EXPERT VIEW: 'A genomic journey across the past, present, and future of South American maize' - Pia Guadalupe Dominguez et al, [https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae383] 🌽

EXPERT VIEW: 'CNGC15 and DMI1 ion channel gating in nuclear calcium signaling: opening new questions and closing controversies' - Catherine Jacott & Pablo del Cerro, [https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae352]🌿

REVIEW: 'Imaging the spatial distribution of structurally diverse plant hormones' - Lulu Chen et al, [https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae384]🌿

REVIEW: 'Post-translational modifications control the signal at the crossroads of plant–pathogen interactions' - Kamlesh Kumar Soni et al, [https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae358]🌱

REVIEW: 'Sex determination in bryophytes: current state of the art' - Djordje Božović et al, [https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae347]🌿

DARWIN REVIEW: 'Nucleotides and nucleotide derivatives as signal molecules in plants' - Claus-Peter Witte & Marco Herde, [https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae377]🧬

VIEWPOINT: 'Model forms for triose phosphate utilization-limited photosynthetic rates: implications for estimation of photorespiratory carbon export and the contribution of mesophyll conductance to photosynthesis' - Zhenxiang Zhou & Xinyou Yin, [https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae369] 🌱

VIEWPOINT: 'Bread and hummus: trait connectance and correlation pleiades in grain crops' - Victor Sadras, [https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae374]🍞🌾

INSIGHT: 'Phloem: a missing link in understanding tree growth response in a changing environment' - Jožica Gričar, [https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae410]🌳

INSIGHT: 'Trichoderma gets by with a little help from Streptomyces: fungal–bacterial symbiosis in plant growth promotion' - Tessa Reid & Miriam Gifford, [https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae439]🍄🤝

INSIGHT: 'Overcoming weeds: breeding herbicide-resistant crops via directed evolution' - Liang Ma & Yan Guo, [https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae445]🌾

Spotlight on JXB Associate Editor Miriam Gifford, who is an expert in areas such as #root growth and lateral root development, systems approaches to analyse root environmental responses, cell type analysis and #cell sorting, #nodulation, and #nitrogen fixation, #gene network inference and #modelling 🪴

Handling #editor, Stan Kopriva, specialises in C4 #photosynthesis, oxidative stress, #plant #nutrition, and #sulphur assimilation 🍃

Angus Murphy, handling editor, focuses on topics such as auxin transport, hormone crosstalk, ABC transporters, and membrane protein trafficking 🌱

Introducing Don Ort, an Associate #Editor specialising in #photosynthesis, global change, FACE, #environmental and #abiotic stress 🌏

Introducing one of our associate editors, Graham Noctor, who handles manuscripts in the areas of oxidative stress, antioxidants, leaf metabolism, metabolomics, and redox homeostasis 🍃

Explore the #research interests of JXB Associate #Editor Rob Hancock: Primary metabolism, Secondary metabolism, Plant-insect interactions, Abiotic stress, Crop physiology, #Metabolomics #Transcriptomics 🌿🦗

#PlantScience

Howard Griffiths, JXB handling editor, has vast knowledge in plant adaptation, tropical plants, photosynthesis, plant energy conversion, water use by trees, carbon dioxide concentration for photosynthesis, plant-soil water relationship, plant metabolism control, and stable isotopes 🌳

Handling #editor, Ian Dodd, investigates #water deficit effects on plants, focusing on #root-to-shoot #signalling, #plant-growth promoting #rhizobacteria, #phytohormones, and #stomatal #physiology.

Introducing one of our handling editors, Björn Usadel, who oversees manuscripts in the following areas:

🌱 Omics data
🌱 Data visualisation
🌱 Big data
🌱 Cell walls
🌱 Mucilage
🌱 Plant metabolism