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}
Ademir S F Araujo, Arthur P A Pereira, Erika V de Medeiros, Lucas W Mendes
{"title":"Plant-microbe interactions: plants modulating their defenses.","authors":"Ademir S F Araujo, Arthur P A Pereira, Erika V de Medeiros, Lucas W Mendes","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2025.04.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2025.04.001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Plant immunity is mediated by multiple factors, including microbial interactions and gene expression. Keppler et al. identified a set of microbe-responsive genes (general non-self response genes) whose expression or products affect bacterial strain abundance and enhance immunity. We explore how these genes shape alternative plant defense strategies for sustainable agriculture.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144064783","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":"MYC: orchestrating secondary metabolism and glandular trichome formation.","authors":"Junfeng Cao, Yongyan Zhao, Kexuan Tang","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2025.03.019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2025.03.019","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Glandular-secreting trichomes (GSTs) are factories for bioactive compounds for defense and for use in medicine. Increasing GST density and metabolic activity are crucial strategies to enhance the production of these natural products. Recent research highlights that MYC genes mediate the trade-off between GST development and metabolic processes, thereby potentially maximizing the yield of high-value compounds.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144016857","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 A S Barros, Adriano Nunes-Nesi, Alisdair R Fernie, Wagner L Araújo
{"title":"Transcriptional crosstalk linking color, acidity, and aroma in peach.","authors":"Jessica A S Barros, Adriano Nunes-Nesi, Alisdair R Fernie, Wagner L Araújo","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2025.04.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2025.04.003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Color and flavor are key quality traits in fruits. Using a newly constructed peach pangenome, Chen et al. demonstrated that the PbBL gene, a known regulator of peach fruit color, also contributes to malate accumulation. This finding, along with previous studies, unveils a transcriptional mechanism that co-regulates multiple traits in peaches.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144039670","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}
Niaz Ahmad, Muhammad Jawad Akbar Awan, Imran Amin, Shahid Mansoor
{"title":"Let the BOOSTER boost photosynthesis and plant productivity.","authors":"Niaz Ahmad, Muhammad Jawad Akbar Awan, Imran Amin, Shahid Mansoor","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2025.04.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2025.04.005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recently, Feyissa et al. discovered an orphan gene, BOOSTER (BSTR), in Populus species, which has been shown to optimize photosynthesis and enhance CO<sub>2</sub> assimilation and biomass accumulation. Integrating BSTR into breeding programs holds promise for boosting crop yields and contributing to food security, increased biofuel production, and sustainable agriculture.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144011832","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":"Minimum information guidelines for VOCs analysis using GC-MS.","authors":"Samia Mokh, Tania Portoles, Jordi Gamir","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2025.03.010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2025.03.010","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144041207","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":"H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>-driven plant immunity requires post-translational modification as a switch.","authors":"Zhaolei Li, Xueping Zhou, Fangfang Li","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2025.03.020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2025.03.020","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hydrogen peroxide (H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>) has an essential role in plant stress and immunity responses, but how H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> regulates these processes remain unclear. Recent findings showed that H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> enhances resistance in infected or distal tissues by fine-tuning the post-translational modifications (PTMs) of two key transcription factors, basic helix-loop-helix 25 (bHLH25) and CCA1 HIKING EXPEDITION (CHE), within plant immunity signaling pathways.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144028165","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":"Integrating 'cry for help' strategies for sustainable agriculture.","authors":"Hongwei Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2025.03.022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2025.03.022","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Plants recruit specific soil microbes through a sophisticated 'cry for help' strategy to mitigate environmental stresses. Recent advances highlight the potential of leveraging this mechanism to develop microbe-based approaches for enhancing crop health, but challenges remain in refining the criteria and conceptual frameworks to effectively investigate and harness these plant-microbe interactions.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144055192","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":"Insights from natural rubber biosynthesis evolution for pathway engineering.","authors":"Yinhong Cao, Qingwen Chen, Xia Xu, Alisdair R Fernie, Jiayang Li, Youjun Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2025.03.013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2025.03.013","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Natural rubber (NR), valued for its elasticity and impact resistance, is essential for numerous industrial and medical applications, with global demand continuously rising. While approximately 2500 plant species from more than 40 families can produce rubber, the majority is sourced from Hevea brasiliensis grown in tropical regions. Alternative rubber-producing plants, such as Parthenium argentatum and Taraxacum kok-saghyz, offer enhanced environmental adaptability and species diversity, making them promising candidates for rubber production. Recent genome sequencing has shed light on rubber biosynthesis pathways, although the mechanisms involved in producing different forms of polyisoprene across species remain unclear. We explore the evolution of rubber biosynthesis and discuss synthetic biological strategies for enhancing NR-production in subtropical plants and a broader range of plant materials (e.g., Manilkara zapota).</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144049627","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}