Mahendar Thudi, Martin Mascher, Murukarthick Jayakodi
{"title":"Pangenome charts the genomic path for wheat improvement.","authors":"Mahendar Thudi, Martin Mascher, Murukarthick Jayakodi","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2025.03.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2025.03.002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A wheat pangenome of 17 Chinese cultivars, recently developed by Jiao et al., reveals structural variants (SVs) shaped by cultural, dietary, and environmental changes. This resource provides access to East Asian wheat genetic diversity and supports genome-driven efforts to advance wheat improvement and adaptation to changing agricultural demands.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143671028","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}
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":"https://doi.org/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":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","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}
{"title":"Hidden aging: the secret role of root senescence.","authors":"Cevza Esin Tunc, Nicolaus von Wirén","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2025.02.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2025.02.004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Root age-dependent processes have remained poorly understood. Here, we define root age-related terms in their eco-/physiological context, provide a synthesis of read-outs and traits characterizing root senescence in different root types, and follow their modulation in the light of metabolic, hormonal, and genetic control. Evidence for an endogenously regulated senescence program in roots includes changes in root anatomy, metabolism, and color, decrease in root activity, increasing levels of stress-related hormones, and increasing expression of certain transcription factors (TFs) or genes involved in oxidative stress defense. Uncovering the genetic regulation of the developmental program steering root senescence is of great importance to establish a balanced view on whole-plant aging and improve resource efficiency in crops.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143617336","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":"Navigating nitrogen sustainability with microbiome-associated phenotypes.","authors":"Sierra S Raglin, Angela D Kent","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2025.02.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/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":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","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}
Ileana Tossolini, Regina Mencia, Agustín L Arce, Pablo A Manavella
{"title":"The genome awakens: transposon-mediated gene regulation.","authors":"Ileana Tossolini, Regina Mencia, Agustín L Arce, Pablo A Manavella","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2025.02.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2025.02.005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Current progress in plant genomics has uncovered important roles of transposable elements (TEs) in gene regulation and has transformed their perception from 'junk DNA' to key genomic players. Recent advances show how stress conditions trigger TE mobilization, introducing new regulatory sequences that can reshape plant responses to environmental changes. This review explores our current knowledge of how TEs, especially those located in gene-rich regions of plant genomes, regulate gene expression at different mechanistic levels. We highlight recent findings on how these elements influence transcriptional and epigenetic modifications as well as chromatin organization, and thus contribute to phenotypic diversity and plant adaptation. Understanding the regulatory potential of TEs creates novel opportunities for crop improvement and biotechnological applications, leading to a new hope for sustainable agriculture and innovation.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143606440","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}
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}