...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Pottier M,Gilis D,Boutry M

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gating of K(+) and other ion channels is 'hard-wired' within the channel protein. So it remains a puzzle how closely related channels in plants can show an unusually diverse range of biophysical properties. Gating of these channels lies at the heart of K(+) mineral nutrition, signalling, abiotic and biotic stress resp...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Dreyer I,Blatt MR

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants emit a diverse array of phytogenic volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The production and emission of VOCs has been an important area of research for decades. However, recent research has revealed the importance of VOC catabolism by plants and VOC degradation in the atmosphere for plant growth and survival. Spec...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Oikawa PY,Lerdau MT

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of biofortification is to develop plants that have an increased content of bioavailable nutrients in their edible parts. Cereals serve as the main staple food for a large proportion of the world population but have the shortcoming, from a nutrition perspective, of being low in zinc and other essential nutrien...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Palmgren MG,Clemens S,Williams LE,Krämer U,Borg S,Schjørring JK,Sanders D

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proton (H+) fluxes in plant roots play critical roles in maintaining root growth and facilitating plant responses to multiple soil stresses, including fluctuations in nutrient supply, salt infiltration, and water stress. Soil mining for nutrients and water, rates of nutrient uptake, and the modulation of cell expansio...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Siao W,Coskun D,Baluška F,Kronzucker HJ,Xu W

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00