Roi Ankori-Karlinsky, Tobias D. Jackson, Gan Yuan, Jess K. Zimmerman, Douglas C. Morton, Tian Zheng, María Uriarte
{"title":"Wind acclimation in a subtropical forest: trees on wind-exposed slopes are shorter with smaller crowns","authors":"Roi Ankori-Karlinsky, Tobias D. Jackson, Gan Yuan, Jess K. Zimmerman, Douglas C. Morton, Tian Zheng, María Uriarte","doi":"10.1111/nph.70294","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70294","url":null,"abstract":"en<span>This link goes to a English section</span>es<span>This link goes to a Spanish section</span><p>\u0000</p><ul>\u0000<li>Tree architecture is an important component of forest community dynamics – taller trees with larger crowns often outcompete their neighbors, but they are generally at higher risk of wind-induced damage. Yet, we know little about wind impacts on tree architecture in natural forest settings, especially in complex tropical forests. Here, we use airborne light detection and ranging (LiDAR) and 30 yr of forest inventory data in Puerto Rico to ask whether and how chronic winds alter tree architecture.</li>\u0000<li>We randomly sampled 124 canopy individuals of four dominant tree species (<i>n</i> = 22–39). For each individual, we measured slenderness (height/stem diameter) and crown area (m<sup>2</sup>) and evaluated whether exposure to chronic winds impacted architecture after accounting for topography (curvature, elevation, slope, and soil wetness) and neighborhood variables (crowding and previous hurricane damage). We then estimated the mechanical wind vulnerability of trees.</li>\u0000<li>Three of four species grew significantly shorter (2–4 m) and had smaller crown areas in sites exposed to chronic winds. A short-lived pioneer species, by contrast, showed no evidence of wind-induced changes.</li>\u0000<li>We found that three species' architectural acclimation to chronic winds resulted in reduced vulnerability. Our findings demonstrate that exposure to chronic, nonstorm winds can lead to architectural changes in tropical trees, reducing height and crown areas.</li>\u0000</ul><p></p>","PeriodicalId":214,"journal":{"name":"New Phytologist","volume":"565 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144269417","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":"Chinese Seed Trait Database: a curated resource for diaspore traits in the Chinese flora","authors":"Hao-Yu Wang, Xue-Lin Chen, Si-Chong Chen","doi":"10.1111/nph.70296","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70296","url":null,"abstract":"<h2> Introduction</h2>\u0000<p>Regeneration marks the beginning of a plant's life cycle, with profound effects on population recruitment, species adaptation, and community resilience to environmental changes (Grubb, <span>1977</span>). Diaspores, including seeds, fruits, and their appendages (hereafter ‘seeds’), are crucial agents of plant regeneration, possessing a wide range of functional traits related to dispersal and colonisation (Saatkamp <i>et al</i>., <span>2019</span>). Trait-based approaches have been widely used to investigate responses of plants to both biotic and abiotic conditions from individual to ecosystem scales (Díaz <i>et al</i>., <span>2016</span>; He <i>et al</i>., <span>2019</span>). To date, traits of vegetative organs are overrepresented in existing global and regional databases, largely due to the essential roles of leaves in ecological functions and ecosystem services as well as the relative ease of accessing and measuring these traits (Supporting Information Table S1). However, our understanding of plant traits remains incomplete, particularly for those traits that are difficult to measure, such as regenerative traits (known as the ‘Raunkiæran shortfall’; Hortal <i>et al</i>., <span>2015</span>). Several databases have made efforts to address this gap (Table S1). For instance, the TRY database has compiled over 50 distinct seed traits with decent species representation (Kattge <i>et al</i>., <span>2020</span>), and the GIFT database has also aggregated substantial seed trait data (Weigelt <i>et al</i>., <span>2020</span>). Some regional databases, such as Rasgos-CL (Alfaro <i>et al</i>., <span>2023</span>) and LEDA (Kleyer <i>et al</i>., <span>2008</span>), with over 20% seed trait records, have contributed to this field. Nevertheless, seed trait data remain relatively sparse both in terms of trait diversity and record coverage (Table S1). Advancing key research questions in plant science necessitates comprehensive seed trait data, along with associated geographic information (Saatkamp <i>et al</i>., <span>2019</span>). These demands have prompted the recent initiation of several databases focusing on seed germination (Fernández-Pascual <i>et al</i>., <span>2023</span>), seed dormancy (Rosbakh <i>et al</i>., <span>2020</span>), and Brazilian rock vegetation seed traits (Ordóñez-Parra <i>et al</i>., <span>2023</span>). Despite these advances, seed-related data lag far behind those centred on vegetative traits in existing databases (Larson & Funk, <span>2016</span>; Kattge <i>et al</i>., <span>2020</span>).</p>\u0000<p>Current research efforts remain disproportionately focused on specific plant communities or habitats within certain regions, leading to heavily regional biases in the current global coverage of seed traits (Silveira <i>et al</i>., <span>2023</span>). China, which has a wide range of biomes, is renowned for its remarkable floral diversity of over 35 000 vascular plant taxa (Lu & He, <span>2017</span>). For ex","PeriodicalId":214,"journal":{"name":"New Phytologist","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144269412","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}
Thomas A. Bytnerowicz, Kevin L. Griffin, Duncan N. L. Menge
{"title":"Time lags in the regulation of symbiotic nitrogen fixation","authors":"Thomas A. Bytnerowicz, Kevin L. Griffin, Duncan N. L. Menge","doi":"10.1111/nph.70295","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70295","url":null,"abstract":"<h2> Introduction</h2>\u0000<p>Symbiotic nitrogen (N)-fixing plants are the dominant natural source of new N in many ecosystems (Cleveland <i>et al</i>., <span>2013</span>; Staccone <i>et al</i>., <span>2020</span>), capable of supplying more than 100 kg N ha<sup>−1</sup> yr<sup>−1</sup> (Binkley <i>et al</i>., <span>1994</span>) and are co-dominant with other sources globally (Davies-Barnard & Friedlingstein, <span>2020</span>; Reis Ely <i>et al</i>., <span>2025</span>). Symbiotic N fixation (SNF) can play a key role in forest succession (Chapin <i>et al</i>., <span>1994</span>; Batterman <i>et al</i>., <span>2013a</span>; Sullivan <i>et al</i>., <span>2014</span>; Levy-Varon <i>et al</i>., <span>2019</span>), in the ability of forests to sequester carbon as atmospheric CO<sub>2</sub> levels rise (Hungate <i>et al</i>., <span>2003</span>; Goll <i>et al</i>., <span>2012</span>; Wieder <i>et al</i>., <span>2015</span>; Sulman <i>et al</i>., <span>2019</span>), and in losses of reactive N via gaseous emissions (Erickson & Perakis, <span>2014</span>; Kou-Giesbrecht & Menge, <span>2021</span>) and leaching (Binkley <i>et al</i>., <span>1992</span>; Compton <i>et al</i>., <span>2003</span>).</p>\u0000<p>There is evidence that many N-fixing trees are capable of regulating SNF via a facultative SNF strategy (Barron <i>et al</i>., <span>2011</span>; Batterman <i>et al</i>., <span>2013b</span>; Bauters <i>et al</i>., <span>2016</span>; Dovrat <i>et al</i>., <span>2018</span>, <span>2020</span>; Taylor & Menge, <span>2018</span>; McCulloch & Porder, <span>2021</span>): increasing or decreasing SNF in response to changes in N supply relative to N demand (n.b. Menge <i>et al</i>., <span>2023</span>). According to theory, one of the pivotal aspects of facultative SNF is the speed at which N fixers adjust SNF (Menge <i>et al</i>., <span>2009</span>). Adjustments that are slow relative to changes in N supply or N demand create periods of under-fixation (less SNF than is necessary to alleviate N limitation to plant growth) and over-fixation (vice versa). Both under-fixation and over-fixation may reduce the growth rate and competitive ability of a facultative N fixer relative to its neighbors, independent of a cost of being facultative (Menge <i>et al</i>., <span>2009</span>). This reduction in growth and competitive ability results from N limitation when plants are under-fixing and the carbon cost of SNF (Tjepkema & Winship, <span>1980</span>; Gutschick, <span>1981</span>) when plants are over-fixing.</p>\u0000<p>The insight that time lags limit the success of phenotypic plasticity (facultative SNF is an example of phenotypic plasticity) is well known in evolutionary ecology (Padilla & Adolph, <span>1996</span>; DeWitt <i>et al</i>., <span>1998</span>; Auld <i>et al</i>., <span>2010</span>), which might have consequences for other aspects of SNF strategies. For example, Menge <i>et al</i>. (<span>2015</span>) demonstrated that some Mediterranean leg","PeriodicalId":214,"journal":{"name":"New Phytologist","volume":"602 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144269421","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}
Richard L. Peters, David Basler, Roman Zweifel, David N. Steger, Tobias Zhorzel, Cedric Zahnd, Günter Hoch, Ansgar Kahmen
{"title":"Normalized tree water deficit: an automated dendrometer signal to quantify drought stress in trees","authors":"Richard L. Peters, David Basler, Roman Zweifel, David N. Steger, Tobias Zhorzel, Cedric Zahnd, Günter Hoch, Ansgar Kahmen","doi":"10.1111/nph.70266","DOIUrl":"10.1111/nph.70266","url":null,"abstract":"<p>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":214,"journal":{"name":"New Phytologist","volume":"247 3","pages":"1186-1198"},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/nph.70266","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144269415","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhaofei Wu, Yufeng Gong, Constantin M. Zohner, Yann Vitasse, Mingwei Li, Yangjing Nie, Daniel M. Buonaiuto, Leonor Patricia Cerdeira Morellato, Zhendong Guo, Shuxin Wang, Nan Wang, Hongzhou Wang, Yongshuo H. Fu
{"title":"Stabilizing mechanisms enable dioecious trees to maintain synchrony in spring budburst under climate warming","authors":"Zhaofei Wu, Yufeng Gong, Constantin M. Zohner, Yann Vitasse, Mingwei Li, Yangjing Nie, Daniel M. Buonaiuto, Leonor Patricia Cerdeira Morellato, Zhendong Guo, Shuxin Wang, Nan Wang, Hongzhou Wang, Yongshuo H. Fu","doi":"10.1111/nph.70290","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70290","url":null,"abstract":"Summary<jats:list list-type=\"bullet\"> <jats:list-item>Climate change could reduce dioecious plant fitness if the phenology of males and females responds differently to temperature. However, the extent to which spring phenological responses to climate differ between sexes in wind‐pollinated dioecious trees remains poorly understood.</jats:list-item> <jats:list-item>Here, we combined ground observations with climate‐controlled experiments to investigate sexual differences in spring budburst in <jats:italic>Ginkgo biloba</jats:italic>, <jats:italic>Fraxinus chinensis</jats:italic>, and <jats:italic>Eucommia ulmoides</jats:italic>.</jats:list-item> <jats:list-item>In 96% of <jats:italic>in situ</jats:italic> cases, male trees initiated budburst earlier than females, on average by 3.0 ± 0.4 d. This disparity was more pronounced in warmer regions. The experiment indicated that background climate is a key predictor of sexual disparity in budburst, with the largest differences observed in twigs originating from regions with higher mean annual temperatures and precipitation. However, these disparities declined in areas where mean annual temperatures exceeded 17.1°C, indicating nonlinear trends. This pattern aligns with the warming treatments, where sexual disparities decreased under spring warming of 2–10°C.</jats:list-item> <jats:list-item>These results suggest that while sexual disparities can be larger in warmer climates, dioecious trees possess stabilizing mechanisms, including photoperiod and chilling requirements, to maintain synchrony under warming conditions. Our findings enhance understanding of sex‐specific phenological responses to climate change, with important implications for future species conservation and ecosystem management.</jats:list-item> </jats:list>","PeriodicalId":214,"journal":{"name":"New Phytologist","volume":"559 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144252300","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":"OsMADS55 nuclear translocation enhances OsATL15-mediated thiamethoxam uptake in rice for controlling the brown planthopper","authors":"Yuyan Xiao, Zepu Li, Shuqi Deng, Keyi Wang, Tinghong Huang, Linchuan Liu, Youzhi Li, Takashi Akihiro, Chunsheng Jia, Fei Lin, Hanhong Xu","doi":"10.1111/nph.70234","DOIUrl":"10.1111/nph.70234","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>\u0000 </p><ul>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Plants have evolved sophisticated mechanisms to respond to the absorption and transport of external substances. Transcription factors (TFs) play pivotal roles in regulating the expression of genes involved in the transport of various substances in plants. However, how TFs coordinate the initiation of key transcriptional networks involved in cellular localization/transport in response to pesticide uptake and translocation in rice remains largely unclear.</li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>In this study, we report OsMADS55 (SVP-group MADS-box transcription factor 55), a membrane-anchored TF that interacts with the thiamethoxam (THX) transporter OsATL15 at the plasma membrane (PM) and acts as a negative regulator. The <i>OsMADS55</i> mutant enhances the uptake and translocation of THX, thereby improving brown planthopper control.</li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Interestingly, we found that upon exposure to THX, OsMADS55 translocates from the PM to the nucleus, where it dissociates from OsATL15, thereby increasing the availability of OsATL15 at the membrane to facilitate THX uptake.</li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Our results uncovered a mechanistic framework underlying the OsMADS55-OsATL15 module that precisely controls the uptake and translocation of THX, providing insights for improved pest management and reduced dependence on pesticides.</li>\u0000 </ul>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":214,"journal":{"name":"New Phytologist","volume":"247 3","pages":"1382-1400"},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144259209","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}
Jessica Pazzaglia, Luca Ambrosino, Samuele Greco, Làzaro Marin-Guirao, Slavica Milanovic-Ivanovic, Koen J. F. Verhoeven, Gabriele Procaccini
{"title":"Priming for seagrass resilience: DNA methylation and transcriptomic insights into heat stress memory in Posidonia oceanica seedlings","authors":"Jessica Pazzaglia, Luca Ambrosino, Samuele Greco, Làzaro Marin-Guirao, Slavica Milanovic-Ivanovic, Koen J. F. Verhoeven, Gabriele Procaccini","doi":"10.1111/nph.70246","DOIUrl":"10.1111/nph.70246","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>\u0000 </p><ul>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Priming, a process that enables plants to ‘remember’ past stress and improve responses to future stressors, is underexplored in seagrasses. This study investigated gene expression and DNA methylation in <i>Posidonia oceanica</i> seedlings during priming and subsequent heat stress (triggering), marking the first analysis of priming regulation in this species.</li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Priming induced significant transcriptomic alterations, including the activation of DNA repair and metabolic pathways, which may underlie the enhanced resilience to repeated thermal stress that was observed previously.</li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Primed seedlings invested more in growth, in comparison with nonprimed ones, prioritizing stress response.</li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>The findings reveal key molecular and epigenetic mechanisms involved in thermal response, opening pathways for stress memory research in marine plants and supporting their potential role in ecological adaptation and restoration efforts.</li>\u0000 </ul>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":214,"journal":{"name":"New Phytologist","volume":"247 3","pages":"1156-1171"},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/nph.70246","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144267682","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Genotype × genotype interactions in a plant–microbe symbiosis","authors":"Kerri M. Crawford, Claudia M. Franco","doi":"10.1111/nph.70270","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70270","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":214,"journal":{"name":"New Phytologist","volume":"519 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144237718","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":"OsNIP3;1 mediates diurnal boron oscillation at rice vasculature tip","authors":"Meng-Qi Wang, Ya-Ting Wang, Jia-Shi Peng, Yan-Xuan Yu, Ting-Ting Wen, Zhi-Jun Liu, Zi-Ai Qi, Xin-Yi Zhang, Sen-Yu He, Zi-Jun Fang, Jian-Feng Ma, Ji-Ming Gong","doi":"10.1111/nph.70201","DOIUrl":"10.1111/nph.70201","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>\u0000 </p><ul>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Plant apoplast represents an essential compartment for the proper function of certain mineral solutes, and vasculature acts as a long-distance system to distribute them between different parts of the continuous apoplast. Guttation occurs at the distal end of the vasculature, but how it adds to ion homeostasis has received scant attention.</li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Through genomic-scale ionomic profiling of apoplast fluids, guttation fluid, and xylem sap from 184 core accessions of paddy-grown rice, we identified novel ionomic constitution and dynamics. The most unique finding is that boron concentration jumps to a peak level at the distal end of the leaf blade. This phenomenon is conserved in other plants performing guttation. Boron concentration at leaf tips oscillates diurnally depending on guttation.</li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Tissue-specific gene expression analysis revealed that the boron influx-transporter gene <i>OsNIP3;1</i> is prominent in leaf tips and oscillates in synchronization with boron. Disruption of OsNIP3;1 decreased amplitudes of boron oscillation and the ratios of [Boron]<sub>guttation fluid/xylem sap</sub>.</li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Our findings reveal that OsNIP3;1 mediates boron oscillation at the distal end of the leaf blade during guttation.</li>\u0000 </ul>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":214,"journal":{"name":"New Phytologist","volume":"247 3","pages":"1493-1502"},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144259210","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}
Natalie Iwanycki Ahlstrand, Zoe A. Panchen, Anne D. Bjorkman, James D. M. Speed
{"title":"Herbarium specimens reveal drivers of Arctic shrub growth","authors":"Natalie Iwanycki Ahlstrand, Zoe A. Panchen, Anne D. Bjorkman, James D. M. Speed","doi":"10.1111/nph.70285","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70285","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":214,"journal":{"name":"New Phytologist","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144237721","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}