| June 2026 |
| Genomic loci associated with Fusarium stalk rot resistance and related agronomic traits in maize; Desmond Darko Asiedu, Bettina Kessel, Benedict Oyiga, Patrick Thorwarth, Thomas Presterl, Thomas Miedaner; Springer Nature link; 22.06.2026; DOI: 10.1007/s00122-026-05290-x |
| Intra-viral protein-protein interactions could expand the functional portfolio of C4 in okra-infecting geminiviruses; Aparna Chodon, Laura Medina-Puche, Pandi Gopal, Rosa Lozano-Durán; ScienceDirect; 12.06.2026; DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2026.199762 |
| Targets of SPEECHLESS and FAMA control guard cell division and expansion in the late stomatal lineage; Pablo González-Suárez, Yoëlle Hilbers, Alanta Budrys, Ao Liu, Sandra Richter, Dominique C Bergmann, Margot E Smit; Development; 10.06.2026; https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.205374 |
| Evolution of arborescence at hydraulic, structural, and developmental limits; Martin Bouda, Craig R Brodersen, Alexandru M F Tomescu; ScieceDirect; 08.06.2026; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2026.04.035 |
| Minimally invasive quantitative tracking of minerals, sugars, amino acids, and hormones in the leaf apoplast of Arabidopsis thaliana and Vicia faba; Bastian Leander Franzisky , Jakob Sölter , Cheng Xue , Klaus Harter , Mark Stahl , Christoph-Martin Geilfus; Hournal of Experimental Botany; 03.06.0206; https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erag268 |
| May 2026 |
| Complexity of leaf surface texture affects microbial colonization in temperate forest tree species; Waltraud Schulze, Ernst-Detlef Schulze, Susanne Reiße, Roman Rischke, Olivier Bouriaud, Burkhard Büdel, Tatsiana Straub, Evelina Pillai, Benjawan Tanunchai, Witoon Purahong, Stefan Simm, Matthias Noll; PLOS One; 29.05.2026; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0349938 |
| EMF2 deficiency disrupts epigenetic and chromatin organization landscapes, blocking root regeneration competence in Arabidopsis; Zhidan Wang, May Avraham, Tali Mandel, Leor Eshed Williams, Chang Liu; New Phytologist; 28.05.2026; https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.71298 |
| Selective autophagy fine-tunes plant immunity to promote cell survival during viral infection; Marion Clavel, Anita Bianch , Roksolana Kobylinska, Roan Groh , Xi Zhang, Juncai Ma, Ranjith K Papareddy, Nenad Grujic, Lorenzo Picchiant, Ethan Stewart, Michael Schutzbier, Karel Stejskal, Juan Carlos de la Concepcion, Victor Sanchez de Medina Hernandez, Yoav Voichek, Pieter Clauw, Joanna Gunis, Gerhard Durnberger, Jens Christian Muelders, Annett Grimm, Arthur Sedivy, Mathieu Erhardt, Victoria Vyboishchikov, Peng Gao, Esther Lechner, Emilie Vantard, Thomas Potuschak, Jakub Jez, Elisabeth Roitinger, Pascal Genschik, Byung-Ho Kang, Yasin Dagdas; Science;28.05.2026; DOI: 10.1126/science.adu9554 |
| Species-specific, accession-specific, and common responses of foliar phytohormones and morphological traits to drought and herbivory; Xue Xiao, Kruthika Sen Aragam, Andrea Bräutigam, Thomas Dussarrat, Selina Gaar, Maximilian Hanusch, Robin Heinen, Marvin Hildebrandt, Ruth Jakobs, Robert R. Junker, Radhika Keshan, Judit V. Mendoza Servín, Elikplim A. Setordjie, Yonca B. Seymen, Anke Steppuhn, Sybille B. Unsicker, Nicole M. van Dam, Baris Weber, Sarah K. Weirauch, Wolfgang W. Weisser, Dominik Ziaja, Jörg-Peter Schnitzler, J. Barbro Winkler, Caroline Müller; Springer Nature Link; 27.05.2026; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-026-09091-8 |
| Ecological role of emergent properties in the chemodiversity landscape; Maximilian Hanusch, Thomas Dussarrat, Xue Xiao, Dominik Ziaja, Kruthika Sen Aragam, James D. Blande, Andrea Bräutigam, Nicole M. van Dam, Benjamin M. Delory, Selina Gaar, Marvin Hildebrandt, Ruth Jakobs, Robert R. Junker, Caroline Müller, Thomas Nägele, Moritz Popp, Riikka Rinnan, Hannah Schneider, Jörg-Peter Schnitzler, Judit Valeria Mendoza Servín, Anke Steppuhn, Dorothea Tholl, Yonca B. Seymen, Elikplim Aku Setordjie, Sybille B. Unsicker, Sarah K. Weirauch, Wolfgang W. Weisser, Robin Heinen; nature ecology & evolution; 18.05.2026; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-026-03057-7 |
| The chloroplast cysteine synthase complex in guard cells is critical for stress-induced stomatal closure; Sheng-Kai Sun, Rüdiger Hell, Markus Wirtz; Plant Physiology; 18.05.2026; https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiag263 |
| Decoupling of Neogene seawater lithium isotopes from uplift-driven weathering; Yibo Yang , Yudong Liu, Philip A E Pogge von Strandmann, Zhangdong Jin, Albert Galy, Chengcheng Ye, Mebrahtu F Weldeghebriel, Zhongyi Yan, Jiajun He, Long-Fei Gou, Li Deng, Weilin Zhang, Andreas Koutsodendris, Jörg Pross, Xiaomin Fang; nature communications; 15.05.2026; DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-71407-x |
| Additional layers of systemic plant immunity: Apoplastic pH and uORF peptides; Hannah Weber, Birgit Kemmerling; ScienceDirect; 13.05.2026; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2026.04.008 |
| Reference Genome Assembly of a Tetraploid Accession of the Tuber Crop Tropaeolum tuberosum; Daniela Ruiz-Mateus, Ina Scheffler, María Del Pilar Márquez-Cardona, Thomas Greb, Wilson Terán, Pascal Hunziker; GBE Genoome Biology and Evolution; 06.05.2026; , https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evag115 |
| Cell-type-specific autophagy in root-hair-forming cells is essential for salt stress tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana; Jierui Zhao, Peng Gao, Sunhuan Xiang, Christian Löfke, Kai Ching Yeung, Yixuan Chen, Liwen Jiang, Yasin Dagdas; nature plants; 06.05.2026; DOI: 10.1038/s41477-026-02285-w |
| April 2026 |
| Proteotoxic stress response is governed by ER-associated sorting of proteasome transcriptional activators; Gautier Langin, Margot Raffeiner, David Biermann, Mirita Franz, Daniela Spinti, Frederik Börnke, Boris Macek, Suayib Üstün; ScienceDirect; 30.04.2026; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2026.04.004 |
| Is quinoa-farming sustainable in marginal environments? Social, economical and environmental aspects; Anna Tabea Mengen, Damir Esenaliev, Jakhongir Babadjanov, Lukas John, Sandra M Schmöckel, Botir Khaitov; SCI where science meets busiiness; 27.04.2026; DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.70657 |
| Bacteria use P-body condensates to attenuate host translation during infection; Manuel González-Fuente, Nico Schulz, Alibek Abdrakhmanov, Thorben Krüger, Gaiea Izzati, Shanshuo Zhu, Gautier Langin, Paul Gouguet, Mirita Franz-Wachtel, Boris Macek, Anders Hafrén, Yasin Dagdas, Suayib Üstün; Sci Adv.; 24.04.2026; DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aec4477 |
| Saponins Do Not Impede the Bioaccessibility of Minerals and Fat-Soluble Vitamins from Different Quinoa Genotypes; Luise A Lindenmayer, Miriam J Mayer, Sandra M Schmöckel, Jan Frank; J Agric Food Chem.; 24.04.2026; DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.6c01729 |
| Sphingosine-1-Phosphate-derived 2-Hexadecenal is a central mediator of ocular neovascularization by inhibiting Sphingosine-1-Phosphate receptor 5; Xin Qian, Rui Ge, Yinteng Chu, Tian Kuang, Xin Zhang, Katrin Bennewitz, Bowen Lou, Weijie Hao, Volker Ast, Glynis Klinke, Gernot Poschet, Jakob Morgenstern, Thomas Fleming, Ingrid Hausser, Julia Szendroedi, Peter Paul Nawroth, Jens Kroll; Nat Commun; 14.04.2026; DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-71792-3 |
| Specificity of ERECTA signaling in plant development – one-trick pony or jack-of-all-traits?; Alexa-Maria Wangler, Hengqi Ji, Lara Kirchmair, Sara Horvath, Martin Bayer, Laura Ragni; Journal of Experimental Botany (J Exp Bot.); 11.04.2026; DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erag175 |
| March 2026 |
| The ribosome-associated N-terminal acetyltransferase B coordinates global proteostasis and autophagy in plants by creating Ac/N-degrons; Xiaodi Gong, Marlena Pożoga, Jean-Baptiste Boyer, Yuxing Xue, Thierry Meinnel, Tanja Bange, Carmela Giglione, Rüdiger Hell, Markus Wirtz; Nat Commun; 31.03.2026; DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-71208-2 |
| New insights into microbial manipulation of the plant spliceosome; Gao Man, Rosa Lozano-Dúran, Delphine M Pott; J Exp Bot; 18.03.2026; DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erag139 |
