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This week’s Signal Edition (10/1/26) is out!🌱

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Plant Science Research Weekly -- Review: Plant digital twins, the future of crop production (Trends in Plant Science) (summary by Kavita Joshi) https://plantae.org/review-plant-digital-twins-the-future-of-crop-production/

Review: Plant digital twins, the future of crop production | Plantae Imagine how cool it would be if, just like we check weather apps before going out, we could “grow” a plant in our computer before planting it into our backyard, in order to predict its future success.

on Plantae — Community Mentoring Toolkit: Running A Writing Circle
In this new piece, ASPB Plantae Fellow Reed Arneson explores the concept of writing circles. It discusses the benefits of writing circles, including increased writing productivity and greater confidence in one’s own writing. https://plantae.org/community-mentoring-toolkit-running-a-writing-circle/

Community Mentoring Toolkit: Running A Writing Circle | Plantae Whether you are drafting a proposal, finalizing a manuscript, submitting a conference abstract, or doing anything in between, academic writing is a difficult task. As a result, it is not uncommon to…

📅New Event Added: Genetics Society Seed Plant Research Meeting

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Genetics Society Seed Plant Research Meeting The Genetics Society Seed Plant Research Meeting provides a platform for discussing fundamental research in seed plants, with a focus on model angiosperms, incl

Plant Science Research Weekly -- Benzaldehyde reductases complete the salicylic acid biosynthesis puzzle (Nature Comms) (Summary by Shakunthala Natarajan) https://plantae.org/benzaldehyde-reductases-complete-the-salicylic-acid-biosynthesis-puzzle/

Benzaldehyde reductases complete the salicylic acid biosynthesis puzzle | Plantae Benzyl alcohol is a volatile compound and the scent molecule of several seed plants. It also can be converted to benzyl benzoate, which is one of the routes to salicylic acid (SA) production in plants.

📅New Event Added: Western Photosynthesis Conference 2027

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Western Photosynthesis Conference 2027 The Western Photosynthesis Conference (WPC) is pleased to announce its 36th annual meeting, bringing together researchers from diverse disciplines to advance ou

Plant Science Research Weekly -- Oxygen: A hidden developmental cue in leaf morphogenesis (Science Advances) (Summary by Priyanka Babuta) https://plantae.org/oxygen-a-hidden-developmental-cue-in-leaf-morphogenesis/

Oxygen: A hidden developmental cue in leaf morphogenesis | Plantae Oxygen is always considered something living forms need to survive. But wait, its role is beyond just respiration. Would you believe if I told you oxygen guides the development of young leaves?

Plant Science Research Weekly -- How chromatin changes shift CHH methylation pathways in soybean (The Plant Cell) (Summary by Flavia Darqui) https://plantae.org/how-chromatin-changes-shift-chh-methylation-pathways-in-soybean/

How chromatin changes shift CHH methylation pathways in soybean | Plantae DECREASED IN DNA METHYLATION 1 (DDM1) is a chromatin remodeler that regulates nucleosome organization and facilitates access of DNA methyltransferases to heterochromatic regions enriched in…

Plant Science Research Weekly -- Could the transcription factor HHO5 hold the key to breaking fertilizer dependency? (Plant Cell) (Summary by Sonal Sachdev) https://plantae.org/could-the-transcription-factor-hho5-hold-the-key-to-breaking-fertilizer-dependency/