Ali Raza, Yiran Li, Channapatna S Prakash, Zhangli Hu
{"title":"Panomics to manage combined abiotic stresses in plants.","authors":"Ali Raza, Yiran Li, Channapatna S Prakash, Zhangli Hu","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2025.03.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2025.03.001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Climate change-driven combined abiotic stresses threaten crop health and productivity. We propose leveraging panomics and advanced breeding tools to get insights into how plants manage combined abiotic stresses. By identifying novel molecular targets and pathways, we can fast-track designing stress-smart future crops, advancing sustainable agriculture in a changing climate.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143731910","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":"Evolution of plant specialized metabolites: beyond ecological drivers.","authors":"Shuqing Xu, Emmanuel Gaquerel","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2025.02.010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2025.02.010","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Plants produce a highly diverse array of specialized metabolites. Traditionally, the evolution of these metabolites has been studied primarily through the lens of plants' ecological interactions with herbivores, pathogens, and pollinators, as many of them exhibit defense and/or attraction functions. However, increasing evidence suggests that many specialized metabolites, along with their precursors, also act as cellular signals that regulate cell growth and differentiation. We propose that these intrinsic functions are at least equally important factors in shaping the evolution of plant chemical defenses. We further discuss how future research that combines modern single-cell techniques and evolutionary genomics will provide novel insights into the evolutionary process of specialized metabolism diversification.</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":"143671013","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}
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}
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}
{"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}