Wu et al. elucidate the molecular basis for SCOOPs perception by the MIK2–BAK1 immune complex and demonstrate an unexpectedly pivotal role of N-glycans in plant receptor–coreceptor interactions and signalling activation, shaping immune responses.

This study demonstrates a crucial role of N-glycosylation in activating a receptor-like kinase by promoting its interaction with co-receptors.

The authors report the cryo-EM structure of JA transporter ABCG16 in multiple conformations. It features a bifurcated translocation pathway, revealing the specific JA binding and transport mechanism that diversifies ABC transporters in higher plants.

The authors identified a specific Arabidopsis ligand–receptor module as a central hub connecting cell wall integrity sensing with pattern-triggered immunity through transcriptional reprogramming.

The complete genome assembly of the model plant Nicotiana benthamiana reveals the genetic and epigenetic landscape of its centromeres, which have evolved via satellite expansion, retrotransposon enrichment, and mitochondrial DNA integration. These insights enhance knowledge of polyploid centromere diversity and evolution in Solanaceae species.

This study reveals ABA-triggered low-nanomolar Ca²⁺ dynamics in diverse plant organs and cell types using an ultrasensitive Ca²⁺ biosensor. Spatiotemporal Ca²⁺ dynamics modulate the root cap cycle in adaptation to stress through ABA–Ca²⁺–CPK signalling.

Climate warming is accelerating successional processes, leading to late-successional species (fir) quickly outcompeting pioneer species (birch) at Himalayan treelines. This finding offers insights into the composition and interactions of future forest species, as well as their influences on ecosystem services.

The functions of many genes in model plants are unknown. Traditional methods to infer function are showing their limitations, but other approaches are emerging.

Climate warming is accelerating successional dynamics, with late-successional species rapidly outcompeting pioneer species at Himalayan treeline ecotones, offering insight into future forest succession and its influences on ecosystem services.

The pyrenoid contains internal membrane structures that are required for efficient carbon fixation. The two proteins SAGA1 and MITH1 are necessary for the biogenesis of these membranes and the delivery of bicarbonate to the pyrenoid matrix.

Two algal proteins, MITH1 and SAGA1, play key roles in formation of membranes that deliver CO₂ to the pyrenoid, a CO₂-concentrating organelle. Their discovery marks a key milestone towards engineering a pyrenoid into land plants for improved yields.

High-severity wildfires in the Alaskan Arctic tundra promote shrub growth, which drives a fire–greening positive feedback loop. The existence of this feedback loop suggests that wildfires have an important role in the changing tundra landscape amid rapid Arctic warming.

This study generates and phases the complete genome assembly of a model plant Nicotiana benthamiana, revealing insights into the structure, epigenetic landscape and evolutionary dynamics of its centromeres following allotetraploidization.