Genomic and phenotypic screening of the A. E. Watkins landrace wheat collection identifies beneficial novel haplotypes demonstrated to improve modern wheat without negative linkage drag or pleiotropy.

The PIN-FORMED (PIN) auxin efflux carriers in the plasma membrane are activated by the D6 serine/threonine protein kinase (D6PK). A recent study reveals how D6PK is anchored to membranes and trafficked between the plasma membrane and transport vesicles.

Plants constantly adjust their gene expression and metabolism to thrive in diverse environments. In legume root nodules, the surprising role of zinc as an intracellular messenger links environmental changes to transcriptional control.

This Review aims to define an updated nomenclature for plasma membrane domains in plants. The authors are experts in this field who unite here in an effort to eliminate the ambiguities and confusion that have persisted until now.

Researchers found that a plant U1 snRNP complex associates with 200 proteins and conducts splicing-independent roles by safeguarding RNAs against premature cleavage and polyadenylation, similar to a process known as telescripting in metazoans.

The language of science preserves reminders of its chequered history, sometimes resulting in unintended consequences and offence.

Enhanced expression of chloroplast elongation factors StTuA/B increases potato disease resistance and photosynthesis, while oomycete effector Pi22926 inhibits their entry into the chloroplasts by disrupting their phosphorylation by StMAP3Kβ2.

Exotic species benefit from differing climatic niches, compensating for native species loss due to climate mismatch and driving biodiversity toward climatic equilibrium under climate change.

This study establishes an efficient method for site-specific SUMOylation proteomics, achieving a comprehensive SUMOylome comprising over 2,200 SUMOylation sites, which could serve as a useful tool and valuable resource for future research in plants.

An archetype of collaboration, community development and vision, who made fundamental contributions to biology through his studies on the often-unseen part of the plant, the root.

The UK plant science strategy establishes “Diverse People and Skills” as an important component of the future of plant science. However, ethnicity data from the UK Higher Education Statistics Authority show that UK plant science students are disproportionately white at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. We explore possible reasons for this and offer recommendations for action.