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Two scientists in lab coats analyzing plant samples in a greenhouse filled with yellow flowers.

Friendly fungi hijack plant regulator to promote symbiosis

March 11, 2026
Study uncovers mechanism that helps fungi to colonize plant roots
Flowers of tobacco plants. A tobacco plant that harbors defective mitochondria has wrinkled and male-sterile flowers (left). These defects can be rescued in the offspring by inheritance of healthy paternal mitochondria, resulting in restoration of flower beauty and fertility (right).

Paternal Mitochondria Rescuing Plant Fertility

March 03, 2026
New Study Reshapes Understanding of Mitochondrial Inheritance
Scientist Dr. Jiali Zhu is studying plants of the species Capsella rubella. She is working in a laboratory environment.

Mothers send “text messages” to pollen

January 28, 2026
RNA from maternal plant tissue can act as mobile blueprint, thereby ensuring seed development.

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Tiny Transposons, Big Effects: How MITEs Organize Chromatin to Shape Gene Expression

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Evolution of Plant-Microbe Interactions

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Molecular Understanding and Control of Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus

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Seed evolution, a maternal story

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