Trends in Plant SciencePub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-02-20DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2025.01.012
Maxime Phalempin, Hannah Schneider, Eusun Han, Lingyun Cheng, Doris Vetterlein
{"title":"Designing future roots with the power of databases.","authors":"Maxime Phalempin, Hannah Schneider, Eusun Han, Lingyun Cheng, Doris Vetterlein","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2025.01.012","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tplants.2025.01.012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Databases are vital for participative science, particularly in root research. These platforms centralize diverse data, foster collaboration, and reduce redundancy. However, underuse remains a challenge because of lack of incentives, standardization issues, and low visibility. Increased database use could significantly advance the contribution of root research to crop development.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":"439-441"},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143473006","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 : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-02-13DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2025.01.011
Ademir S F Araujo, Arthur P A Pereira, Erika V de Medeiros, Lucas W Mendes
{"title":"Restoring unbalanced rhizosphere: microbiome transplants combatting leaf diseases.","authors":"Ademir S F Araujo, Arthur P A Pereira, Erika V de Medeiros, Lucas W Mendes","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2025.01.011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tplants.2025.01.011","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Similar to humans, plants experience microbiome imbalance, which increases their vulnerability to pathogens. In a recent study, Ketehouli et al. applied a soil microbiome transplant (SMT) to restore the microbiome balance, which potentially reduced the severity of leaf diseases. Here, we examine this approach, highlighting its limitation and offering perspectives on its use for controlling leaf diseases in plants.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":"451-453"},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143426315","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 : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-03-11DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2025.02.003
Sierra S Raglin, Angela D Kent
{"title":"Navigating nitrogen sustainability with microbiome-associated phenotypes.","authors":"Sierra S Raglin, Angela D Kent","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2025.02.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tplants.2025.02.003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Crop microbiomes promote plant health through various mechanisms, including nutrient provisioning. However, agriculture neglected the importance of these microbiome-associated phenotypes (MAPs) in conventional management approaches originating from the Green Revolution. Green Revolution innovations, such as nitrogen fertilizers and high-yielding germplasm, supported an increase in global crop yields. Yet these advances also led to many environmental issues, including disruptions in microbially mediated nitrogen transformations that have reduced reliance on microbiomes for sustainable nitrogen acquisition. Overcoming the challenges introduced by the Green Revolution requires a shift toward ecologically informed agronomic strategies that incorporate MAPs into breeding and management decisions. Agriculture in the Anthropocene needs to mindfully manage crop microbiomes to decouple agrochemical inputs from profitable yields, minimizing the environmental repercussions of modern agriculture.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":"471-483"},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143617338","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 microbial reservoirs for antimicrobial peptides and beyond.","authors":"Akanksha Singh, Shivam Chauhan, Prabodh Kumar Trivedi","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.11.013","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.11.013","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recently, Santos-Júnior et al. utilized a machine learning approach to identify nearly a million novel antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) from the global microbiome. Here we explore the untapped potential of plant- and soil-associated microbiomes as a source of novel peptides, highlighting their promising applications in advancing agricultural innovation and sustainability.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":"448-450"},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142792527","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 : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-03-12DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2025.02.009
Simon Moore, Junli Liu, Chunli Chen, Keith Lindsey
{"title":"Necessity for modeling hormonal crosstalk in arabidopsis root development?","authors":"Simon Moore, Junli Liu, Chunli Chen, Keith Lindsey","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2025.02.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tplants.2025.02.009","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hormones play vital roles in plant root development. Mathematical models have been employed to study hormone functions. However, models developed by different research groups focus on different aspects of hormones and therefore cannot be used to study root growth as an integrative system that involves the functions of all hormones. To use modeling to study root development, the crosstalk nature of hormones requires the further development of mathematical models to understand their interplay in the context of diverse experimental data. This opinion article discusses what new insights can be developed by modeling hormonal crosstalk beyond experimental data. We propose that one integrative model should be developed to integrate all experimental data for elucidating root growth.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":"484-498"},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143626136","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 : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-02-25DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2025.02.002
Muzammil Hussain, Muhammad Adeel, Jason C White
{"title":"Nano-selenium: a novel candidate for plant microbiome engineering.","authors":"Muzammil Hussain, Muhammad Adeel, Jason C White","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2025.02.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tplants.2025.02.002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The soil microbiome drives plant health and productivity. Recently, Sun and colleagues described a unique plant-microbe signaling cascade that enables selenium nanoparticle (SeNPs) formation by rhizosphere microbiota. These SeNPs boost maize performance by enriching plant-beneficial bacteria in a dose-dependent manner, offering novel paradigm for nano-microbiome engineering to promote sustainable food production.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":"454-456"},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143516913","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":"Multiple layers of regulators emerge in the network controlling lateral root organogenesis.","authors":"Antoine Beckers, Akihito Mamiya, Masahiko Furutani, Malcolm J Bennett, Hidehiro Fukaki, Shinichiro Sawa, Pascal Gantet, Laurent Laplaze, Soazig Guyomarc'h","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.09.018","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.09.018","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Lateral root (LR) formation is a postembryonic organogenesis process that is crucial for plant root system development and adaptation to heterogenous soil environments. Since the early 1990s, a wealth of experimental data on arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) has helped reveal the LR formation regulatory network, in which dynamic auxin distribution and transcriptional cascades direct root cells through their organogenesis pathway. Some parts of this network appear conserved across diverse plant species or distinct developmental contexts. Recently, our knowledge of this process dramatically expanded thanks to technical advances, from single cell profiling to whole-root system phenotyping. Interestingly, new players are now emerging in this network, such as fatty acids and reactive oxygen species (ROS), transforming our knowledge of this hidden half of plant biology.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":"499-514"},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142508730","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}
Kris A G Wyckhuys, Kathryn Bushley, Claudio Gratton, Geoff M Gurr, Gabor Pozsgai, Teja Tscharntke, Thomas C Wanger, Yanhui Lu, Maged Elkahky
{"title":"Restoring functional farmland biodiversity for biological pest control.","authors":"Kris A G Wyckhuys, Kathryn Bushley, Claudio Gratton, Geoff M Gurr, Gabor Pozsgai, Teja Tscharntke, Thomas C Wanger, Yanhui Lu, Maged Elkahky","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2025.03.012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2025.03.012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Roughly 40% of global agri-food production is lost to pests during an era when productivity gains are essential to humanity. Restoring farmland biodiversity for conservation biological control offers potential to secure win-win outcomes for yield and the environment. However, achieving this is hindered by gaps in our understanding of agrobiodiversity, including a lack of data on the occurrence, identity, and interactions of farm-dwelling (plant, animal, microbial) biota. Limited interdisciplinary collaboration and weak policy frameworks exacerbate these issues. Comprehensive data capture using standardized metrics, universal protocols, farmer-scientist cooperation, and next-generation tools could consolidate the evidence base on which to reform farming practice. This will involve ecologists stepping outside their comfort zones to promote behavioral change and make ecological intensification a reality.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144039669","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}
Doni Thingujam, Zhengzhi Tan, Yiqing Wang, Karolina M Pajerowska-Mukhtar, M Shahid Mukhtar
{"title":"PRIMER cells: immune hotspots in plants.","authors":"Doni Thingujam, Zhengzhi Tan, Yiqing Wang, Karolina M Pajerowska-Mukhtar, M Shahid Mukhtar","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2025.04.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2025.04.006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Advances in single-cell and spatial biology have transformed the study of plant immunity, revealing distinct immune cell states such as primary immune responder (PRIMER) cells and offering a deeper understanding of defense mechanisms. These insights offer opportunities for the development of advanced strategies for crop protection and disease resistance.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144028169","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}
Justin B Nichol, Lorena S Yeung, Mark A Bernards, Marcus A Samuel
{"title":"Establishing a suberin tool kit for determining suberization within classical and 'orphan' tissues.","authors":"Justin B Nichol, Lorena S Yeung, Mark A Bernards, Marcus A Samuel","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2025.03.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2025.03.009","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Suberin is a complex biopolymer found in land plants that serves as a natural barrier, regulating water and nutrient uptake while also providing defense against invading pathogens. Structurally, suberin is composed of a poly(phenolic) domain and a poly(aliphatic) domain. The deposition of suberin can be categorized into two types: (i) developmentally controlled deposition, and (ii) induced deposition. Here, we review the history and nature of suberin research and offer researchers a comprehensive toolkit for identifying suberized tissues through chemical, histochemical, and gene analysis. We further discuss developmental (e.g., bundle and mestome sheath cells, seed coat) and induced (e.g., root plasticity, wound-induced) suberization, with an emphasis on lesser-known or 'orphan' tissues.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144048217","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}