Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie

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2026

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von Steimker, J.; Rey, E. L.; Stanschewski, C.; Wendenburg, R.; Klemmer, A.; Macho, M.; Thirumalaikumar, V. P.; Saber, N. O.; Skirycz, A.; Fernie, A. R. et al.; Tester, M.; Alseekh, S.: Multi‐tissue metabolic GWAS and drought‐responsive multi‐omics reveal the genetic basis of the quinoa metabolome. Advanced Science (2026)

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von Steimker, J.; Macho, M.; Wendenburg, R.; Lee jeon, J.; Zemach, I.; Xu, Y.; Fröhlich, A.; Sampathkumar, A.; Zamir, D.; Fei, Z. et al.; Giovannoni, J. J.; Fernie, A. R.; Alseekh, S.: Natural variation inSlGRF10 reveals a role in regulating tomato fruit weight. Plant Physiology 201 (3), kiag465 (2026)

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Pankaj, R.; Lima, R. B.; Luo , G.-Y.; Ehlert, S. T.; Del Toro-De León, G.; Bente, H.; Finger, P.; Sato, H.; Figueiredo, D.D.: Removal of seed coat H3K27me3 in Arabidopsis requires non-canonical functions of brassinosteroid receptors. The Plant Cell 38 (6), koag182 (2026)

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Qiu, Y.; Köhler, C.: The other giant: Functional significance and divergence of Type I MADS-Box genes in the evolution of land plants. Journal of Experimental Botany 77 (12), S. 3501 - 3517 (2026)

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Qiu, Y.; Li, Z.; Köhler, C.: No Evidence Supports the Presence of SRF-type MADS-Box Genes in Land Plants. Genome Biology and Evolution 18 (6) (2026)

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Bente, H.; Müller, R. L. J.; Donath, A.; Walther, D.; Köhler, C.: Samplify: a versatile tool for image-based segmentation and annotation of seed abortion phenotypes. New Phytologist, S. 1964 - 1978 (2026)

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Lopes, A.; Sandoval-Ibanez, O.; Arrivault, S.; Rolo, D.; Loiacono, F.V.; Erban, A.; Karcher, D.; Obst, S.; Ruf, S.; Kopka, J. et al.; Bock, R.: Plastid engineering for photosynthesis-driven synthesis of hyaluronic acid in tobacco. Plant Biotechnology Journal 24 (4), S. 2541 - 2558 (2026)

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Moratti, F. G.; Lonoce, C.; Obst, S.; Kroop, X.; Karcher, D.; Ruf, S.; Bock, R.: A set of intein-split selectable marker genes for efficient co-transformation. Plant Biotechnology Journal 24 (4), S. 2439 - 2441 (2026)

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Gonzalez-Duran, E.; Liang, Z.; Forner, J.; Kleinschmidt, D.; Wang, W.; Jiang, L.; Chung K. P. (Organelle Biology and Biotechnology, (. B. a. B.; Bock, R.: High-frequency biparental inheritance of plant mitochondria upon chilling stress and loss of a genome-degrading nuclease. Nature Plants 12, S. 571 - 582 (2026)

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Usländer, A.; Haag, M.; Cheng, A.; Lederer, B.; Khoo, J. Y.; Dunker, F.; Acosta, I.; Weiberg, A.; Gutjahr, C.: Cross-kingdom RNA interference promotes arbuscular mycorrhiza development. Nature Plants 12, S. 695 - 702 (2026)

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Zhu, J.; Santos-González, J.; Wang, Z.; Strothans, T.; Ribeiro, C.; Henrique, T.; Zhang, A.; Melnyk, C. W.; Meyers, B. C.; Köhler, C.: Long-distance transport of siRNAs with functional roles in pollen development. Nature Plants 12, S. 386 - 399 (2026)

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Nakamura, M.; Bente, H.; Derkacheva, M.; Gentry, M.; Landberg, K.; Thelander, M.; Sundberg, E.; Hennig, L.; Köhler, C.: Chromatin-associated DEK proteins maintain H3K27me3 balance and coordinate developmental transitions in plants. New Phytologist 249 (2), S. 930 - 944 (2026)

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Zhang, Y.; Fernie, A. R.: Nanocoated bacteria for sustainable fertilization. nature food 7, S. 13 - 14 (2026)

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2025

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Florez-Rueda, A.M.; Scharmann, M.; de Souza, L. P.; Fernie, A. R.; Bachelier, J. B.; Figueiredo, D.D.: Genomic imprinting in an early-diverging angiosperm reveals an ancient mechanism for seed initiation in flowering plants. New Phytologist 249 (4), S. 1580 - 1591 (2025)

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Wittemeier, L.; Rajarathinam, Y.; Erban, A.; Hagemann, M.; Kopka, J.: Positional 13C enrichment analysis of aspartate determines PEPC activity in vivo. New Phytologist 248 (1), S. 401 - 414 (2025)

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Ghandour, R.; Gao, Y.; Ruf, S.; Bock, R.; Zoschke, R.: Assembly-dependent translational feedback regulation of photosynthetic proteins in land plants. Nature Plants 11, S. 1920 - 1938 (2025)

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Pantazica, A.-M.; Hammel, A.; Caras, I.; Ionescu, I.; Tucureanu, C.; Onu, A.; Murace, M.; Liu Clarke, J.; Stavaru, C.; Branza-Nichita, N. et al.; Bock, R.: Red alga porphyridium supports high-yield production of a functional chimeric Hepatitis B surface antigen with strong cellular and humoral immunogenicity. Plant Biotechnology Journal 23 (11), S. 4829 - 4843 (2025)

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Fernie, A. R.; Bulut, M.: Design of future climate smart crops by engineering heat stress-responsive gene expression. Molecular Plant 18 (5), S. 738 - 740 (2025)

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Gonzalez-Duran, E.; Kroop, X.; Schadach, A.; Bock, R.: Suppression of plastid-to-nucleus gene transfer by DNA double-strand break repair. Nature Plants 11, S. 1154 - 1164 (2025)

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Paries, M.; Hobecker, K.; Hernández Luelmo, S.; Binci, F.; Guercio, A.; Usländer, A.; Cardoso, C.; Si, Y.; Wankner, L.; Bashyal, S. et al.; Troycke, P.; Brückner , F.; Pimprikar, P.; Shabek, N.; Gutjahr, C.: The GRAS protein RAM1 interacts with WRI transcription factors to regulate plant genes required for arbuscule development and function. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 122 (21), e2427021122 (2025)

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Sweetlove, L.; Ratcliffe, R.; Fernie, A. R.: Non-canonical plant metabolism. Nature Plants 11, S. 696 - 708 (2025)

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Zhang, W.; Tariq, A.; Jia, X.; Yan, J.; Fernie, A. R.; Usadel, B.; Wen, W.: Plant sperm cell sequencing for genome phasing and determination of meiotic crossover points. Nature Protocols 20, S. 690 - 708 (2025)

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Das, D.; Varshney, K.; Ogawa, S.; Torabi, S.; Hüttl, R.; Nelson, D. C.; Gutjahr, C.: Ethylene promotes SMAX1 accumulation to inhibit arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis. Nature Communications 16 (1), 2025 (2025)

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Urrea-Castellanos, R.; Calderan-Rodrigues, M.J.; Artins, A.; Musialak-Lange, M.; Macharanda-Ganesh, A.; Fernie, A. R.; Wahl, V.; Caldana, C.: The Regulatory-associated protein of target of rapamycin 1B (RAPTOR 1B) interconnects with the photoperiod pathway to promote flowering in Arabidopsis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 122 (6), e2405536122 (2025)

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Alseekh, S.; Klemmer, A.; Yan, J.; Guo, T.; Fernie, A. R.: Embracing plant plasticity or robustness as a means of ensuring food security. Nature Communications 16 (1), 461 (2025)

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López, C.; Alseekh, S.; Rivas, F.; Fernie, A. R.; Prieto, P.; Alamillo, J.: CRISPR/Cas9 editing of two adenine phosphoribosyl transferase coding genes reveals the functional specialization of adenine salvage proteins in common bean. Journal of Experimental Botany 76 (2), S. 346 - 362 (2025)

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2024

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D'Auria, J.C.; Fernie, A. R.: The BAHD and the bold: the mitochondria's role in alkaloid artistry. Trends in Plant Science 29 (12), S. 1290 - 1291 (2024)

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Li, B.; Armarego-Marriott, T.; Kowalewska, Ł.; Thiele, W.; Erban, A.; Ruf, S.; Kopka, J.; Schöttler, M. A.; Bock, R.: Membrane protein provision controls prothylakoid biogenesis in tobacco etioplasts. The Plant Cell 36 (12), S. 4862 - 4880 (2024)

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Tiozon, R. J. N.; Alseekh, S.; Fernie, A. R.; Bonto, A. P.; Yu, J.; Buenafe, R. J. Q.; Sreenivasulu, N.: Comprehensive lipidomic insights of differentially accumulating lipids in large pigmented rice sprout collection and the changes in the starch composition upon germination. Food Chemistry 460 (Part 2), 140677 (2024)

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Dziasek, K.; Santos-González, J.; Wang, K.; Qiu, Y.; Zhu, J.; Rigola, D.; Nijbroek, K.; Köhler, C.: Dosage-sensitive maternal siRNAs determine hybridization success in Capsella. Nature Plants 10, S. 1969 - 1983 (2024)

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Liu, F.; Fernie, A. R.; Zhang, Y.: Can a nitrogen-fixing organelle be engineered within plants? Trends in Plant Science 29 (11), S. 1168 - 1171 (2024)

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Lima, R. B.; Pankaj, R.; Ehlert, S. T.; Finger, P.; Fröhlich, A.; Bayle, V.; Landrein, B.; Sampathkumar, A.; Figueiredo, D.D.: Seed coat-derived brassinosteroid signaling regulates endosperm development. Nature Communications 15 (1), 9352 (2024)

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Qiu, Y.; Li, Z.; Köhler, C.: Ancestral duplication of MADS-box genes in land plants empowered the functional divergence between sporophytes and gametophytes. New Phytologist 244 (2), S. 358 - 363 (2024)

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Rolo, D.; Sandoval-Ibanez, O.; Thiele, W.; Schöttler, M. A.; Gerlach, I.; Zoschke, R.; Schwartzmann, J.; Meyer, E. H.; Bock, R.: CO-EXPRESSED WITH PSI ASSEMBLY1 (CEPA1) is a photosystem I assembly factor in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell 36 (10), S. 4179 - 4211 (2024)

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von Steimker, J.; Tripodi, P.; Wendenburg, R.; Tringovska, I.; Nankar, A. N.; Stoeva, V.; Pasev, G.; Klemmer, A.; Todorova, V.; Bulut, M. et al.; Tikunov, Y.; Bovy, A.; Gechev, T.; Kostova, D.; Fernie, A. R.; Alseekh, S.: The genetic architecture of the pepper metabolome and the biosynthesis of its signature capsianoside metabolites. Current Biology 34 (18), S. 4209 - 4223 (2024)

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Badoni, S.; Pasion-Uy, E. A.; Kor, S.; Kim, S.-R.; Tiozon, R. J. N.; Misra, G.; Buenafe, R. J. Q.; Labarga, L. M.; Ramos-Castrosanto, A. R.; Pratap, V. et al.; Slamet-Loedin, I.; von Steimker, J.; Alseekh, S.; Fernie, A. R.; Kohli, A.; Khush, G. S.; Sreenivasulu, N.: Multiomics of a rice population identifies genes and genomic regions that bestow low glycemic index and high protein content. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 121 (36), e2410598121 (2024)

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Hayashi, K.; Fernie, A. R.: A neat wheat trick to hide genes from selection. Trends in Plant Science 29 (8), S. 837 - 838 (2024)

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Del Toro-De León, G.; van Boven, J.; Santos-González, J.; Jiao, W.-B.; Peng, H.; Schneeberger, K.; Köhler, C.: Epigenetic and transcriptional consequences in the endosperm of chemically induced transposon mobilization in Arabidopsis. Nucleic Acids Research 53 (15), S. 8833 - 8848 (2024)

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Yin, Z.; Huang, W.; Li, K.; Fernie, A. R.; Yan, S.: Advances in mass spectrometry imaging for plant metabolomics—Expanding the analytical toolbox. The Plant Journal 119 (5), S. 2168 - 2180 (2024)

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Hammel, A.; Cucos, L.-M.; Caras, I.; Ionescu, I.; Tucureanu, C.; Tofan, V.; Costache, A.; Onu, A.; Hoepfner, L.; Hippler, M. et al.; Neupert, J.; Popescu, C.-I.; Stavaru, C.; Branza-Nichita, N.; Bock, R.: The red alga Porphyridium as a host for molecular farming: Efficient production of immunologically active hepatitis C virus glycoprotein. PNAS 121 (24), e2400145121 (2024)

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Butel, N.; Qiu, Y.; Xu, W.; Santos-González, J.; Köhler, C.: Parental conflict driven regulation of endosperm cellularization by a family of Auxin Response Factors. Nature Plants 10, S. 1018 - 1026 (2024)

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Fernie, A. R.; Bulut, M.: How cauliflower got its curd. Nature Genetics 56, S. 1042 - 1044 (2024)

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Krämer, C.; Boehm, C.R.; Liu, J.; Ting, M. K. Y.; Hertle, A. P.; Forner, J.; Ruf, S.; Schöttler, M. A.; Zoschke, R.; Bock, R.: Removal of the large inverted repeat from the plastid genome reveals gene dosage effects and leads to increased genome copy number. Nature Plants 10, S. 923 - 935 (2024)

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Butel, N.; Köhler, C.: Flowering plant reproduction. Current Biology 34 (8), S. R308 - R312 (2024)

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Qiu, H.; Zhang, X.; Zhang, Y.; Jiang, X.; Ren, Y.; Gao, D.; Zhu, X.; Usadel, B.; Fernie, A. R.; Wen, W.: Depicting the genetic and metabolic panorama of chemical diversity in the tea plant. Plant Biotechnology Journal 22, S. 1001 - 1016 (2024)

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Liu, F.; Fernie, A. R.; Zhang, Y.: Plant gene co-expression defines the biosynthetic pathway of neuroactive alkaloids. Molecular Plant 17 (3), S. 372 - 374 (2024)

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Fernie, A. R.; Bulut, M.: A delicate balance: transcriptional control of awn development and yield in barley. Trends in Plant Science 29 (9), S. 946 - 947 (2024)

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Gupta, S.; Petrov, V.; Garg, V.; Mueller-Roeber, B.; Fernie, A. R.; Nikoloski, Z.; Gechev, T.: The genome of Haberlea rhodopensis provides insights into the mechanisms for tolerance to multiple extreme environments. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 81 (1), 117 (2024)

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Uflewski, M.; Rindfleisch, T.; Korkmaz, K.; Tietz, E.; Mielke, S.; Correa Galvis, V.; Dünschede, B.; Luzarowski, M.; Skirycz, A.; Schwarzländer, M. et al.; Strand, D.; Hertle, A. P.; Schünemann, D.; Walther, D.; Thalhammer, A.; Wolff, M.; Armbruster, U.: The thylakoid proton antiporter KEA3 regulates photosynthesis in response to the chloroplast energy status. Nature Communications 15, 2792 (2024)

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Rosa-Téllez, S.; Alcántara-Enguídanos, A.; Martinez-Seidel, F.; Casatejada-Anchel, R.; Saeheng, S.; Bailes, C. L.; Erban, A.; Medeiros, D.B.; Alepúz, P.; Matus, J. T. et al.; Kopka, J.; Muñoz-Bertomeu, J.; Krueger, S.; Roje, S.; Fernie, A. R.; Ros, R.: The serine-glycine-one carbon metabolic network orchestrates changes in nitrogen and sulfur metabolism and shapes plant development. The Plant Cell 36 (2), koad256, S. 404 - 426 (2024)

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Review Articles

2026

Zeng, T.; Gutjahr, C.: DELLA proteins orchestrate arbuscule accomodation. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 93, 102936 (2026)

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Forner, J.; Bock, R.: Editing mitochondrial and chloroplast genomes: Genome editing technologies for plant organelles provide new opportunities in functional genomics and breeding. EMBO Reports 27, S. 269 - 275 (2026)

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Pasion-Uy, E. A.; Uy, L.Y.C.; Kavi Kishor, P.B.; Fernie, A. R.; Sreenivasulu, N.: Sustained cereal bowl amidst global warming. Trends in Plant Science 31 (1), S. 55 - 68 (2026)

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2025

Yu, Y.; Fotopoulos, V.; Zhou, K.; Fernie, A. R.: The role of gasotransmitter hydrogen sulfide in plant cadmium stress responses. Trends in Plant Science 30 (1), S. 35 - 53 (2025)

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Del Toro-De León, G.; Köhler, C.: Rapid origin and turnover of genomic imprinting by transposable elements. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 228, 110264 (2025)

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Bulut, M.: Chemodiversity of sulfur-containing metabolites emphasizing the ecophysiology of Allium plants and the developmental innovations in bulb formation. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 85, 102724 (2025)

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Tiozon, R. J. N.; Lenaerts, B.; Kor, S.; Demont, M.; Fernie, A. R.; Sreenivasulu, N.: Low glycemic index rice: a healthier diet for countering diabetes epidemic in Asia. Trends in Plant Science 30 (6), S. 603 - 614 (2025)

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Fettke, J.; Fernie, A. R.: Do storage reserves contribute to plant phenotypic plasticity? Trends in Plant Science 30 (4), S. 364 - 372 (2025)

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2024

Fernie, A. R.; Liu, F.; Zhang, Y.: Post-genomic illumination of paclitaxel biosynthesis. Nature Plants 10, S. 1875 - 1885 (2024)

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Rolo, D.; Schöttler, M. A.; Sandoval-Ibanez, O.; Bock, R.: Structure, function, and assembly of photosystem I in thylakoid membranes of vascular plants. The Plant Cell 36 (10), S. 4080 - 4108 (2024)

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