Nature Plants, Published online: 03 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41477-024-01790-0According to Elton’s biotic resistance hypothesis, species-rich communities are more resistant to plant invasion. Guo et al. examine a dataset of over 12…
Nature Plants, Published online: 02 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41477-024-01773-1Centromeric satellite repeats on Arabidopsis chromosome 5 are interrupted by ATHILA5 retrotransposons, and cohesion is compromised in ddm1 chromatin remo…
Nature Plants, Published online: 02 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41477-024-01724-wTransposable elements frequently invade centromeres, yet their influence on centromere function has long been enigmatic. A new study reveals that epigene…
Nature Plants, Published online: 29 August 2024; doi:10.1038/s41477-024-01767-zTranscription factors are regarded as desirable targets for drug discovery. Here novel chemical compounds that delay flower petal aging were identified by a…
Nature Plants, Published online: 26 August 2024; doi:10.1038/s41477-024-01774-0Pol V transcripts are known to serve as scaffold RNAs to direct DNA methylation. This study shows that they can also regulate the transcription of neighbour…
Nature Plants, Published online: 23 August 2024; doi:10.1038/s41477-024-01744-6We developed aChIP, an advanced chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by sequencing (ChIP–seq) method for economically important plant organs (EIPOs). aChI…
Nature Plants, Published online: 23 August 2024; doi:10.1038/s41477-024-01743-7This study presents an advanced ChIP-seq method, provides a valuable epigenomics resource for 14 economically important plant organs and reveals histone mod…
Nature Plants, Published online: 21 August 2024; doi:10.1038/s41477-024-01770-4Regulation of chloroplast protein import by chloroplast-associated protein degradation (CHLORAD) is crucial for chloroplast biogenesis and plant development…
Nature Plants, Published online: 21 August 2024; doi:10.1038/s41477-024-01785-xBotanically inclined scientists are well acquainted with ‘plant blindness’, the common tendency to overlook flora and concentrate on fauna. But we are simil…
Nature Plants, Published online: 19 August 2024; doi:10.1038/s41477-024-01769-xExtraction of ubiquitinated proteins from chloroplasts in CHLORAD is driven by the cytosolic ATPase Cdc48. The UBX-domain protein PUX10 is shown to be a CHL…