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Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have created a global climate crisis which requires immediate interventions to mitigate the negative effects on all aspects of life on this planet. As current agriculture and land use contributes up to 25% of total GHG emissions, plant scientists take center stage in finding possible solutions for a transition to sustainable agriculture and land use. In this article, the PlantACT! (Plants for climate ACTion!) initiative of plant scientists lays out a road map of how and in which areas plant scientists can contribute to finding immediate, mid-term, and long-term solutions, and what changes are necessary to implement these solutions at the personal, institutional, and funding levels.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2023.01.005 | DOI Listing |
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci
September 2025
Department of Systems Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel.
Viruses are ubiquitous biological entities that exert immense selective pressures on their hosts, driving the evolution of diverse innate immune mechanisms across all domains of life. While innate immunity has historically been studied in eukaryotes, recent discoveries of bacterial defence systems against phages reveal striking parallels between prokaryotic and eukaryotic immunity. A key principle of antiviral defence conserved from bacteria to humans is pattern recognition, where virus-associated molecular patterns trigger immune responses.
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September 2025
Key Laboratory of Biomass Energy and Material, Jiangsu Province, College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, People's Republic of China.
Background: Plant diseases cause significant economic losses in global agriculture each year, and the long-term use of commercial fungicides has led to serious environmental pollution and pesticide resistance. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop effective and eco-friendly plant-based antifungal compounds.
Results: A series of rosin-based Schiff base derivatives were synthesized, and all compounds were charactered using FT-IR, H NMR, C NMR and LC-MS.
BMC Res Notes
September 2025
United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service-Western Regional Research Center, 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, CA, 94710, USA.
Objective: Guayule () is a rubber producing plant. Genetic engineering of guayule to improve natural rubber content requires the use of promoters functional in stem tissues where most of guayule natural rubber is produced.
Results: We isolated a promoter region from a gene coding the Small Rubber Particle Protein 1.
Biosocieties
January 2025
Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge, Free School Lane, Cambridge, CB2 3RF UK.
DIY biology, or Do-It-Yourself biology, refers to a movement where individuals and communities establish laboratories outside traditional academic and industrial settings-such as in garages, kitchens, or community spaces. DIY biologists experiment with gene-editing technologies like CRISPR, cultivate glow-in-the-dark plants, and engineering colorful fungi. This practice challenges established norms in research, advocating for decentralized and community-driven approaches to scientific inquiry and innovation.
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September 2025
National Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Forest Food Resources, Zhejiang A & F University, Lin'an, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 311300, China.
Background: The bamboo species Dendrocalamus × mutatus T.P.Yi & B.
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