{"title":"Navigating plant stress response: from nucleus to peroxisomes.","authors":"Anna Collin, Agata Daszkowska-Golec","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2025.03.016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2025.03.016","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The early stages of abscisic acid (ABA) signaling are well understood, but less is known about how plants maintain prolonged stress responses without the adverse effects of continuous ABA exposure. A recent study (Lu et al.) highlights the pivotal role of N-glycosylation in regulating Sucrose nonfermenting-1 Related Kinase 2 (SnRK2) kinase function during prolonged ABA signaling.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143789046","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":"A noncanonical scaffold in steroidal metabolism.","authors":"Guo Li, Huiqing He, Qiao Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2025.03.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2025.03.008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A recent study by Boccia et al. identified GAME15, a cellulose synthase-like protein that is essential for steroidal saponin and glycoalkaloid biosynthesis in Solanum species. GAME15 functions as a scaffold, interacting with key enzymes involved in the early steps of biosynthesis, enabling metabolic flux from cholesterol to steroidal defense compounds.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143781241","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}
Trends in Plant SciencePub Date : 2025-04-01Epub Date: 2024-11-15DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2024.10.011
Ülo Niinemets, Martin Zobel
{"title":"Ecological intensification index: reducing global footprint of agriculture.","authors":"Ülo Niinemets, Martin Zobel","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.10.011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.10.011","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Because of the growing human population, increasing agricultural yields is becoming increasingly more important. However, various environmental crises have led society to demand a reduction in the environmental damage caused by agriculture. Until now, the economic and ecological aspects of plant cultivation have developed largely independently. Here, we propose a novel ecological intensification index (EII) that integrates both economic and ecological goals, measured in relative units as the realized proportion of a possible maximum value. The EII can incorporate multiple ecological and/or economic measures with different weights to balance societal needs, environmental concerns, and scientific knowledge. Using the EII will provide a quantitative target for breeders, agronomists, and farmers to catalyze innovation toward a minimal ecological impact of agriculture.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":"373-381"},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142644262","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":"Pathogen effectors hijack calcium signaling to promote virulence.","authors":"Jean-Philippe Galaud, Stéphane Genin, Didier Aldon","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.10.012","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.10.012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Calcium signaling is a cornerstone of plant defense responses. In this opinion article we explore how pathogens exploit this pathway by targeting calcium sensors such as calmodulin (CaM) and calmodulin-like proteins (CMLs) with their secreted effectors. We illustrate different mechanisms by which effectors manipulate calcium homeostasis, cytoskeletal dynamics, metabolism, hormone biosynthesis, gene regulation, and chloroplast function to suppress plant immunity and enhance virulence. Targeting calcium signaling to thwart or weaken host defenses appears to be a common strategy among pathogens infecting animal cells, and we present here selected examples of this convergence. Understanding these strategies provides valuable insights into the interactions between plants and pathogens, and should pave the way for the development of new disease control strategies.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":"356-363"},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142629001","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}
Trends in Plant SciencePub Date : 2025-04-01Epub Date: 2024-11-18DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2024.10.013
Hanneke A C Suijkerbuijk, Sergio E Ramos, Erik H Poelman
{"title":"Plasticity in plant mating systems.","authors":"Hanneke A C Suijkerbuijk, Sergio E Ramos, Erik H Poelman","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.10.013","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.10.013","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Many plants are extremely plastic in their vegetative and life-history traits, allowing them to deal with a variety of environmental conditions during their lifetime. However, in our understanding of plant reproduction, plasticity in mating system is not broadly considered. Even though mating system shifts are well studied on an evolutionary timescale, we show that many traits affecting plant mating system also show plasticity within an ecological timeframe. This plasticity in reproduction can be found in prepollination, in interactions with pollinators, and in various postpollination processes. We bring together molecular and ecological work on plant reproduction and guide future research on mating systems to embrace trait plasticity and context dependency of mating strategies.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":"424-436"},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142676823","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}
Trends in Plant SciencePub Date : 2025-04-01Epub Date: 2025-01-03DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2024.12.010
Zheng Yang, Meng Zhang, Chang Du
{"title":"A novel mechanism promoting lipid droplet formation.","authors":"Zheng Yang, Meng Zhang, Chang Du","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.12.010","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.12.010","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recently, Torres-Romero et al. identified a novel lipid droplet (LD)-associated protein, α/β-hydrolase domain containing protein 1 (ABHD1), in algae. Structurally, ABHD1 promotes the budding and growth of LDs and, functionally, it hydrolyzes lyso-diacylglyceryl-N,N,N-trimethylhomoserine (lyso-DGTS) to generate glyceryl-N,N,N-trimethylhomoserine (GTS) and free fatty acids (FFAs). Taken together, ABHD1 mediates a novel pathway for LD formation.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":"347-349"},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142928463","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}
Trends in Plant SciencePub Date : 2025-04-01Epub Date: 2024-11-19DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2024.10.015
Ziv Aardening, Hitaishi Khandal, Ori Avraham Erlichman, Sigal Savaldi-Goldstein
{"title":"The whole and its parts: cell-specific functions of brassinosteroids.","authors":"Ziv Aardening, Hitaishi Khandal, Ori Avraham Erlichman, Sigal Savaldi-Goldstein","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.10.015","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.10.015","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Brassinosteroid (BR) phytohormones operate at both the cellular and organ levels, and impart distinct transcriptional responses in different cell types and developmental zones, with distinct effects on organ size and shape. Here, we review recent advances implementing high-resolution and modeling tools that have provided new insights into the role of BR signaling in growth coordination across cell layers. We discuss recently gained knowledge on BR movement and its relevance for intercellular communication, as well as how local protein environments enable cell- and stage-specific BR regulation. We also explore how tissue-specific alterations in BR signaling enhance crop yield. Together, we offer a comprehensive view of how BR signaling shapes the whole (overall growth dynamics) through its parts (intricate cellular interactions).</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":"389-408"},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142676835","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}
Trends in Plant SciencePub Date : 2025-04-01Epub Date: 2024-12-24DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2024.12.003
Lijing Liu, Dev Patel, Olivia Cyburt, Daowen Wang, Zheng Qing Fu
{"title":"Microbiota-dependent and -independent autoimmunity in plants.","authors":"Lijing Liu, Dev Patel, Olivia Cyburt, Daowen Wang, Zheng Qing Fu","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.12.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.12.003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In a recent study to identify arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) genes involved in maintaining normal leaf microbiota, Cheng et al. discovered TIP GROWTH DEFECTIVE1 (TIP1) encoding an S-acyltransferase. The tip1 mutant exhibits abnormal microbiota levels and phenotypes resembling autoimmune mutants. Further study revealed the existence of both microbiota-dependent and -independent autoimmunity in plants.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":"344-346"},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142898456","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}
Tarikul Islam, Matthew S Brown, Albrecht M Koppenhöfer
{"title":"Harnessing plant silicon defenses for biological control of herbivorous insects.","authors":"Tarikul Islam, Matthew S Brown, Albrecht M Koppenhöfer","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2025.03.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2025.03.004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Silicon (Si) accumulation in plants strengthens tissues and reduces insect herbivore performance. Supplementing plants with Si can enhance the attraction of predators and parasitoids by altering the emissions of herbivore-induced plant volatiles. Herbivores feeding on Si-supplemented plants can exhibit delayed development and compromised anti-predator defenses, such as weakened immune responses. Thus, Si supplementation could potentially enhance the biological control of pest herbivores by attracting more natural enemies and increasing herbivore exposure and susceptibility to predation and parasitism. We critically examine the current understanding of the effects of plant Si defenses on interactions between herbivores and their natural enemies, highlighting key uncertainties that must be addressed to leverage the benefits of Si for the biological control of herbivorous insects.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143773405","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}