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Plant physiology is a sub-discipline of botany concerned with the physical, chemical and biological functioning of plants.

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06 June 2023 | Open Access

Iron limitation of kelp growth may prevent ocean afforestation

Laboratory experiments with the macroalga Macrocystis pyrifera suggest that insufficient iron availability in the open ocean presents a major challenge to growing kelp for the purpose of sequestering carbon dioxide through ocean afforestation.
- Ellie R. Paine
- , Philip W. Boyd
- & Catriona L. Hurd
Communications Biology 6, 607
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27 May 2023 | Open Access

Chitosan oligomers (COS) trigger a coordinated biochemical response of lemongrass (Cymbopogon flexuosus) plants to palliate salinity-induced oxidative stress
- Mohammad Mukarram
- , M. Masroor A. Khan
- & Francisco J. Corpas
Scientific Reports 13, 8636
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25 May 2023 | Open Access

An ancient metabolite damage-repair system sustains photosynthesis in plants

Rubisco is responsible for sequestering virtually all of the carbon dioxide in the global carbon cycle. Here, the authors demonstrate that two conserved phosphatases degrade Rubisco misfire products that inhibit photosynthesis in plants.
- Dario Leister
- , Anurag Sharma
- & Thilo Rühle
Nature Communications 14, 3023
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25 May 2023 | Open Access

Transcriptomic and metabolic studies on the role of inorganic and organic iodine compounds in lettuce plants
- Sylwester Smoleń
- , Małgorzata Czernicka
- & Peter Kováčik
Scientific Reports 13, 8440
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23 May 2023 | Open Access

Rootstock–scion interaction affects Malus transcriptome profiles in response to cadmium
- Yijin Huang
- , Luyang Sun
- & Deguo Lyu
Scientific Data 10, 312
Research
22 May 2023 | Open Access

Effects of four disease-controlling agents (chlorothalonil, CuCl₂, harpin, and melatonin) on postharvest jujube fruit quality
- Shan Tian
- , Ying Chen
- & Xusheng Zhao
Scientific Reports 13, 8209

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News & Views | 13 April 2023

The glycerate transporter NPF8.4 links photorespiration and nitrogen flux in plants

Photorespiration is known to be involved in carbon flux in plants, enabling the carbon lost during RuBisCO oxygenation to be recovered. We show that NPF8.4 is a transporter responsible for sequestering the photorespiratory carbon intermediate glycerate into vacuoles during nitrogen depletion, elucidating a novel function for photorespiration in nitrogen flux.

Nature Plants 9, 693-694
News & Views | 05 December 2022

Two bHLH transcription factors affect sprouting by regulating the level of ABA

For plants, the decision to germinate is a gamble on their subsequent survival. Xu et al. have now discovered a mechanism that determines the choice between germination and dormancy by regulating the level of ABA.
- Hideki Yoshida
- & Makoto Matsuoka
Nature Genetics 54, 1772-1773
News & Views | 04 November 2022

Two nitrate sensors, how many more?

Nitrate is a nutrient and a signal. Membrane protein NRT1.1 reflects this duality as both a nitrate transporter and sensor. A new perception mechanism has just been discovered: transcription factor NLP7 is also a nitrate sensor. Thus, two distinct but interacting systems perceive nitrate. Are there others?
- Jordan Courrèges-Clercq
- & Gabriel Krouk
Nature Plants 8, 1212-1213
Editorial | 15 September 2022

Approaching peak phosphorus

Any long-term solution to the projected decline in phosphate supply must involve improving phosphorus use efficiency in crop plants.

Nature Plants 8, 979
Research Highlights | 09 September 2022

New effectors uncovered
- Jun Lyu
Nature Plants 8, 982
News & Views | 01 September 2022

All roads lead to PHO1

Crop production depends to a very large extent on phosphorus fertilization, yet the sustainability of this practice is limited by the predicted exhaustion of phosphorus resources. A new molecular pathway regulating phosphorus accumulation in plants has been identified, with PHO1 found to play a pivotal role in mediating it.
- Jaspreet Sandhu
- & Hatem Rouached
Nature Plants 8, 986-987

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Plant physiology articles from across Nature Portfolio

Latest Research and Reviews

Iron limitation of kelp growth may prevent ocean afforestation

Chitosan oligomers (COS) trigger a coordinated biochemical response of lemongrass (Cymbopogon flexuosus) plants to palliate salinity-induced oxidative stress

An ancient metabolite damage-repair system sustains photosynthesis in plants

Transcriptomic and metabolic studies on the role of inorganic and organic iodine compounds in lettuce plants

Rootstock–scion interaction affects Malus transcriptome profiles in response to cadmium

Effects of four disease-controlling agents (chlorothalonil, CuCl₂, harpin, and melatonin) on postharvest jujube fruit quality

News and Comment

The glycerate transporter NPF8.4 links photorespiration and nitrogen flux in plants

Two bHLH transcription factors affect sprouting by regulating the level of ABA

Two nitrate sensors, how many more?

Approaching peak phosphorus

New effectors uncovered

All roads lead to PHO1

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