Nature PlantsPub Date : 2026-09-14DOI: 10.1038/s41477-026-02411-8
Tom R. Booker, Meghan E. Smith, Chaebin Lee
{"title":"Ancient trees, different genetic legacies","authors":"Tom R. Booker, Meghan E. Smith, Chaebin Lee","doi":"10.1038/s41477-026-02411-8","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41477-026-02411-8","url":null,"abstract":"Old and ancient trees should be preserved and protected for their crucial roles in local ecosystems, but it has also been suggested that such individuals may represent storehouses of adaptive potential. However, data from Glyptostrobus pensilis (Chinese swamp cypress) suggest that ancient individuals are not particularly distinct from younger individuals, and that the species demographic history better explains patterns of genetic variation than age structure.","PeriodicalId":18904,"journal":{"name":"Nature Plants","volume":"12 10","pages":"1889-1890"},"PeriodicalIF":15.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148970230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature PlantsPub Date : 2026-09-10DOI: 10.1038/s41477-026-02412-7
{"title":"A soybean transcriptome atlas reveals organ- and cell-type-specific sets of co-expressed transcription factors","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41477-026-02412-7","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41477-026-02412-7","url":null,"abstract":"Analysis of an integrated single-nucleus transcriptome generated from ten soybean organs reveals organ- and cell-type-specific co-expression of transcription factor (TF)-encoding genes. This discovery highlights the potential role of co-expressed TFs in maintaining the functional identity of plant cell types.","PeriodicalId":18904,"journal":{"name":"Nature Plants","volume":"12 10","pages":"1899-1900"},"PeriodicalIF":15.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148930302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature PlantsPub Date : 2026-09-10DOI: 10.1038/s41477-026-02388-4
Sandra B. Thibivilliers, Sergio Alan Cervantes-Pérez, Eric J. Y. Yang, Yaohua Li, Sahand Amini, Julie M. Pelletier, Ian Meyer, Hengping Xu, Sutton Tennant, Chandler M. Sprueill, Andrew D. Farmer, Jeremy E. Coate, Hilde Nelissen, Olivier C. Martin, Erik J. Amézquita, Robert B. Goldberg, John J. Harada, Jason Nichols, Marc Libault
{"title":"Decoding the landscape of cell-type-specific co-expressed transcription factors in soybean","authors":"Sandra B. Thibivilliers, Sergio Alan Cervantes-Pérez, Eric J. Y. Yang, Yaohua Li, Sahand Amini, Julie M. Pelletier, Ian Meyer, Hengping Xu, Sutton Tennant, Chandler M. Sprueill, Andrew D. Farmer, Jeremy E. Coate, Hilde Nelissen, Olivier C. Martin, Erik J. Amézquita, Robert B. Goldberg, John J. Harada, Jason Nichols, Marc Libault","doi":"10.1038/s41477-026-02388-4","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41477-026-02388-4","url":null,"abstract":"Soybean (Glycine max) is an essential source of protein and oil with high nutritional value for human and animal consumption. To enhance our understanding of soybean biology, it is essential to have accurate information regarding the expression of each of its protein-coding genes. Here, we present Tabula Glycine max, a soybean single-cell resolution transcriptome atlas. This atlas comprises single-nucleus RNA-sequencing data from ten different G. max organs and morphological structures constituting the entire soybean plant. These nuclei are grouped into 156 different clusters based on their transcriptomic profiles. The breadth of various organs, tissues and cell types represented in Tabula Glycine max reveals that the pattern of co-expressed transcription factor genes is sufficient to define most cell types based on their function and organ of origin. Defining cell-type-specific co-expressed transcription factor genes offers a new perspective to engineer cell-type-specific programmes and enhance the biology of unique soybean cell types. This cellular resolution and breadth make the Tabula Glycine max an exceptional resource for the plant and soybean communities. The soybean single-cell transcriptome atlas, Tabula Glycine max, spans ten organs. This resource reveals that the pattern of co-expressed transcription factor genes defines most cell types based on their function and organ of origin.","PeriodicalId":18904,"journal":{"name":"Nature Plants","volume":"12 10","pages":"2120-2141"},"PeriodicalIF":15.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148930317","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An LRR co-receptor kinase essential for systemic nitrogen-demand signalling","authors":"Mari Ogawa-Ohnishi, Taizo Nomura, Yoko Hayashi, Yasuko Yamashita, Saki Noda, Reiji Suda, Yuri Ohkubo, Yoshikatsu Matsubayashi","doi":"10.1038/s41477-026-02391-9","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41477-026-02391-9","url":null,"abstract":"Plants have evolved a signalling pathway in which, when one root senses local nitrogen (N) deficiency, nitrate uptake by other roots is enhanced in a complementary manner. This long-range communication, known as systemic N-demand signalling, is triggered when the root-to-shoot mobile signal, C-TERMINALLY ENCODED PEPTIDE (CEP), which is induced in roots under N starvation, is perceived by CEP RECEPTOR 1 (CEPR1) expressed in the leaf phloem. However, the molecular components required for CEP-dependent CEPR1 activation remain unknown. Here we identified a leucine-rich repeat receptor kinase that interacts with CEPR1 in a CEP-dependent manner, which we named CEP RECEPTOR INTERACTOR (CERI). CERI belongs to the last functionally uncharacterized clade within the Arabidopsis leucine-rich repeat receptor kinase subgroup II. Loss of CERI impairs systemic N-demand signalling but does not affect CEPR1-mediated regulation of root system architecture. CERI functions as a co-receptor that confers signalling specificity on CEPR1 by selectively mediating systemic N-demand signalling. This study identifies a LRR-RK subfamily II receptor kinase as a co-receptor for CEPR1, assigning a function to the last unknown clade of this receptor family and revealing a key regulator of systemic nitrogen-demand signalling in plants.","PeriodicalId":18904,"journal":{"name":"Nature Plants","volume":"12 9","pages":"1698-1706"},"PeriodicalIF":15.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148912933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature PlantsPub Date : 2026-09-08DOI: 10.1038/s41477-026-02401-w
Zhiyu Chen, Meiling Li, Shiqian Yang, Ke Li, Yilin Xin, Xiulian Liu, Yuxuan Guo, Hong Ma, Chenjiang You, Cong Wang, Yingxiang Wang
{"title":"Zinc-finger proteins C3H14 and C3H15 maintain meiocyte identity in flowering plants","authors":"Zhiyu Chen, Meiling Li, Shiqian Yang, Ke Li, Yilin Xin, Xiulian Liu, Yuxuan Guo, Hong Ma, Chenjiang You, Cong Wang, Yingxiang Wang","doi":"10.1038/s41477-026-02401-w","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41477-026-02401-w","url":null,"abstract":"In the anthers of flowering plants, the innermost meiocytes and surrounding somatic cells (tapetum) are differentiated from the same precursor archesporial cells, and these cells acquire distinct cell identities after specification. However, the underlying mechanism regulating meiocyte identity is elusive. Here we demonstrate a conserved surveillance mechanism governed by Arabidopsis zinc-finger proteins C3H14 and C3H15, which redundantly regulate mRNA homoeostasis to ensure meiocyte identity. The meiocytes of Atc3h14 Atc3h15 display meiotic arrest accompanied by ectopic accumulation of mRNAs essential for archesporial cell differentiation and tapetum development. These meiocytes ultimately undergo reactive oxygen species bursts and programmed cell death in synchrony with the tapetum. Moreover, C3H14/C3H15 interacts with processing-body proteins and the CCR4–NOT deadenylase complex, and is required for eliminating unwanted transcripts. Consistently, CRISPR–Cas9-induced mutations in AtC3H14/15 paralogues in soybean and rice caused similar defects in meiocyte identity, indicating that the regulation of meiocyte identity by post-transcriptional RNA elimination is conserved in flowering plants. In flowering plants, zinc-finger proteins C3H14 and C3H15 maintain meiocyte identity by eliminating somatic transcripts in anthers. The loss of C3H14/C3H15 leads to ectopic transcript accumulation, pachytene arrest, reactive oxygen species bursts and programmed cell death in meiocytes.","PeriodicalId":18904,"journal":{"name":"Nature Plants","volume":"12 10","pages":"2055-2072"},"PeriodicalIF":15.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148912982","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}