Biological Sciences / Plant Biology -- New results matching your topic search. https://www.pnas.org/action/doSearch?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: Plant Biology Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences en-US http://www.atypon.com/images/atypon_logo_small.gif http://www.atypon.com https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2606323123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 35, September 2026. <br/>SignificanceUnderground storage organs, including tubers, rhizomes, and storage roots, enable plants to endure environmental stress and reproduce asexually with some functioning as key edible structures and important worldwide staple food crops. While ... Co-option of ancestral stem regulators drove recurrent evolution of underground storage organs doi:10.1073/pnas.2606323123 2026-08-21T07:00:00Z Julia BroseDionne MartinYi-Wen WangJoshua C. WoodBrieanne VaillancourtJohn P. HamiltonKathrine MaillouxPatrick P. EdgerC. Robin BuellaCenter for Applied Genetic Technologies, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602bhttps://ror.org/05hs6h993Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824cDepartment of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602dInstitute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602eDepartment of Crop and Soil Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602fhttps://ror.org/05hs6h993Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824gThe Plant Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 35 2026-09-01T07:00:00Z 2026-09-01T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2606323123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2606323123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2612105123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 35, September 2026. <br/>SignificanceA sharp boundary between specific tissues at the apex of the gynoecium in flowering plants is essential for reproduction, yet how it forms remains unclear. Here, we reveal that a gradient of the plant hormone auxin controls the distribution of ... Auxin-induced ARF transcription factor degradation defines tissue boundaries doi:10.1073/pnas.2612105123 2026-08-25T07:00:00Z Jeonghwan AhnQuan YuanYi-Ning DingYun-Ying WangDan-Dan YangYao ZhangFeng GaoHong-Sen HuQian XuZhi-Cheng HuXiaotong QiHongqiang YuLimin LuChao-Bin LiJie ChengBao-Qing DingChaoying HeBo XuQuan WangMin ChenHongzhi KongCao XuXiaofeng FangLars ØstergaardYang Dongahttps://ror.org/034t30j35State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, Chinabhttps://ror.org/034t30j35Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, Chinachttps://ror.org/02yfsfh77China National Botanical Garden, Beijing 100093, Chinadhttps://ror.org/05qbk4x57University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, Chinaehttps://ror.org/03cve4549School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, Chinafhttps://ror.org/02aee5m12State Key Laboratory of Seed Innovation, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, Chinaghttps://ror.org/05td3s095College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, Chinahhttps://ror.org/05ckt8b96Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural, Shenzhen 518120, Chinaihttps://ror.org/0313jb750Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518120, ChinajState Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, Chinakhttps://ror.org/052gg0110Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3EL, United Kingdom Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 35 2026-09-01T07:00:00Z 2026-09-01T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2612105123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2612105123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2626418123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 35, September 2026. <br/> Correction for Sharp et al., Extreme triple oxygen isotope fractionation in Equisetum doi:10.1073/pnas.2626418123 2026-08-24T07:00:00Z Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 35 2026-09-01T07:00:00Z 2026-09-01T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2626418123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2626418123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2532739123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 34, August 2026. <br/>SignificanceSteroid hormones are powerful regulators of growth but also act as potent suppressors of immunity, with well-established clinical applications, for example in treating autoimmune diseases in humans. In plants, the steroid hormones ... Brassinosteroid-regulated transcription factors confer epigenetic changes that repress plant immunity doi:10.1073/pnas.2532739123 2026-08-17T07:00:00Z Veronica E. RamirezHaiwei ShuaiFang-Yu HwuRashmi R. HazarikaChia-Nan TaoSera ChoiRobert S. PiecykSusanne I. WudyMichael GiglJohannes W. BagnoliSarah BrajkovicPablo AlbertosYuanyuan LiangAndreas KeymerCorinna DawidWolfgang EnardA. Corina VlotCaroline GutjahrMartin ParniskeBernhard KusterTobias SiebererChristina LudwigCyril ZipfelJurriaan TonFrank JohannesBrigitte Poppenbergerahttps://ror.org/02kkvpp62Biotechnology of Horticultural Crops, School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising 85354, Germanybhttps://ror.org/05591te55Faculty of Biology-Genetics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität-München, Martinsried 82152, Germanychttps://ror.org/02kkvpp62Plant Epigenomics, School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising 85354, Germanydhttps://ror.org/05krs5044School of Biosciences, Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil Cluster, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdomehttps://ror.org/02crff812Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich 8008, Switzerlandfhttps://ror.org/02kkvpp62Bavarian Center for Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry, School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising 85354, Germanyghttps://ror.org/02kkvpp62Chemosensory Food Systems, School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising 85354, Germanyhhttps://ror.org/05591te55Anthropology and Human Genomics, Faculty of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität-München, Martinsried 82152, Germanyihttps://ror.org/02kkvpp62Chair of Proteomics and Bioanalytics, School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising 85354, Germanyjhttps://ror.org/02kkvpp62Plant Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising 85354, Germanykhttps://ror.org/02kkvpp62Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich, Freising 85354, Germanylhttps://ror.org/0234wmv40Crop Plant Genetics, Faculty of Life Sciences: Food, Nutrition and Health, University of Bayreuth, Kulmbach 95326, Germanymhttps://ror.org/01fbde567Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Potsdam-Golm 14476, Germanynhttps://ror.org/02kkvpp62Plant Growth Regulation, School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising 85354, Germany Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 34 2026-08-25T07:00:00Z 2026-08-25T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2532739123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2532739123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2536998123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 34, August 2026. <br/>SignificancePlants live in lifelong partnership with beneficial soil fungi that prime systemic immunity, yet how they prevent runaway defense in distant leaves has remained unknown. Here, we show that the NatA N-terminal acetyltransferase complex acts as ... NatA complex is a leaf-intrinsic brake on systemic responses induced by root endophytic fungi doi:10.1073/pnas.2536998123 2026-08-18T07:00:00Z Xiao-Jie ChenGu-Zi ChenYao XuZheng-Long LiYu-Meng ZhangXin-Meng ZhuZe-Ting SongFeifei YuJiang-Yun GaoJian‐Xiang LiuJia-Jia Hanahttps://ror.org/0040axw97State Key Laboratory of Vegetation Structure, Function and Construction (VegLab), Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, ChinabYunnan Key Laboratory of Biological Adaptation, Conservation and Utilization; Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Transboundary Ecosecurity of Southwest China; Institute of Biodiversity, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, Chinachttps://ror.org/0040axw97State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio‐Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, Chinadhttps://ror.org/04v3ywz14College of Grassland Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, ChinaeState Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 34 2026-08-25T07:00:00Z 2026-08-25T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2536998123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2536998123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2605816123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 34, August 2026. <br/>SignificanceAll organisms performing oxygenic photosynthesis rely on thylakoid membranes to capture light and produce oxygen. Yet these membranes are highly susceptible to environmental stress, particularly excess light, which causes oxidative damage to ... VIA1 is a conserved regulator of thylakoid membrane integrity that acts through VIPP1 doi:10.1073/pnas.2605816123 2026-08-17T07:00:00Z Pamela VetranoKelsey KrallLaura MartinezEleonora TraversoTomas MorosinottoNicholas A. T. IrwinYuval MazorSilvia Ramundoahttps://ror.org/03anc3s24Gregor Mendel Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna BioCenter, Vienna 1030, Austriabhttps://ror.org/05n3x4p02Vienna BioCenter PhD Program, Doctoral School of the University of Vienna and Medical University of Vienna, Vienna 1030, AustriacBiodesign Institute, https://ror.org/03efmqc40School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281dhttps://ror.org/00240q980Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Padova, Padova 35131, Italy Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 34 2026-08-25T07:00:00Z 2026-08-25T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2605816123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2605816123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2612932123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 34, August 2026. <br/> Does a chloroplast membrane protein bind DNA in the nucleus? doi:10.1073/pnas.2612932123 2026-08-17T07:00:00Z Preetom RegonDana Charuviahttps://ror.org/05hbrxp80Institute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization–Volcani Institute, Rishon LeZion 7505101, Israel Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 34 2026-08-25T07:00:00Z 2026-08-25T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2612932123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2612932123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2617958123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 34, August 2026. <br/> Reply to Regon and Charuvi: Evidence supporting a nuclear chromatin-associated role of BpELIP1 in BpFLC regulation doi:10.1073/pnas.2617958123 2026-08-17T07:00:00Z Yi LiuSui WangTangchun ZhengHuiying SuoDi XiaoDong ZengXiangling YouHeike W. SederoffVincent L. ChiangXiyang ZhaoRonald R. SederoffGuanzheng Quahttps://ror.org/02yxnh564State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, Chinabhttps://ror.org/05dmhhd41Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Tree and Grass Genetics and Breeding, College of Forestry and Grassland Science, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130118, Chinachttps://ror.org/0515nd386National Key Laboratory of Smart Farm Technologies and Systems, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, Chinadhttps://ror.org/0515nd386Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology of Chinese Education Ministry, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, Chinaehttps://ror.org/04xv2pc41National Engineering Research Center for Floriculture, School of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, Chinafhttps://ror.org/02yxnh564College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, Chinaghttps://ror.org/023cbka75Key Laboratory of Horticulture Crop Genomics and Genetic Improvement in Xinjiang, Institute of Fruits and Vegetables, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Urumqi 830091, Chinahhttps://ror.org/04tj63d06Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695ihttps://ror.org/04tj63d06Forest Biotechnology Group, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 34 2026-08-25T07:00:00Z 2026-08-25T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2617958123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2617958123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2627895123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 34, August 2026. <br/> Correction for Dervishi et al., Sterol divergence across eukaryotic kingdoms determines membrane susceptibility to saponins, a class of plant defense compounds doi:10.1073/pnas.2627895123 2026-08-19T07:00:00Z Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 34 2026-08-25T07:00:00Z 2026-08-25T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2627895123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2627895123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2600696123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026. <br/>SignificanceLipid droplets (LDs) have long been viewed merely as lipid storage units, but their role in plant immunity remains poorly understood. This study reveals that LDs actively contribute to salicylic acid (SA)-dependent antiviral defense in plants. ... Lipid droplets confer SA-dependent antiviral defense without growth penalty doi:10.1073/pnas.2600696123 2026-08-10T07:00:00Z Lifan ZhouZhiyan WenChenchen ZhongDingliang ZhangQianshen ZhangRuiqi WangJiangning DuanKun ZhangZhen LiXiaoyun ZhaoAodong MeiYuanzhi WangTong ZhouLinlin DuJinfang ChuShujing ChengXiaofei ZhaoMeng YangDawei LiSavithramma P. Dinesh-KumarYongliang Zhangahttps://ror.org/04v3ywz14State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, Chinabhttps://ror.org/05e9f5362Shanxi Hou Ji Laboratory, Department of Crop Genetics and Breeding, College of Agriculture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taiyuan 030031, Chinachttps://ror.org/03tqb8s11Department of Plant Protection, College of Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, Jiangsu, Chinadhttps://ror.org/001f9e125Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety-State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base of Ministry of Science and Technology, Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, Chinaehttps://ror.org/02aee5m12National Centre for Plant Gene Research (Beijing), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, Chinafhttps://ror.org/05qbk4x57College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, Chinaghttps://ror.org/05rrcem69Department of Plant Biology and The Genome Center, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 33 2026-08-18T07:00:00Z 2026-08-18T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2600696123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2600696123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2621712123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026. <br/> Beyond brassinosteroids: BSL phosphatases control asymmetric cell division in the Arabidopsis zygote doi:10.1073/pnas.2621712123 2026-08-10T07:00:00Z SungWoo ParkAndrew Muroyamaahttps://ror.org/0168r3w48Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 33 2026-08-18T07:00:00Z 2026-08-18T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2621712123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2621712123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2626771123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026. <br/> Correction for Gomez Roldan et al., WIP transcriptional regulators modulate developmental progression in both life cycle phases of a moss doi:10.1073/pnas.2626771123 2026-08-10T07:00:00Z Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 33 2026-08-18T07:00:00Z 2026-08-18T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2626771123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2626771123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2532196123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 32, August 2026. <br/>SignificanceUnderstanding pathogen recognition in crops is key to improving disease resistance. Our study identified a cell surface immune receptor in cultivated lettuce that mediates the recognition of the nlp24 pattern derived from secreted proteins (... A lettuce receptor-like kinase recognizes the highly conserved heptapeptide motif within microbial Nep1-like proteins doi:10.1073/pnas.2532196123 2026-08-04T07:00:00Z Iñigo BañalesSarah L. MehremSamara Almeida LandmanMarrit AlderkampMax PijfersStan BaijensAlix von BredowPeter SchutteSander PrevooGijs van AsseltSagayamary SagayaradjBasten SnoekRichard MichelmoreDmitry LapinGuido Van den Ackervekenahttps://ror.org/04pp8hn57Translational Plant Biology, Department of Biology, Science Faculty, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht 3584CH, The Netherlandsbhttps://ror.org/04pp8hn57Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics, Department of Biology, Science Faculty, Institute of Biodynamics and Biocomplexity, Utrecht University, Utrecht 3584CH, The Netherlandschttps://ror.org/05rrcem69Genome Center, University of California, Davis, CA 95616dhttps://ror.org/05rrcem69Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 32 2026-08-11T07:00:00Z 2026-08-11T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2532196123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2532196123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2535250123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 32, August 2026. <br/>SignificanceGinseng is a globally important medicinal plant valued for its health-promoting ginsenosides, but the genetic basis underlying its domestication and metabolite divergence remains unclear. By resequencing 287 accessions, we identified five ... Population genomics reveals ginseng domestication and ginsenoside biosynthesis doi:10.1073/pnas.2535250123 2026-08-05T07:00:00Z Yating ZhangKui WangZheng LiXikai YuFengjiao WangSiwei QiaoShiquan XuJiantao ZhaoBao LiuXingtan ZhangHao ZhangWei Liahttps://ror.org/0313jb750Institute of Special Animal and Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun 130112, Chinabhttps://ror.org/0313jb750Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518120, Chinachttps://ror.org/034t30j35Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, Chinadhttps://ror.org/04gh4er46State Key Laboratory of Quantitative Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, Chinaehttps://ror.org/05bnh6r87Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853fhttps://ror.org/02rkvz144Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 32 2026-08-11T07:00:00Z 2026-08-11T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2535250123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2535250123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2617665123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 32, August 2026. <br/>SignificanceSalt stress imposes cellular challenges through osmotic dehydration and ionic toxicity, yet mechanisms for ionic stress perception in plants remain unknown. We identified MUSTANG4 (MUG4) as both an ionic sensor and master autophagy regulator ... A transposon-derived transcription factor senses ionic stress through phase separation to govern plant autophagy doi:10.1073/pnas.2617665123 2026-08-05T07:00:00Z Yang ShaoSongyang WangLi LiangBiao GongAurore JoharyBenhui ShiLinyang ZhangYanqun XuZoé Joly-LopezZisheng LuoThomas E. BureauJiaqi SunaThe Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environmental Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, Shandong Key Laboratory of Precision Molecular Crop Design and Breeding, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress Biology and Genetic Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Chinabhttps://ror.org/01pxwe438Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3B 1A1, Canadachttps://ror.org/02ke8fw32College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian 271018, Chinadhttps://ror.org/002rjbv21Département de Chimie, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC H2X 3P2, Canadaehttps://ror.org/0220qvk04Department of Food Science and Technology, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, ChinafCollege of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Key Laboratory of Agro-Products Postharvest Handling Ministry of Agriculture, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Agri-Food Resources and High-Value Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, Chinaghttps://ror.org/0207yh398Shenzhen Research Institute of Shandong University, Shenzhen 518000, China Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 32 2026-08-11T07:00:00Z 2026-08-11T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2617665123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2617665123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2618203123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 32, August 2026. <br/>SignificanceElucidating the mechanisms that sustain circadian precision is crucial for understanding how plants align their internal rhythms with external environmental cycles. This study provides mechanistic insights into the action roles of LWD1 by ... Unveiling previously undescribed circadian clock regulators and action mechanisms via TurboID-based profiling of the LWD1 interactome in Arabidopsis thaliana doi:10.1073/pnas.2618203123 2026-08-05T07:00:00Z Chun-Kai HuangChuan-Chih HsuHuang-Lung TsaiWen-Dar LinJing-Fen WuShu-Hsing Wuahttps://ror.org/00jj3h083Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115201, Taiwanbhttps://ror.org/05bqach95Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 32 2026-08-11T07:00:00Z 2026-08-11T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2618203123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2618203123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2603182123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 31, August 2026. <br/>SignificanceVerticillium dahliaeis a vascular fungal pathogen notorious for its “stealthy” parasitic phase, during which it colonizes host plants with minimal immune activation. The molecular basis of this immune silence has remained elusive. We show ... A fungal effector inhibits plant MAPK signaling by acting as a decoy substrate of MKK5 doi:10.1073/pnas.2603182123 2026-07-29T07:00:00Z Xiu-qi LiuXian-ping LiuLin JinMin LuoYu-jia TangYu-zhuo YanCheng-Guo DuanChen ZhuaCollege of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, Chinabhttps://ror.org/0064kty71School of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518107, Chinachttps://ror.org/001f9e125Key Laboratory of Cotton and Rapeseed (Nanjing), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Institute of Industrial Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 31 2026-08-04T07:00:00Z 2026-08-04T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2603182123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2603182123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2536276123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 30, July 2026. <br/>SignificanceThe angles at which roots grow into the soil determine how plants search for water and nutrients and are central to plant performance and stress resilience. We identifySHOOT GRAVITROPISM 9as a regulator of gravity perception in lateral roots,... SHOOT GRAVITROPISM 9 links sensory timing to the initial lateral root growth angle doi:10.1073/pnas.2536276123 2026-07-22T07:00:00Z Sophie Zoe FarkasFederico GrippoDenisa OulehlováAlberto González-DelgadoSeinab NouraSima MolazeinaliKrzysztof WabnikMatyáš FendrychSascha WaidmannJürgen Kleine-Vehnahttps://ror.org/0245cg223Institute of Biology II, Chair of Molecular Plant Physiology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg 79104, Germanybhttps://ror.org/0245cg223Center for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, Freiburg 79104, Germanychttps://ror.org/024d6js02Department of Experimental Plant Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague 128 00, Czechiadhttps://ror.org/057br4398Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague 16502, Czech Republicehttps://ror.org/02gfc7t72Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid—Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid 28223, Spainfhttps://ror.org/05vf56z40Department of Plant Biology, School of Biology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran 1417694411, Iranghttps://ror.org/0245cg223Future Forests Cluster of Excellence, University of Freiburg, Freiburg 79104, Germany Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 30 2026-07-28T07:00:00Z 2026-07-28T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2536276123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2536276123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2602740123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 30, July 2026. <br/>SignificanceWhile SnRK2 kinases, core components of abscisic acid (ABA) signaling, are known to positively regulate drought responses, the mechanisms that prevent overactivation of this pathway require further exploration. Our work in maize reveals that ... A phosphorylation cascade involving ZmSnRK2.10–ZmRIPK2–ZmWRKY38 attenuates drought response by derepressing ZmSUS2 in maize doi:10.1073/pnas.2602740123 2026-07-20T07:00:00Z Tingting WangAifang MaJinkui ChengYinan HanXuexue ChenTingting FangZiting ZhongYuemei ZhangJikang TianHan WangYu WangJunsheng QiShuhua YangZhizhong Gongahttps://ror.org/04v3ywz14State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience, Frontiers Science Center for Molecular Design Breeding, Center for Crop Functional Genomics and Molecular Breeding, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, Chinabhttps://ror.org/02aee5m12State Key Laboratory of Seed Innovation, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, ChinacCollege of Life Sciences, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 30 2026-07-28T07:00:00Z 2026-07-28T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2602740123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2602740123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2608150123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 30, July 2026. <br/>SignificanceIn plants, Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) acts as an important gasotransmitter, with protein persulfidation recognized as one of its major regulatory mechanisms, yet its protein targets and metabolic consequences remain poorly understood. By mapping ... H2S-mediated protein persulfidation regulates redox metabolic flux underlying salt-stress resilience in rice doi:10.1073/pnas.2608150123 2026-07-21T07:00:00Z Zhengyao LinMingjian ZhouXiaoyun MaMiaomiao LiLing FuHongfei LiYinggao LiuFu-Yuan ZhuMarc Van MontaguFrank Van BreusegemJingjing HuangYanjie Xieahttps://ror.org/03m96p165State Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Forest Food Resources, Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration on Subtropical Forest Biodiversity Conservation, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210037, Chinabhttps://ror.org/05td3s095Laboratory Center of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, Chinachttps://ror.org/00cv9y106Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent 9052, BelgiumdCenter for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent 9052, BelgiumeState Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing 102206, Chinafhttps://ror.org/02ke8fw32College of Life Science, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, Shandong 271018, ChinagInternational Plant Biotechnology Outreach, VIB, Ghent 9052, Belgium Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 30 2026-07-28T07:00:00Z 2026-07-28T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2608150123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2608150123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2609666123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 30, July 2026. <br/>SignificanceNitrogen availability in soils fluctuates across space and time, yet most measurements rely on laboratory analysis of extracted soil samples. Such measurements provide only snapshots of nitrogen status and do not necessarily reflect the ... Sentinel plants enable quantitative monitoring of bioavailable nitrate in soils and microbial environments doi:10.1073/pnas.2609666123 2026-07-23T07:00:00Z Eugene LiChiara BerrutoTufan M. OzElisa GrilloCatherine GriffinYunqing WangKimberley T. MuchenjeJolie W. JonesGozde S. Demirerahttps://ror.org/05dxps055Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Division, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125bhttps://ror.org/05dxps055Biology and Biological Engineering Division, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 30 2026-07-28T07:00:00Z 2026-07-28T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2609666123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2609666123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2610028123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 30, July 2026. <br/>SignificanceOxygen evolution by photosystem II sustains aerobic life and transformed Earth’s early environment by generating the oxygenic atmosphere. The reaction is catalyzed by the Mn4CaO5cluster of the oxygen-evolving complex (OEC), which is mainly ... Posttranslational generation of carboxylate ligands from aliphatic side chains in the photosynthetic oxygen-evolving complex doi:10.1073/pnas.2610028123 2026-07-20T07:00:00Z Hatsune MizueTakehiro SuzukiTakumi MatsubaraTomomi Kitajima-IharaMinako HiranoYuichiro ShimadaYuki KatoNaoshi DohmaeTakumi Noguchiahttps://ror.org/04chrp450Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, Japanbhttps://ror.org/010rf2m76Biomolecular Characterization Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 30 2026-07-28T07:00:00Z 2026-07-28T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2610028123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2610028123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2610789123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 30, July 2026. <br/>SignificanceRed algae and land plants diverged more than a billion years ago and assemble cuticles using chemically different strategies, reflecting convergent evolution of these surface boundaries. An optimized extraction method enabled biochemical ... The multilayered cuticle underlying structural coloration in red algae shares features with the metazoan extracellular matrix doi:10.1073/pnas.2610789123 2026-07-23T07:00:00Z Glenn PhilippeOlivier GodfroyFrederic BeissonAmbre GautierDiane JouanneauSophie Le PanseEmmanuelle ComLudovic DelageMirjam CzjzekElizabeth Ficko-BleanJonas Collénahttps://ror.org/03s0pzj56Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biologie Intégrative des Modèles Marins, UMR 8227, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Roscoff F-29680, Francebhttps://ror.org/01rs1gy10CEA, CNRS, Aix Marseille Université, Institut de Biosciences et Biotechnologies d’Aix-Marseille, UMR 7265, CEA Cadarache, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance F-13108, Francechttps://ror.org/02en5vm52Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Merimage Facility, FR 2424, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Roscoff F-29680, Francedhttps://ror.org/05cx7ek10Univ Rennes, CNRS, Inserm, Biosit UAR 3480, US-S 018, Protim Core Facility, Rennes F-35042, Franceehttps://ror.org/01p178v10Univ Rennes, Inserm, École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique, Institut de Recherche en Santé, Environnement et Travail, UMR-S 1085, Rennes F-35000, France Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 30 2026-07-28T07:00:00Z 2026-07-28T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2610789123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2610789123?af=R