{"title":"Chromatin dynamics and epigenetic regulation in plant development and environmental responses","authors":"Mark Zander, Javier Gallego-Bartolomé","doi":"10.1016/j.pbi.2024.102674","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pbi.2024.102674","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11003,"journal":{"name":"Current opinion in plant biology","volume":"83 ","pages":"Article 102674"},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142871630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editorial overview: Spatial and temporal regulation of molecular and cell biological process across biological scales","authors":"Arun Sampathkumar, Masayoshi Nakamura","doi":"10.1016/j.pbi.2024.102675","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pbi.2024.102675","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11003,"journal":{"name":"Current opinion in plant biology","volume":"83 ","pages":"Article 102675"},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142863534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Detecting novel plant pathogen threats to food system security by integrating the Plant Reactome and remote sensing","authors":"Seth C. Murray , Aart Verhoef , Alper Adak , Dipankar Sen , Riva Salzman , Pankaj Jaiswal , Sushma Naithani","doi":"10.1016/j.pbi.2024.102684","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pbi.2024.102684","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Plant diseases constantly threaten crops and food systems, while global connectivity further increases the risks of spreading existing and exotic pathogens. Here, we first explore how an integrative approach involving plant pathway knowledgegraphs, differential gene expression data, and biochemical data informing Raman spectroscopy could be used to detect plant pathways responding to pathogen attacks. The Plant Reactome (<span><span>https://plantreactome.gramene.org</span><svg><path></path></svg></span>) demonstrates the potential to synthesize knowledgegraphs depicting plant-pathogen interactions, leveraging availability of publicly available OMIC data sets related to major diseases of rice and maize. Plant pathway signatures may then guide the development of drone and satellite remote-sensing methods for early monitoring of disease outbreaks across farms and landscapes. A review of current proximal- and remote-sensing technology demonstrates the potential for actionable early pathogen detection. We furthermore identify knowledge gaps that need to be addressed for developing these tools as components of effective strategies for safeguarding global food security against current and emerging pathogens.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11003,"journal":{"name":"Current opinion in plant biology","volume":"83 ","pages":"Article 102684"},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142926900","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Vladimir Torres-Rodríguez , Delin Li , James C. Schnable
{"title":"Evolving best practices for transcriptome-wide association studies accelerate discovery of gene-phenotype links","authors":"J. Vladimir Torres-Rodríguez , Delin Li , James C. Schnable","doi":"10.1016/j.pbi.2024.102670","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pbi.2024.102670","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Transcriptome-wide association studies (TWAS) complement genome-wide association studies (GWAS) by using gene expression data to link specific genes to phenotypes. This review examines 37 TWAS studies across eight plant species, evaluating the impact of methodological choices on outcomes using maize and soybean datasets. Large sample sizes and synchronized sample collection for gene expression measurement appear to significantly increase power for discovering gene-phenotype linkages, while matching tissue, stage, and environment may matter much less than previously believed, making it feasible to reuse large and well-collected expression datasets across multiple studies. The development of statistical approaches and computational tools specifically optimized for plant TWAS data will ultimately be needed, but further potential remains to adapt advances developed in GWAS to TWAS contexts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11003,"journal":{"name":"Current opinion in plant biology","volume":"83 ","pages":"Article 102670"},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142767329","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Messenger and message: Uncovering the roles, rhythm and regulation of extracellular vesicles in plant biotic interactions","authors":"Serena Agnes Qiao, Ronelle Roth","doi":"10.1016/j.pbi.2024.102672","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pbi.2024.102672","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are membrane-delimited nanoparticles found in every kingdom of life and are known to mediate cell–cell communication in animal systems through the trafficking of proteins and nucleic acids. Research into plant and microbial EVs suggests that these have similar transport capacity, and moreover are able to mediate signalling not only within an organism but also between organisms, acting between plants and their microbial partners in cross-kingdom signalling. Here, we review recent research exploring the roles of these EVs, both plant and microbial, highlighting emerging trends of functional conservation between species and across kingdoms, complemented by the heterogeneity of EV subpopulations at the organism level that places EVs as powerful regulatory mechanisms in plant biotic interactions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11003,"journal":{"name":"Current opinion in plant biology","volume":"83 ","pages":"Article 102672"},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142902676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yunfei Hu , Dan Wang , Xiaohua Zhang , Xiaodong Lv , Bo Li
{"title":"Current progress in deciphering the molecular mechanisms underlying plant salt tolerance","authors":"Yunfei Hu , Dan Wang , Xiaohua Zhang , Xiaodong Lv , Bo Li","doi":"10.1016/j.pbi.2024.102671","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pbi.2024.102671","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Enhancing crop salt tolerance through genetics and genomics is important for food security. It is environmentally friendly and cost-effective in maintaining crop production in farmlands affected by soil salinization and can also facilitate the utilization of marginal saline land. Despite the limited success achieved so far, it is becoming possible to bridge the gap between fundamental research and crop breeding owing to a deeper understanding of plant salt tolerance at both physiological and molecular levels. Therefore, we review the recent key progress in identifying the molecular mechanisms contributing to plant salt tolerance with a focus on balancing growth and salt resilience. With the accruing knowledge and the rapidly evolving tools (e.g. genome editing and artificial intelligence), it is reasonable to expect the future salt-tolerant crops in a few decades.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11003,"journal":{"name":"Current opinion in plant biology","volume":"83 ","pages":"Article 102671"},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142720488","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}