Molecular Plant

Article	Citations
Breaking the interspecific reproductive barriers in Brassicaceae	1191
Molecular mechanism of Verticillium dahliae-induced leaf senescence	272
Thermotolerance through trade-off: Decapping WUSCHEL mRNA in plant stem cells	233
The miR172a–SNB module orchestrates both induced and adult-plant resistance to multiple diseases via MYB30-mediated lignin accumulation in rice	216
Allelic variation in the promoter of WRKY22 enhances humid adaptation of Arabidopsis thaliana	201
Cotton2035: From genomics research to optimized breeding	199
Unlocking sweetness: Gene editing of SlCDPKs to improve tomato flavor	174
Getting the SCOOP on peptide ligands that regulate leaf senescence	166
BFP1: One of 700 Arabidopsis F-box proteins mediates degradation of JA oxidases to promote plant immunity	156
H2A.Z contributes to trithorax activity at the AGAMOUS locus	145
Structural basis of RLP activation by a pathogen glycoside hydrolase	143
Going deep: Roots, carbon, and analyzing subsoil carbon dynamics	138
An evolutionarily conserved nitrate sensor in plants	138
BambooBase: A comprehensive database of bamboo omics and systematics	132
Development and maintenance of the ligular region of maize leaves	127
Light-stabilized FHA2 suppresses miRNA biogenesis through interactions with DCL1 and HYL1	127
An endophytic fungus interacts with the defensin-like protein OsCAL1 to regulate cadmium allocation in rice	124
Unique biogenesis and kinetics of hornwort Rubiscos revealed by synthetic biology systems	114
H2O2 sulfenylates CHE to activate systemic salicylic acid synthesis and ignite systemic acquired resistance	113
Linking plant metabolism and immunity through methionine biosynthesis	112
Phosphorylation of a wheat aquaporin at two sites enhances both plant growth and defense	112
Frontline remote sensing tool to locate hidden traits in root and tuber crops	112
DET1 regulates HY5 through COP1: A new paradigm in the regulation of HY5	105
The vernalization-induced long non-coding RNA VAS functions with the transcription factor TaRF2b to promote TaVRN1 expression for flowering in hexaploid wheat	98
Toward haplotype studies in polyploid plants to assist breeding	97

Loss of two families of SPX domain-containing proteins required for vacuolar polyphosphate accumulation coincides with the transition to phosphate storage in green plants	96
Meeting partners at the right time promises varied flowering	96
Ubiquitination and PARylation cross-talk about immunity	96
Rise of the ethylene biosynthesis machinery from the Cβ-S lyase	95
Insights into manganese transport: A matter of phosphorylation	94
BnVIR: bridging the genotype-phenotype gap to accelerate mining of candidate variations underlying agronomic traits in Brassica napus	92
MaizeNetome: A multi-omics network database for functional genomics in maize	91
Is losing ethylene a losing game?	91
A new thermosensor from rice	90
Changing Gly311 to an acidic amino acid in the MATE family protein DTX6 enhances Arabidopsis resistance to the dihydropyridine herbicides	90
Coordinating plant pigment production: A green role for ORANGE family proteins	90
Pepper variome reveals the history and key loci associated with fruit domestication and diversification	89
Plants and heterotrimeric G proteins: Expect the unexpected	88
Structural insights into the functions of Raf1 and Bsd2 in hexadecameric Rubisco assembly	88
Temperature-dependent regulation of seed dormancy	87
CRISPR-Cas-based plant genome engineering goes viral	86
Cellulose synthesis in land plants	85
From plastids to the cytosol: Redefining boundaries for provitamin A biofortification in plants	84
Hidden in the parts: How the cell-type perspective reveals novel insights into plant-microbe interactions	84
Jazzin’ up nodules: The groovy role of jasmonic acid during nodulation	82
Plant triterpenoid saponins function as susceptibility factors to promote the pathogenicity of Botrytis cinerea	81
Mixing and matching SMXL proteins to fine-tune strigolactone responses	79
An unmanned ground vehicle phenotyping-based method to generate three-dimensional multispectral point clouds for deciphering spatial heterogeneity in plant traits	79
Natural variation in maize ZmLecRK1 fine-tunes co-receptor interactions to boost immunity	77
Ubiquitination-mediated regulation of receptor-like kinases in symbiosis and immunity	76
Evolutionarily conserved mechanosensor PIEZO in land plants	76
Phase separation of the nuclear pore complex facilitates selective nuclear transport to regulate plant defense against pathogen and pest invasion	76
OsPRMT6a-mediated arginine methylation of OsJAZ1 regulates jasmonate signaling and spikelet development in rice	76
Plant gene co-expression defines the biosynthetic pathway of neuroactive alkaloids	73
A new phase of treasure hunting in plant genebanks	73
Pollen hydration: A tale of two peptides	73
Mitigating growth-stress tradeoffs via elevated TOR signaling in rice	72
Adenylate cyclase activity of TIR1/AFB links cAMP to auxin-dependent responses	71
Vacuolar H+-ATPase and BZR1 form a feedback loop to regulate the homeostasis of BR signaling in Arabidopsis	71
Satellite-enabled enviromics to enhance crop improvement	70
“Je t'aime moi non plus": A love-hate relationship between iron and phosphate	70
The boys are back in town: Rethinking the function of ribosomal DNA repeats in the genomic era	70
Sucrose-responsive osmoregulation of plant cell size by a long non-coding RNA	69
Seed’s awakening: Unveiling the MKK3–MPK7–ERF4 module in dormancy-to-germination transition	69
Recognition of the inducible, secretory small protein OsSSP1 by the membrane receptor OsSSR1 and the co-receptor OsBAK1 confers rice resistance to the blast fungus	67
Identification and biosynthesis of plant papanridins, a group of novel oligomeric flavonoids	67
Construction of a high-density mutant population of Chinese cabbage facilitates the genetic dissection of agronomic traits	65
The winners of Rising Stars in Plant Sciences 2023	65
ITPK1 is an InsP6/ADP phosphotransferase that controls phosphate signaling in Arabidopsis	64
Efficient and multiplex gene upregulation in plants through CRISPR-Cas-mediated knockin of enhancers	64
Control of Plant Growth and Defense by Photoreceptors: From Mechanisms to Opportunities in Agriculture	63
The main restorer Rf3 of maize S type cytoplasmic male sterility encodes a PPR protein that functions in reduction of the transcripts of orf355	62
Balanced nitrogen–iron sufficiency boosts grain yield and nitrogen use efficiency by promoting tillering	62
Regulation of the stability and ABA import activity of NRT1.2/NPF4.6 by CEPR2-mediated phosphorylation in Arabidopsis	62
Primary carbohydrate metabolism genes participate in heat-stress memory at the shoot apical meristem of Arabidopsis thaliana	62

Antisense-mediated regulation of nitric oxide biosynthesis	61
Long-read sequencing (method of the year 2022): The way forward for plant omics research	61
The O2-ZmGRAS11 transcriptional regulatory network orchestrates the coordination of endosperm cell expansion and grain filling in maize	61
Twenty years of rice genomics research: From sequencing and functional genomics to quantitative genomics	61
Low phosphorus promotes NSP1–NSP2 heterodimerization to enhance strigolactone biosynthesis and regulate shoot and root architecture in rice	60
Woody plant cell walls: Fundamentals and utilization	59
Dual roles of the Arabidopsis PEAT complex in histone H2A deubiquitination and H4K5 acetylation	59
Strigolactone-gibberellin crosstalk mediated by a distant silencer fine-tunes plant height in upland cotton	59
Volatilome-based GWAS identifies OsWRKY19 and OsNAC021 as key regulators of rice aroma	58
High-quality assembled and annotated genomes of Nicotiana tabacum and Nicotiana benthamiana reveal chromosome evolution and changes in defense arsenals	57
Progressive meristem and single-cell transcriptomes reveal the regulatory mechanisms underlying maize inflorescence development and sex differentiation	56
CONSTANS alters the circadian clock in Arabidopsis thaliana	56
Genetic improvement toward nitrogen-use efficiency in rice: Lessons and perspectives	55
AraENCODE: A comprehensive epigenomic database of Arabidopsis thaliana	55
The MYC2–PUB22–JAZ4 module plays a crucial role in jasmonate signaling in tomato	54
The WAK-like protein RFO1 acts as a sensor of the pectin methylation status in Arabidopsis cell walls to modulate root growth and defense	54
The long non-coding RNA DANA2 positively regulates drought tolerance by recruiting ERF84 to promote JMJ29-mediated histone demethylation	54
A novel miR167a-OsARF6-OsAUX3 module regulates grain length and weight in rice	53
SCOOP10 and SCOOP12 peptides act through MIK2 receptor-like kinase to antagonistically regulate Arabidopsis leaf senescence	53
Natural variations of ZmSRO1d modulate the trade-off between drought resistance and yield by affecting ZmRBOHC-mediated stomatal ROS production in maize	53
Next-generation mapping of the salicylic acid signaling hub and transcriptional cascade	53
DET1-mediated COP1 regulation avoids HY5 activity over second-site gene targets to tune plant photomorphogenesis	53
Specialized metabolites as versatile tools in shaping plant–microbe associations	53
Rice Gene Index: A comprehensive pan-genome database for comparative and functional genomics of Asian rice	53
A near-complete cucumber reference genome assembly and Cucumber-DB, a multi-omics database	52
Creation and judicious application of a wheat resistance gene atlas	51
Integration of high-throughput phenotyping, GWAS, and predictive models reveals the genetic architecture of plant height in maize	51
A telomere-to-telomere gap-free assembly of soybean genome	51
Unraveling a genetic roadmap for improved taste in the domesticated apple	51
Integrated genome-wide differentiation and association analyses identify causal genes underlying breeding-selected grain quality traits in japonica rice	50
Genome architecture and tetrasomic inheritance of autotetraploid potato	49
Phosphate-dependent regulation of vacuolar trafficking of OsSPX-MFSs is critical for maintaining intracellular phosphate homeostasis in rice	49
A complete assembly of the rice Nipponbare reference genome	49
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of photoperiod- and thermo-sensitive genic male sterility in plants	48
The OsNAC23-Tre6P-SnRK1a feed-forward loop regulates sugar homeostasis and grain yield in rice	48
SMXL5 attenuates strigolactone signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana by inhibiting SMXL7 degradation	48
Structural variation (SV)-based pan-genome and GWAS reveal the impacts of SVs on the speciation and diversification of allotetraploid cottons	48
Supramolecular assembly of chloroplast NADH dehydrogenase-like complex with photosystem I from Arabidopsis thaliana	48
A single-cell morpho-transcriptomic map of brassinosteroid action in the Arabidopsis root	47
The OsBZR1–OsSPX1/2 module fine-tunes the growth–immunity trade-off in adaptation to phosphate availability in rice	47
Multiomics analyses of two Leonurus species illuminate leonurine biosynthesis and its evolution	47
Ca2+-dependent successive phosphorylation of vacuolar transporter MTP8 by CBL2/3-CIPK3/9/26 and CPK5 is critical for manganese homeostasis in Arabidopsis	47
Conserved and differentiated functions of CIK receptor kinases in modulating stem cell signaling in Arabidopsis	47
Tomato CYP94C1 inactivates bioactive JA-Ile to attenuate jasmonate-mediated defense during fruit ripening	46
Activation of stress-response genes by retrograde signaling-mediated destabilization of nuclear importin IMPα-9 and its interactor TPR2	46
Steroidal scaffold decorations in Solanum alkaloid biosynthesis	46
A new oxidative pathway of nitric oxide production from oximes in plants	45
Chloroplast immunity: A cornerstone of plant defense	45
Balanced nitrogen–iron sufficiency boosts grain yield and nitrogen use efficiency by promoting tillering	45
Reversible acetylation fine-tunes plant hormone signaling and immunity	44
Genomic insights into the genetic basis of cotton breeding in China	44
Rice metabolic regulatory network spanning the entire life cycle	44
Targeting of anti-microbial proteins to the hyphal surface amplifies protection of crop plants against Phytophthora pathogens	44
FLK is an mRNA m6A reader that regulates floral transition by modulating the stability and splicing of FLC in Arabidopsis	43
Phytochrome B interacts with LIGULELESS1 to control plant architecture and density tolerance in maize	43
Plant cell wall-mediated disease resistance: Current understanding and future perspectives	43
A chromosome-scale genome assembly of Dasypyrum villosum provides insights into its application as a broad-spectrum disease resistance resource for wheat improvement	42
Variation in cis-regulation of a NAC transcription factor contributes to drought tolerance in wheat	42
Gapless indica rice genome reveals synergistic contributions of active transposable elements and segmental duplications to rice genome evolution	42
Genetic and molecular exploration of maize environmental stress resilience: Toward sustainable agriculture	42
Two E-clade Protein Phosphatase 2Cs enhance ABA signaling by dephosphorylating ABI1 in Arabidopsis	42
Rice GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE1-mediated oxidation of bZIP68 positively regulates ABA-independent osmotic stress signaling	42
Nitrate confers rice adaptation to high ammonium by suppressing its uptake but promoting its assimilation	42
Toxic metals and metalloids: Uptake, transport, detoxification, phytoremediation, and crop improvement for safer food	42
Verticillium dahliae secretory effector PevD1 induces leaf senescence by promoting ORE1-mediated ethylene biosynthesis	42
The lncRNA APOLO interacts with the transcription factor WRKY42 to trigger root hair cell expansion in response to cold	41
Nitrate signaling: A translator between nitrate perception and calcium signaling	41
Reevaluating statistical methods in metabolomic studies: A case for Spearman’s correlation	40
The winners of Rising Stars in Plant Sciences 2024	40
GEFormer: A genotype-environment interaction-based genomic prediction method that integrates the gating multilayer perceptron and linear attention mechanisms	40
Genome architecture and tetrasomic inheritance of autotetraploid potato	39
The plant retromer components SNXs bind to ATG8 and CLASP to mediate autophagosome movement along microtubules	39
Structures and ion transport mechanisms of plant high-affinity potassium transporters	38
Large-scale metabolomic landscape of edible maize reveals convergent changes in metabolite differentiation and facilitates its breeding improvement	38
Breaking the spatial restriction of pluripotency acquisition by environmental stimuli	38
Turning an essential respiratory gene into a cytoplasmic male-sterility factor	38
Control of H2S synthesis by the monomer–oligomer transition of OsCBSX3 for modulating rice growth-immunity balance	37
Unraveling the sorghum domestication	37
The BCM1-EGY1 module balances chlorophyll biosynthesis and breakdown to confer chlorophyll homeostasis in land plants	37
Robust transcriptional indicators of immune cell death revealed by spatiotemporal transcriptome analyses	37

Soybean2035: A decadal vision for soybean functional genomics and breeding	37
Cloning and functional characterization of Rht8, a “Green Revolution” replacement gene in wheat	36
Rewilding staple crops for the lost halophytism: Toward sustainability and profitability of agricultural production systems	36
Dynamic transcriptome and GWAS uncover that a hydroxyproline-rich glycoprotein suppresses Agrobacterium-mediated transformation in maize	36
Mitophagy: From the dark into the spotlight	36
The near-complete genome assembly of pickling cucumber and its mutation library illuminate cucumber functional genomics and genetic improvement	36
Unveiling cellular divergence in grasses using high-resolution transcriptomics	36
Calcium signaling primes RNA interference during viral infection	36
Pyramiding favorable alleles in an elite wheat variety in one generation by CRISPR-Cas9-mediated multiplex gene editing	35
Hypermobility of SHORT-ROOT in the development of multiple cortex layers	35
Botanical timekeepers: Deciphering evolutionary relationships in plants	35
Perenniality: From model plants to applications in agriculture	35
Improving genomic tools for outcrossing crops	34
Ligand deprivation activates receptor signaling	34
Heat stress-induced decapping of WUSCHEL mRNA enhances stem cell thermotolerance in Arabidopsis	33
ROS around RIPK	33
Global wild rice germplasm resources conservation alliance: World Wild-Rice Wiring	33
SIZ1-mediated SUMOylation of CPSF100 promotes plant thermomorphogenesis by controlling alternative polyadenylation	33
Upland rice retains genetic elements conferring drought adaptation	33
Distinctive and complementary roles of E2F transcription factors during plant replication stress responses	33
Next-generation research on transcriptional regulation of plant immunity	33
From the T2T cotton genome to a tripartite regulatory module governing embryo folding	33
Sake or supper? Breeding rice for culinary excellence and optimal brewing	33
Two roads diverge in the yellow pigments metabolic pathway for ABA synthesis	32
Rhythms of chloroplast magnesium import contribute to daily metabolic feedback	32
Combination of two multiplex genome-edited soybean varieties enables customization of protein functional properties	32
Underwater survival: Calcium signaling keeps plants afloat	32
Light-triggered reactions do not bias boron deficiency-induced root inhibition of Arabidopsis seedlings grown in Petri dishes	32
A new distinct geminivirus causes soybean stay-green disease	32
Intracellular phosphate sensing in plants	32
Plant virus–derived siRNAs “turn on” broad-spectrum plant immunity in wheat	31
Complexes and complexities: INO80 takes center stage	31
Ancestral function but divergent epigenetic regulation of HAIKU2 reveals routes of seed developmental evolution	31
The magic of genomics in creating hybrid potato	31
Can the grains offer each other helping hands? Convergent molecular mechanisms associated with domestication and crop improvement in rice and maize	31
Thermomemory in shoot apical meristem: Regulation of carbohydrate metabolism and stem cell identity	31
Primary metabolism: It’s more than what's for dinner	31
The nucleolus as a genomic safe harbor for strong gene expression in Nannochloropsis oceanica	31
High-efficiency plastome base editing in rice with TAL cytosine deaminase	31
Peptides: Opening the door	30
The rice codebook: From reading to editing	30
Cells know how big they are	30
Distinct phosphoinositides define the biotrophic interface of plant–microbe interactions	30
Adding a metabolic layer of root clock regulation	30
Nucleocytoplasmic trafficking during immunity	30
Nitrogen–iron interaction as an emerging factor influencing crop productivity and nutrient use efficiency	30
Better time of flower opening, a good time to improve the efficiency of hybrid seed production	30
A near-complete assembly of an Arabidopsis thaliana genome	30