Volume 17, Issue 10, 2024
On the cover: The different colored shapes depict the SA-induced NPR1, as a dimer, fused to TurboID with the labeling radius highlighted in green and to GFP that is recognized by the GFP nanobody-MNase used in greenCUT&RUN. When bound to NPR1-GFP, the GFP nanobody-MNase cleaves the genomic loci bound by NPR1-GFP through its association with the TGA transcription factor (TGA). The cover image illustrates, on the one side, the identification of the nuclear partners of NPR1, while on the other side, the identification of genomic targets of NPR1.
Image by Jordan Powers.
Issue: Molecular Plant (cell.com)
Editorial
The winners of Rising Stars in Plant Sciences 2024
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2024.09.009
Rong Chen, Xiaolei Liu, and Xiaofeng Cui
Correspondence
Creation of folate-biofortified rice by simultaneously enhancing biosynthetic flux and blocking folate oxidation
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2024.09.005
Qiuju Liang, Wei Zhang, Jianzhou Pang, Shuncong Zhang, Xiaowan Hou, and Chunyi Zhang
Opinion
Increasing seed lint fiber density for promoting cotton yield: Opportunities and challenges
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2024.08.010
Tianlun Zhao, Jinhong Chen, Shuijin Zhu, and Qian-Hao Zhu
Spotlights
From the T2T cotton genome to a tripartite regulatory module governing embryo folding
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2024.08.011
Xiaoya Chen
Too SHY 2 repress
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2024.09.001
Jason W. Reed and Bastiaan O.R. Bargmann
AtWRKY1at the intersection of plant development and defense: The cost of coping with adversity
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2024.08.012
Andreas M. Fischer
Can the xenia effect on long-distance mRNA transport be used to improve fruit traits?
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2024.08.009
Munenori Kitagawa
Research articles
Efficient control of root-knot nematodes by expressing Bt nematicidal proteins in root leucoplasts
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2024.08.004
Yong Wang, Mengnan Wang, Yali Zhang, Longwei Peng, Dadong Dai, Fengjuan Zhang, and Jiang Zhang
中国农业科学院深圳农业基因组所/湖北大学张江教授团队研究发现了根结线虫入侵宿主植物取食白色体蛋白的现象，基于此提出了一种在白色体中表达Bt蛋白以防治根结线虫的新策略。
Mol Plant | 张江教授团队提出通过白色体有效防治植物根结线虫病的新策略
TheOsSRO1c-OsDREB2B complex undergoes protein phase transition to enhance cold tolerance in rice
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2024.08.006
Dan Hu, Yilong Yao, Yan Lv, Jun You, Yu Zhang, Qingya Lv, Jiawei Li, Stephanie Hutin, Haiyan Xiong, Chloe Zubieta, Xuelei Lai, and Lizhong Xiong
华中农业大学作物遗传改良全国重点实验室水稻团队非生物逆境课题组（熊立仲教授团队）研究克隆并鉴定了一个新的水稻耐冷基因OsSRO1c，发现其编码的蛋白质具备液-液相分离（LLPS）的特性，能够在低温条件下与转录因子OsDREB2B形成复合体，并通过动态的蛋白质相变调控关键耐冷基因的表达。这一成果为水稻耐冷性遗传改良提供了新的分子靶标。
Mol Plant | 华中农业大学水稻团队在水稻耐冷新基因挖掘和低温应答领域取得新进展(点击链接，了解更多文章信息）
Strigolactone-gibberellin crosstalk mediated by a distant silencer fine-tunes plant height in upland cotton
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2024.08.007
Zailong Tian, Baojun Chen, Hongge Li, Xinxin Pei, Yaru Sun,Gaofei Sun, Zhaoe Pan, Panhong Dai, Xu Gao, Xiaoli Geng,Zhen Peng, Yinhua Jia, Daowu Hu, Liru Wang, Baoyin Pang,Ai Zhang, Xiongming Du, and Shoupu He
中国农业科学院棉花研究所何守朴和杜雄明课题组利用全基因组关联分析（GWAS）鉴定到陆地棉A01染色体上控制株高的主效位点（PH1），并解析了其独特的分子调控机制，为棉花株型的遗传改良提供了新的思路。
Mol Plant |中国农科院棉花研究所棉花资源创新利用团队揭示结构变异调控陆地棉株高新机制(点击链接，了解更多文章信息）
Next-generation mapping of the salicylic acid signaling hub and transcriptional cascade
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2024.08.008
Jordan Powers, Xing Zhang, Andres V. Reyes, Raul Zavaliev, Roni Ochakovski, Shou-Ling Xu, and Xinnian Dong
The OsNAC41-RoLe1-OsAGAP module promotes root development and drought resistance in upland rice
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2024.09.002
Shichen Han, Yulong Wang, Yingxiu Li, Rui Zhu, Yunsong Gu, Jin Li, Haifeng Guo, Wei Ye, Hafiz Ghualm Nabi, Tao Yang,Yanming Wang, Pengli Liu, Junzhi Duan, Xingming Sun,Zhanying Zhang, Hongliang Zhang, Zichao Li, and Jinjie Li
中国农业大学李自超/李金杰教授团队利用水、旱稻稻种资源通过全基因组关联分析（GWAS）, 挖掘到一个调控根系发育与抗旱性的新基因Root Length 1 (RoLe1), 揭示了RoLe1通过OsNAC41-RoLe1-OsAGAP模块调节旱稻根系发育与抗旱性的分子机制。该研究为抗旱分子育种提供了重要的遗传靶标。
The JA-to-ABA signaling relay promotes lignin deposition for wound healing in Arabidopsis
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2024.09.003
Huimin Xu, Chaoqun Dong, Ying Wu, Shasha Fu, Arfa Tauqeer,Xinyun Gu, Qianfang Li, Xufang Niu, Peng Liu, Xiaoyue Zhang,Chuanyou Li, Meng Li, and Shuang Wu
安徽农业大学李梦团队、福建农林大学吴双团队和山东农业大学李传友团队合作研究揭示了茉莉酸（JA）信号通过MYCs-RAP2.6模块在植物伤口愈合过程中调控木质素持续累积的关键作用。
Natural variations of maize ZmLecRK1 determine its interaction with ZmBAK1 and resistance patterns to multiple pathogens
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2024.09.006
Zhenju Li, Junbin Chen, Chuang Liu, Shengfeng He, Mingyu Wang, Lei Wang, Vijai Bhadauria, Shiwei Wang, Wenyu Cheng, Hui Liu, Xiaohong Yang, Mingliang Xu,You-Liang Peng, and Wangsheng Zhu
中国农业大学植物保护学院朱旺升团队基于玉米全基因组关联分析获得贡献玉米腐霉茎腐病、纹枯病和小斑病抗性的广谱抗病基因ZmLecRK1。ZmLecRK1编码的凝集素类受体激酶，与共受体ZmBAK1形成复合体介导免疫信号传递，并鉴定了抗感单倍型的关键氨基酸变异A404S，发现在玉米祖先种大刍草和其他禾本科植物中，该位点均为感病单倍型S404，而抗病单倍型A404仅存在于部分玉米自交系中。
Resource article
An unmanned ground vehicle phenotyping-based method to generate three-dimensional multispectral point clouds for deciphering spatial heterogeneity in plant traits
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2024.09.004
Pengyao Xie, Zhihong Ma, Ruiming Du, Xin Yang, Yu Jiang, and Haiyan Cen
