Pooja Sharma, Thomas Reitz, Surendra Pratap Singh, Anja Worrich, E Marie Muehe
{"title":"Going beyond improving soil health: cover plants as contaminant removers in agriculture.","authors":"Pooja Sharma, Thomas Reitz, Surendra Pratap Singh, Anja Worrich, E Marie Muehe","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2025.01.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2025.01.009","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Agriculture faces the increasing demands of a growing global population amid simultaneous challenges to soils from climate change and human-induced contamination. Cover plants are vital in sustainable agriculture, contributing to soil health improvement, erosion prevention, and enhanced climate resilience, but their role in contaminant management is underexplored. Herein we review the utilization of cover plants for remediating contaminants such as metals, organic pollutants, nitrate, antibiotics, antimicrobial resistance genes, plastics, and salts. We explore phytoremediation strategies - including phytoextraction, phytodegradation, and phytostabilization - in cover plant management. We highlight the challenges of selecting effective cover plants and the need for biomass removal of non-biodegradable contaminants, and we advocate incorporating phytoremediation concepts into sustainable agricultural management practices beyond nutrient cycling and climate resilience.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143568237","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":"Unlocking the genetic blueprint of bamboo for climate adaption.","authors":"Nannan Wang, Wenjia Wang, Qiang Zhu","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2025.02.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2025.02.007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In a recent study, Hou et al. developed a high-resolution, haplotype-based pangenome for moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis), revealing significant genetic diversity and over 1000 climate-associated variants. Their findings highlight adaptive mechanisms for the ecological resilience of bamboo, providing crucial insights for climate-resilient breeding and conservation to ensure the long-term ecological and economic benefits of moso bamboo amid climate change.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143558181","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":"Decoding the evolution of C4 photosynthesis.","authors":"Syed Adeel Zafar, Julia Bailey-Serres","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2025.02.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2025.02.008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>C4 photosynthesis underpins the remarkable productivity of certain crops, including maize and sorghum. How the C4 pathway emerged from ancestral C3 relatives has been unclear. Swift et al. have deciphered how a pre-existing cis-regulatory code for bundle-sheath gene expression was conscripted to enable C4 photosynthesis.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143558180","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":"Translational photobiology: towards dynamic lighting in indoor horticulture.","authors":"Ulrike Bechtold, Meike Burow, Saijaliisa Kangasjärvi","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.10.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.10.006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Crop productivity depends on the ability of plants to thrive across different growth environments. In nature, light conditions fluctuate due to diurnal and seasonal changes in direction, duration, intensity, and spectrum. Laboratory studies, predominantly conducted with arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), have provided valuable insights into the metabolic and regulatory strategies that plants employ to cope with varying light intensities. However, there has been less focus on how horticultural crops tolerate dynamically changing light conditions during the photoperiod. In this review we connect insights from photobiology in model plants to the application of dynamic lighting in indoor horticulture. We explore how model species respond to fluctuating light intensities and discuss how this knowledge could be translated for new lighting solutions in controlled environment agriculture.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":"301-310"},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142558869","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 : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2024-12-31DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2024.12.007
Aziz Ul Ikram, Huan Chen, Jian Chen
{"title":"H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> sulfenylates CHE to activate systemic acquired resistance.","authors":"Aziz Ul Ikram, Huan Chen, Jian Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.12.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.12.007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Salicylic acid (SA) is an important systemic acquired resistance (SAR) signal in plants. However, the mobile signal that directly regulates systematic SA biosynthesis was previously unknown. Recently, Cao et al. found that hydrogen peroxide acts as a mobile signal by sulfenylating CCA1 HIKING EXPEDITION (CHE) and inducing SA production in systemic tissues.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":"238-240"},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142915654","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 : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2025-01-02DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2024.12.004
Simran Arora, Fiza Hamid, Shailesh Kumar
{"title":"Fusion transcripts in plants: hidden layer of transcriptome complexity.","authors":"Simran Arora, Fiza Hamid, Shailesh Kumar","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.12.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.12.004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the realm of genetic information, fusion transcripts contribute to the intricate complexity of the transcriptome across various organisms. Recently, Cong et al. investigated these RNAs in rice, maize, soybean, and arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), revealing conserved characteristics. These findings enhance our understanding of the functional roles and evolutionary significance of these fusion transcripts.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":"229-231"},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142928464","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 : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2024-11-06DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2024.10.003
Abdullah Bukhamsin, Jürgen Kosel, Matthew F McCabe, Ikram Blilou, Khaled N Salama
{"title":"Early and high-throughput plant diagnostics: strategies for disease detection.","authors":"Abdullah Bukhamsin, Jürgen Kosel, Matthew F McCabe, Ikram Blilou, Khaled N Salama","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.10.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.10.003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The rising global occurrence of plant pathogens highlights the need for a thorough reassessment of current disease detection and management schemes. To that end, we review the utility and limitations of the available sensing platforms deployed for phytodiagnostics in the field. We also discuss recent advances in the use of broad-spectrum biomarkers such as phytohormones and volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and assess the feasibility of deploying these platforms on a large scale. Because these platforms are often complementary, we propose a compressed sensing approach that combines several sensing platforms to manage plant pathogens while minimizing additional costs. Finally, we provide an outlook for the potential benefits of integrating new sensing technologies into farming for timely interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":"324-337"},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142606256","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 : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2024-10-29DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2024.09.014
Neelam Gogoi, Hendry Susila, Joan Leach, Markus Müllner, Brian Jones, Barry J Pogson
{"title":"Developing frameworks for nanotechnology-driven DNA-free plant genome-editing.","authors":"Neelam Gogoi, Hendry Susila, Joan Leach, Markus Müllner, Brian Jones, Barry J Pogson","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.09.014","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.09.014","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The bottlenecks of conventional plant genome-editing methods gave an innovative rise to nanotechnology as a delivery tool to manipulate gene(s) of interest. Studies suggest a strong correlation between the physicochemical properties of nanomaterials and their efficiency in gene delivery to different plant species/tissues. In this opinion article we highlight the need for a deeper understanding of plant-nanomaterial interactions to align their full capabilities with the strategic goals of plant genome-editing. Additionally, we emphasize DNA-free plant genome-editing approaches to potentially mitigate concerns surrounding genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Lastly, we propose a strategic integration of the principles of responsible research and innovation (RRI) in R&D. We aim to initiate a dialogue on developing collaborative and socio-technical frameworks for nanotechnology and DNA-free plant genome-editing.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":"249-268"},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142547658","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 : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2025-01-02DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2024.12.005
Niaz Ahmad, Muhammad Jawad Akbar Awan, Imran Amin, Shahid Mansoor
{"title":"Perfecting prime editing: achieving precise edits in dicots.","authors":"Niaz Ahmad, Muhammad Jawad Akbar Awan, Imran Amin, Shahid Mansoor","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.12.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.12.005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Prime editing (PE), a precise CRISPR-based method, has worked well in some plants but faces challenges in dicots. Vu and colleagues developed new PE tools that greatly improve PE efficiency in dicots, enabling accurate, heritable genome edits. This advance marks a breakthrough that could revolutionize crop improvement and plant biotechnology.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":"232-234"},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142928465","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":"Biomagnetic resonance: an innovative approach for the mitigation of plant diseases.","authors":"Abhijith Padukana, Geetha Nagaraja, Lam-Son Phan Tran, Sudisha Jogaiah","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.12.011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.12.011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":"338-339"},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142984892","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}