Plant and Microbial Biology

Spring ephemeral Erythronium umbilicatum may not be vulnerable to phenological mismatch with overstory trees.

Schopler, M., Simha, A., Dalton, R. M., Wilson, E. M., Redick, E., Youngsteadt, E., & Petry, W. K. (2026, March 3). PubMed.

Lantana camara L. invasions alter belowground microbial symbiotic network and soil physicochemical characteristics, thereby inhibiting the growth of a native plant Ocimum sanctum L.

Shukla, P., Kumar, D., Talukdar, U., Pal, G., Kumar, K., Singh, R., & Verma, S. K. (2026, February 14). Symbiosis.

Synthetic promoter design in plants: integration of computational and experimental approaches

Yaschenko, A. E., Alonso, J. M., & Stepanova, A. N. (2026, February 13). Frontiers in Plant Science.

Changing pollination rates affect plant life history strategies

Simpson, D. T., Petry, W. K., CaraDonna, P. J., & Iler, A. M. (2026, February 14).

Replication timing uncovers a two-compartment nuclear architecture of interphase euchromatin

Akram, H. S., Wear, E. E., Mickelson-Young, L., Turpin, Z. M., Hanley-Bowdoin, L., Thompson, W. F., … Bass, H. W. (2026, February 19). The Plant Cell.

Recruitment of bifunctional regulator thermospermine to methylated ribosomes directs xylem fate

Ko, D., Ruonala, R., Faille, A., Hellmann, E., Help, H., Liu, H., … Helariutta, Y. (2026, February 12). Science.

Improving Prediction of Heterotrophic Respiration in Response to Altered Precipitation

Shakoor, A., Tiwari, P., Wright‐Osment, N., Kusai, N. A., Sihi, D., Davidson, E. A., … Pendall, E. (2026, February 1). Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences.

Enzymatic innovations in Angelica pubescens reveal dual coumarin biosynthetic pathways driving metabolic diversification

Gong, S., Wu, W., Wang, X., Feng, S., Zhao, J., Fan, Y., … Shu, S. (2026, January 29). The Plant Journal, Vol. 1.

Ornamental origins and genomic frontiers: a review of big-bracted dogwood research

Hamm, T. P., Trigiano, R. N., Nowicki, M., Moreau, E. L. P., Molnar, T. J., Xiang, Q.-Y. J., … Staton, M. E. (2026, January 30). Frontiers in Plant Science.

A negative feedback loop between TERMINAL FLOWER1 and LEAFY protects inflorescence indeterminacy

Huang, T., Hodgens, C., Prakash, S., Marconi, M., Wabnik, K., Sozzani, R., & Wagner, D. (2026, January 22). Science, Vol. 1.

Do leaf temperatures determine endophyte composition and richness in Florida native plant species?

Vazquez, O. T., Hernandez, D., Rawstern, A., Kiesewetter, K., Almeida, B., Afkhami, M. E., & Feeley, K. (2026, January 17).

Metabolic profiling of glycosidically bound volatiles associated with specific aroma of Keemun black tea produced in the Qimen region of China

Zhou, H., Zhu, J., Yang, J., Xu, Y., Wang, H., Zhang, X., … Lei, P. (2026, January 15). Food Chemistry, Vol. 1.

A Minimal Medium for Culturing Maize Root-Associated Microbes Based on a Plant Growth Medium

Garrell, A.-K., Vintila, S., Phillip, H., Beck, A. E., & Kleiner, M. (2026, January 15). Phytobiomes Journal, Vol. 1.

Genomic and phenotypic diversification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa during sustained exposure to a ciliate predator

Bechara, N. R., Bardeskar, N., Hopkins, H. A., & Raymann, K. (2026, January 13). (Vol. 1). Vol. 1.

Multi-omics and functional analyses of Aesculus wilsonii uncover moretane- and oleanane-type triterpenoid biosynthesis

Zhang, Y., Zhao, X., Feng, S., Cheng, Q., Zhao, J., Li, F., … Shu, S. (2026, January 1). Plant Communications, Vol. 1.

Rangewide responses of Mimulus cardinalis to an extreme heat event

Albano, L. J., Bingham, R. A., Correa, S., Laufenberg, C. G., Payst, C., Muir, C. D., & Sheth, S. N. (2026, January 14). American Journal of Botany.

Translational control in plants: from basic mechanisms to environmental and developmental responses

Lyons, J., Merchante, C., Stepanova, A. N., & Alonso, J. M. (2026, January 1). The Plant Journal.

Allograft Inflammation is Reduced with Normothermic Machine Perfusion in Intestinal Transplantation

Aguirre, C. M. K., Jorge, E. G., Schaaf, C., Ludwig, E., Poisson, L., Stewart, A., … Gonzalez, L. (2025, January 1). Intestinal Failure.

Protists exhibit community-level adaptation and functional redundancy under gradient soil salinity

Bodur, S. O., Samuel, S. O., Polat, M. F., Aycan, M., & Asiloglu, R. (2025, May 7). The Science of The Total Environment.

Reduction of apoptosis and preservation of stem-cell proliferation in intestinal transplantation allografts with normothermic machine perfusion

McKinney-Aguirre, C., Goya-Jorge, E., Schaaf, C., Ludwig, E., Stewart, A., Veerasammy, B., … Gonzalez, L. (2025, January 1). Intestinal Failure.

Scientific Note: the Role of Pre-stratification Dry Storage Time in Germination Success of an Imperiled, Southern Appalachian Endemic, Houstonia montana (Rubiaceae)

Lindelof, K., Krings, A., & Giertych, N. (2025, February 14). Castanea.

CRISPR/Cas9 editing of the wheat iron sensor TaHRZ1 confirms its conserved role in iron homeostasis and allocation in grains

Tyagi, D., Banoo, H., Meena, V., Joon, R., Agrwal, K., Kumar, A., … Pandey, A. K. (2025, June 29). BioRxiv.

Activity-Based Protein Profiling of Bacterial Monooxygenases

Joyce, J. B., & Hyman, M. R. (2025, January 1). Methods in Molecular Biology.

The Interaction Between Abiotic and Biotic Soil Factors Modulates Heterosis Expression in Maize

Clouse, K. M., Ellis, M. L., Ford, N. E., Hostetler, R., Balint-Kurti, P. J., Kleiner, M., & Wagner, M. R. (2025, September 16). Phytobiomes Journal.

Engineering thermphilic enzymes of a synthetic rTCA cycle to increase carbon fixation in plants

Rose, R., Grunden, A., Buhrman, G., & Katta, V. (2025, January 1). SSRN Electronic Journal, Vol. 1.