Molecular Plant

Article	Citations
Temperature regulation of CLAVATA3 arabinosylation	3645
From plastids to the cytosol: Redefining boundaries for provitamin A biofortification in plants	418
Breaking the interspecific reproductive barriers in Brassicaceae	369
Structural basis of RLP activation by a pathogen glycoside hydrolase	346
Antagonistic regulation of systemin signaling acts on ligands and receptors	318
Long-read sequencing (method of the year 2022): The way forward for plant omics research	316
CRISPR-Cas-based plant genome engineering goes viral	310
Plant triterpenoid saponins function as susceptibility factors to promote the pathogenicity of Botrytis cinerea	263
A new oxidative pathway of nitric oxide production from oximes in plants	208
Identification and biosynthesis of plant papanridins, a group of novel oligomeric flavonoids	191
Temperature-dependent regulation of seed dormancy	186
SCOOP10 and SCOOP12 peptides act through MIK2 receptor-like kinase to antagonistically regulate Arabidopsis leaf senescence	183
Chloroplast immunity: A cornerstone of plant defense	150
Mitigating growth-stress tradeoffs via elevated TOR signaling in rice	148
An endophytic fungus interacts with the defensin-like protein OsCAL1 to regulate cadmium allocation in rice	141
Rice Gene Index: A comprehensive pan-genome database for comparative and functional genomics of Asian rice	140
Alternative splicing of OsNPR3 promoted by the bacterial TAL effectors-targeted splicing regulator OsRBP11 antagonizes OsNPR1 function and enhances disease susceptibility in rice	136
UFL1-mediated UFMylation stabilizes ABI5 to strengthen ABA-dependent seed dormancy in Arabidopsis	129
Exploring the oasis of plant genomes: From genetic variations to function and beyond	127
Structural insights into the functions of Raf1 and Bsd2 in hexadecameric Rubisco assembly	126
A solo-LTR insertion in the CreTPS3a promoter enhances γ-terpinene biosynthesis and affects consumer preference for tangerine-like aroma in citrus fruits	126
Warm temperature activates the TCP15-HDA4 module to suppress shoot branching by promoting auxin biosynthesis and signaling in tomato	125
Vacuolar H+-ATPase and BZR1 form a feedback loop to regulate the homeostasis of BR signaling in Arabidopsis	124
Efficient and multiplex gene upregulation in plants through CRISPR-Cas-mediated knockin of enhancers	124
Genomic insights into the genetic basis of cotton breeding in China	123

Plant viruses hijack and stabilize host ubiquitin-specific protease 14 to prevent viral protein degradation for efficient infection	120
Structural variation (SV)-based pan-genome and GWAS reveal the impacts of SVs on the speciation and diversification of allotetraploid cottons	120
A telomere-to-telomere gap-free assembly of soybean genome	119
Woody plant cell walls: Fundamentals and utilization	116
Activation of multilayered plant immunity through spatiotemporal expression of Botrytis cinerea BcCrh1-derived dual epitopes	114
How ignoring market-informed crop varietal development fuels food price volatility	111
The CropGPT project: Call for a global, coordinated effort in precision design breeding driven by AI using biological big data	110
Mirids secrete a TOPLESS targeting protein to enhance JA-mediated defense and gossypol accumulation for antagonizing cotton bollworms on cotton plants	108
A new class of receptors for plant G-proteins	108
Mitophagy: From the dark into the spotlight	106
SIZ1-mediated SUMOylation of CPSF100 promotes plant thermomorphogenesis by controlling alternative polyadenylation	106
The SlbZIP30-SlbZIP51 module safeguards photosynthesis under chilling stress by coordinating nuclear transcriptional activation and chloroplast protein stabilization in tomato	104
Global wild rice germplasm resources conservation alliance: World Wild-Rice Wiring	102
Regulating arbuscular mycorrhizal permissiveness	101
PEP7 acts as a peptide ligand for the receptor kinase SIRK1 to regulate aquaporin-mediated water influx and lateral root growth	97
Molecular Mimicry Enables Engineering of NLR Immune Receptors with Multi-Recognition	97
Plant and animal positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses encode small proteins important for viral infection in their negative-sense strand	95
A mortise–tenon joint system facilitates precise targeted DNA insertion and replacement in rice	94
Wheat adaptation to environmental stresses under climate change: Molecular basis and genetic improvement	94
Salicylic acid inhibits gibberellin signaling through receptor interactions	93
TBtools-II: A “one for all, all for one” bioinformatics platform for biological big-data mining	93
Duet between stress granules and glutathionylation regulates cytosolic redox state to maintain proteostasis in Arabidopsis	90
GRP7 phase separation as an interpreter of temperature cues	89
Haplotype-based phylogenetic analysis and population genomics uncover the origin and domestication of sweetpotato	88
Potatome: Harnessing natural variation of potatoes	85
Phase separation of the redox sensor RCD1 mediates differential ROS signals to regulate plant growth and stress responses	80
Domestication-related changes at PvMYB26 reduce pod shattering in common bean and shed light on the origins of agriculture in the Americas	79
Plant-specific casein kinases phosphorylate and stabilize SMXL6/7/8 to suppress strigolactone signaling and promote shoot branching	79
Coordinated regulation of RNA metabolism and silencing by ABA signaling in plant abiotic stress responses	78
Reconstruction of ancestral plant genomes for inter-crop translational research	78
Heat-induced methylglyoxal impairs plant thermotolerance by repressing cpHSC70-1-mediated chloroplast protein import via post-translational modification	76
Making connections with cell surface auxin signaling	75
Too SHY 2 repress	75
Manipulation of photosensory and circadian signaling restricts phenotypic plasticity in response to changing environmental conditions in Arabidopsis	74
An epic war between an oomycete pathogen and plants	74
Synergizing genome editing and artificial intelligence for predictive crop design	74
Structure under stress: Conserved RNA structure in plant-environment interactions	74
Super graph-based pan-genome: Bringing rice functional genomic study into a new dawn	73
The dual-targeted transcription factor BAI1 orchestrates nuclear and plastid gene transcription in land plants	72
Receptor-like protein kinases in plants: Post-translational regulation and functional effects	71
Dephosphorylation and polyubiquitination of the histone variant H2AX act coordinately to terminate DNA damage signaling in Arabidopsis	71
Extracellular vesicles in plants	69
On the evolution and genetic diversity of the bread wheat D genome	68
Adenosine monophosphate enhances callus regeneration competence for de novo plant organogenesis	67
Genomic insights into stepwise selection reshaping fruit traits and male-biased selection driving hermaphroditism in papayas	67
The protein–protein interaction landscape of transcription factors during gynoecium development in Arabidopsis	66
Interspecific plant interaction via root exudates structures the disease suppressiveness of rhizosphere microbiomes	66
The super-pangenome of Populus unveils genomic facets for its adaptation and diversification in widespread forest trees	64
Ancestral genome reconstruction for studies of the green lineage	62
pH sensing in plants	62

Reprogrammable design of DELLA as a strategy to mitigate alkaline–heat stress for sustainable agriculture	61
Endophyte-engineered plant immunity: A post-GMO strategy for programmable crop defense	61
Putrescine, a double-edged molecule in plant–bacterium interactions	61
Adenylate cyclases tune heat-dependent stomatal responses	61
Improving maize seed protein content and nitrogen-use efficiency by a teosinte asparagine synthetase	61
Uncover the mystery of pleiotropic effects of PROG1 during rice domestication	61
A k-mer-based pangenome approach for cataloging seed-storage-protein genes in wheat to facilitate genotype-to-phenotype prediction and improvement of end-use quality	60
Pathogen-induced methylglyoxal negatively regulates rice bacterial blight resistance by inhibiting OsCDR1 protease activity	60
The OsIMP1–OsRLK5 immunopeptide–receptor pair confers bacterial and fungal disease resistance in rice	59
QT–GWAS: A novel method for unveiling biosynthetic loci affecting qualitative metabolic traits	59
Decoding the senses: A new player in plant–virus dynamics unveiled	58
International research initiative on genomics-guided sugarcane breeding	58
The transcription factor MYB44 suppresses starch synthesis to negatively regulate grain weight and yield in wheat and rice	57
FERONIA signaling maintains cell wall integrity during brassinosteroid-induced cell expansion in Arabidopsis	57
Finding my way: The role of dirigent proteins in lignin assembly	57
A viral movement protein targets host catalases for 26S proteasome-mediated degradation to facilitate viral infection and aphid transmission in wheat	57
Dual repression of OsSnRK1β1A by the deubiquitinase OsOTUB1 orchestrates energy metabolism and grain yield in rice	57
The Dof transcription factor COG1 acts as a key regulator of plant biomass by promoting photosynthesis and starch accumulation	56
HDT2-mediated lysine deacetylation promotes phytochrome A degradation during photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis	56
How sodium gets sequestered in the vacuoles of salinized plants?	56
PLATO: A New Benchmark for Phase Separation Prediction	56
A decoy receptor derived from alternative splicing fine-tunes cytokinin signaling in Arabidopsis	54
Engineering crop resistance by manipulating disease susceptibility genes	53
Differentiation trajectories and biofunctions of symbiotic and un-symbiotic fate cells in root nodules of Medicago truncatula	53
Elucidation and de novo reconstitution of glyceollin biosynthesis	52
Back to wild relatives for future breeding through super-pangenome	51
Translation-dependent retrograde signaling coordinates high-light acclimation in plants	51
Small holes, big impact: Stomata in plant–pathogen–climate epic trifecta	51
WGDI: A user-friendly toolkit for evolutionary analyses of whole-genome duplications and ancestral karyotypes	50
Wheat-RegNet: An encyclopedia of common wheat hierarchical regulatory networks	50
Streamline unsupervised machine learning to survey and graph indel-based haplotypes from pan-genomes	50
SH3P2, an SH3 domain-containing protein that interacts with both Pib and AvrPib, suppresses effector-triggered, Pib-mediated immunity in rice	49
9,10-KODA, an α-ketol produced by the tonoplast-localized 9-lipoxygenase ZmLOX5, plays a signaling role in maize defense against insect herbivory	48
A chromosome-level genome assembly reveals that a bipartite gene cluster formed via an inverted duplication controls monoterpenoid biosynthesis in Schizonepeta tenuifolia	47
Smart Breeding Platform: A web-based tool for high-throughput population genetics, phenomics, and genomic selection	47
Blue revolution for food security under carbon neutrality: A case from the water-saving and drought-resistance rice	47
Rice SINA E3 ligases dichotomously control ERECTA1 ubiquitination and stability to regulate panicle morphogenesis and grain yield	47
Wheat2035: Integrating pan-omics and advanced biotechnology for future wheat design	46
An MCIA-like complex is required for mitochondrial complex I assembly and seed development in maize	46
AlphaFold-guided redesign of a plant pectin methylesterase inhibitor for broad-spectrum disease resistance	46
Deep learning uncovers conserved regulatory logic and element dosage underlying stable gene expression in grasses	46
Communication among nucleus, plastids, and mitochondria	45
Persulfidation of host NADPH oxidase RbohB by rhizobial 3-mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase maintains redox homeostasis and promotes symbiotic nodulation in soybean	45
Endosperm ontogeny through the lens of epigenetics	45
Gene editing produces CoQ10 rice	45
FERONIA-mediated TIR1/AFB2 oxidation stimulates auxin signaling in Arabidopsis	45
The cartography of plant immunity: Proximity labeling puts a novel SGT1–NSL1 regulatory module on the map	45
Structural insights into a plant-conserved DHFR-TS reveal a selective herbicide target	45
SnRK2.5-mediated phosphorylation of PIN2 links osmotic stress signaling to auxin-dependent root adaptive growth in Arabidopsis	44
A conserved translational repression module buffers sugar-inducible root vascular proliferation	44
A new oxidative pathway of nitric oxide production from oximes in plants	44
A “protector” model for membrane trafficking-regulated and NLR-mediated plant immunity	43
Histone H4K8hib modification promotes gene expression and regulates rice immunity	42
Design of effective synbiotics against aboveground insect herbivory through characterization of host plant rhizosphere microbiota and metabolites	42
A top HAT: A maize mutant hypersusceptible to Agrobacterium transformation	42
Establishment and functions of the Casparian strip	42
Regulatory dynamics of the higher-plant PSI–LHCI supercomplex during state transitions	42
A single-cell-resolution spatial transcriptomic atlas decodes wheat spike development and yield potential	42
Cultivating potential: Harnessing plant stem cells for agricultural crop improvement	42
Systematic identification of wheat spike developmental regulators by integrated multi-omics, transcriptional network, GWAS, and genetic analyses	41
IIIVmrMLM: The R and C++ tools associated with 3VmrMLM, a comprehensive GWAS method for dissecting quantitative traits	41
Understanding source–sink interactions: Progress in model plants and translational research to crops	41
Green Revolution-associated DELLA accumulation enhances salt tolerance in cereals by disrupting INDETERMINATE SPIKELET1 biomolecular condensates	41
Development and maintenance of the ligular region of maize leaves	40
Jazzin’ up nodules: The groovy role of jasmonic acid during nodulation	40
When Function Shapes Form: Dynamic Control of Plant Vascular Development	40
How a species boundary becomes fuzzy: Molecular control of reproductive isolation	40
Calcium-dependent activation of CPK12 facilitates its cytoplasm-to-nucleus translocation to potentiate plant hypoxia sensing by phosphorylating ERF-VII transcription factors	40
Evolutionarily conserved spatiotemporal cell wall patterning during cell division	40
Mixing and matching SMXL proteins to fine-tune strigolactone responses	39
A new phase of treasure hunting in plant genebanks	39
Cryo-EM structures of Arabidopsis heteromultimeric isoamylase complex essential for starch granule biogenesis	39
Host-adapted enzymatic deconstruction of acetylated xylan limits immune activation and facilitates mutualistic colonization of monocot roots	39
OsPRMT6a-mediated arginine methylation of OsJAZ1 regulates jasmonate signaling and spikelet development in rice	38
Deciphering plant phytoalexin biosynthetic pathways for broad-spectrum disease resistance	38
Two complete telomere-to-telomere genome assemblies of Medicago reveal the landscape and evolution of its centromeres	38
CONSTANS alters the circadian clock in Arabidopsis thaliana	38
Posttranslational regulation of TOR kinase activity controls resource allocation between plant growth and immunity in Arabidopsis	38
Decoding dichotomous regulation for decoupling yield traits	37
Activation of stress-response genes by retrograde signaling-mediated destabilization of nuclear importin IMPα-9 and its interactor TPR2	37

Asymmetric brassinosteroid signaling and biosynthesis during symmetric cell divisions	37
Strigolactone-gibberellin crosstalk mediated by a distant silencer fine-tunes plant height in upland cotton	37
Darwin’s orchid: Plant–pollinator coevolution, chemical ecology, and genomic insights into convergent evolution of floral scent biosynthesis	37
AraENCODE: A comprehensive epigenomic database of Arabidopsis thaliana	36
Steroidal scaffold decorations in Solanum alkaloid biosynthesis	36
Genetic and molecular exploration of maize environmental stress resilience: Toward sustainable agriculture	36
Phase separation of the nuclear pore complex facilitates selective nuclear transport to regulate plant defense against pathogen and pest invasion	36
Volatilome-based GWAS identifies OsWRKY19 and OsNAC021 as key regulators of rice aroma	36
Specialized metabolites as versatile tools in shaping plant–microbe associations	36
Nitrate confers rice adaptation to high ammonium by suppressing its uptake but promoting its assimilation	36
Age-dependent nuclear accumulation of the membrane-associated NAC transcription factor GER1 activates SA biosynthesis to promote leaf senescence in Arabidopsis	36
PlantscRNAdb 4.0: Improved marker identification and annotation under a cell-type uniformity for plants	35
Botanical timekeepers: Deciphering evolutionary relationships in plants	35
Root bacteria fine-tune rice tillering through phytohormone interference and mimicry	35
Breaking the spatial restriction of pluripotency acquisition by environmental stimuli	35
Low phosphorus promotes NSP1–NSP2 heterodimerization to enhance strigolactone biosynthesis and regulate shoot and root architecture in rice	35
Telomere-to-telomere genome assembly reveals the genomic architecture of disease resistance and yield coordination in elite wheat YM33	34
The winners of Rising Stars in Plant Sciences 2024	34
Multifaceted roles of phosphorylation-mediated regulation of heterotrimeric G proteins in plant cellular signaling	34
From the T2T cotton genome to a tripartite regulatory module governing embryo folding	34
The tug-of-war between growth and cold tolerance in plants: How to create resilient crops with maintained biomass	34
NAC1 goes TOPLESS to manage cortex proliferation	34
Underwater survival: Calcium signaling keeps plants afloat	33
Protein phase separation of plant nuclear pore complex	33
Super-resolution multimodal spatial transcriptomics reveals an ovoid stem cell niche structuring de novo shoot regeneration	33
Insects manipulate plant immunity via a cross-kingdom small RNA effector	33
Distinctive and complementary roles of E2F transcription factors during plant replication stress responses	33
Nitrogen–iron interaction as an emerging factor influencing crop productivity and nutrient use efficiency	33
A telomere-to-telomere genome assembly of the cultivated peanut	32
The BCM1-EGY1 module balances chlorophyll biosynthesis and breakdown to confer chlorophyll homeostasis in land plants	32
Perenniality: From model plants to applications in agriculture	32
Characterization of the entry steps in diterpenoid alkaloid biosynthesis	31
WD40-protein-mediated crosstalk among three epigenetic marks regulates chromatin states and yield in rice	31
A step forward in breeding for ratooning ability in rice	31
Petota (potatoes) evolved from fortuitous hybridization between Tomato and Etuberosum ancestors	31
A molecular framework underlying low-nitrogen-induced early leaf senescence in Arabidopsis thaliana	31
GEFormer: A genotype-environment interaction-based genomic prediction method that integrates the gating multilayer perceptron and linear attention mechanisms	31
Toward the next step to the New Green Revolution	31
Regulation of jasmonate signaling by reversible acetylation of TOPLESS in Arabidopsis	31
Heat stress-induced decapping of WUSCHEL mRNA enhances stem cell thermotolerance in Arabidopsis	31
Control of H2S synthesis by the monomer–oligomer transition of OsCBSX3 for modulating rice growth-immunity balance	31
Chloroplast state transitions modulate nuclear genome stability via cytokinin signaling in Arabidopsis	31
A SPX domain vacuolar transporter links phosphate sensing to homeostasis in Arabidopsis	30
SUMOylation-modified Pelota-Hbs1 RNA surveillance complex restricts the infection of potyvirids in plants	30
Erasing and rewriting cell identity during plant organ regeneration	30
Presymbiotic activation of karrikin signaling creates a permissive state for arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis by derepressing the NSP1–NSP2–SLR1 transcriptional complex in rice	30
A complete reference genome assembly for foxtail millet and Setaria-db, a comprehensive database for Setaria	30
The ferroxidases LPR1 and LPR2 control iron translocation in the xylem of Arabidopsis plants	30
TMK1-mediated phosphorylation and destabilization of DA1 connects auxin signaling with seed size control in Arabidopsis	29
Exploring the maize transcriptional regulatory landscape through large-scale profiling of transcription factor binding sites	29
Epigenetic reprogramming by glucose-TOR signaling controls plant development	29
Dampened nuclear localization of SnRK1 by brassinosteroid signaling inhibits stomatal development in Arabidopsis	29
High-density cultivation of synthetic apomictic hybrid rice achieves near-complete diploidization and parental-equivalent yield in field trials	29
A CLV3-WUS positive feedback loop in individual cells enhances shoot stem cell thermotolerance in Arabidopsis	28
The RLI1–OsPUB77–OsBZR3 module mediates the crosstalk between phosphate starvation and brassinosteroid signaling pathways to shape rice shoot architecture	28
Polycomb and trithorax: Their yin-yang dynamics in plants	27
RIN enhances plant disease resistance via root exudate-mediated assembly of disease-suppressive rhizosphere microbiota	27
Mobilizing Triticeae diversity from gene banks to farmer’s field	27
Arabidopsis WRKY1 promotes monocarpic senescence by integrative regulation of flowering, leaf senescence, and nitrogen remobilization	27
From Pan-Life Phase Insights to PhaseHub: Analyzing Protein Condensate Complexity	26
Cell-type-specific transcriptomics reveals that root hairs and endodermal barriers play important roles in beneficial plant-rhizobacterium interactions	26
Comparative genomic and transcriptomic analyses uncover the molecular basis of high nitrogen-use efficiency in the wheat cultivar Kenong 9204	26
Plant PAQR-like sensors activate heterotrimeric G proteins to confer resistance against multiple pathogens	25
Why 2022 is a revolutionary year for potato genomics	25
Pm6 from Triticum timopheevii encodes an NLR receptor that directly recognizes AvrPm6 to confer powdery mildew resistance in wheat	25
SoyOmics: A deeply integrated database on soybean multi-omics	25
Genetic insights into adaptation of alfalfa	25
The winners of rising stars in plant sciences 2025	25
Improving the haploidization toolbox: Maternal factors take the stage	25
An unprecedented one-arrow-two-hawks strategy achieves high yield with early flowering in rice	25
DNA damage: Driver of methylome reshaping?	24
PEDUNCLE LENGTH 1 regulates wheat peduncle elongation through brassinosteroid signaling pathway	24
Genomic, transcriptomic, and metabolomic analyses reveal convergent evolution of oxime biosynthesis in Darwin’s orchid	24
Should be runner or crown? A consequential decision in strawberries’ life history at the axillary meristem	24
Cytokinin signaling connects the chloroplast function with nuclear genome stability	24
Overproduction of OsRACK1A, an effector-targeted scaffold protein promoting OsRBOHB-mediated ROS production, confers rice floral resistance to false smut disease without yield penalty	24
Structural insights into ABA receptor agonists reveal critical features to optimize and design a broad-spectrum ABA signaling activator	24
Biology-driven genebank pangenetics meet AI-powered predictions to transform crop breeding	24
A highly efficient and environmentally friendly strategy to obtain transgene-free genome-edited progeny in flowering plants	24
Creating one-line hybrid crops by synthetic apomixis	23
Deciphering plant phenotypic plasticity with AI-powered citizen science	23
A gap-free complete genome assembly of oat and OatOmics, a multi-omics database	23
Increasing seed lint fiber density for promoting cotton yield: Opportunities and challenges	23
Reversible S-acylation of BONZAI1 orchestrates the internalization of immune receptors to balance plant development and immunity	23
Legume-specific SnRK1 promotes malate supply to bacteroids for symbiotic nitrogen fixation	23
Strigolactones: Biosynthesis, transport, perception, and signal transduction	23
RLKdb: A comprehensively curated database of plant receptor-like kinase families	23
A circular single-stranded DNA mycovirus infects plants and confers broad-spectrum fungal resistance	22
Speed vernalization to accelerate generation advance in winter cereal crops	22
Sensing H2O2 for defense in plants	22
Sailing in complex nutrient signaling networks: Where I am, where to go, and how to go?	22
Arsenite provides a selective signal that coordinates arsenate uptake and detoxification through the regulation of PHR1 stability in Arabidopsis	22
Smart breeding driven by big data, artificial intelligence, and integrated genomic-enviromic prediction	22
Co-evolved plant and blast fungus ascorbate oxidases orchestrate the redox state of host apoplast to modulate rice immunity	22
Dt1 inhibits SWEET-mediated sucrose transport to regulate photoperiod-dependent seed weight in soybean	21