Pub Date : 2025-12-05DOI: 10.1038/s41477-025-02162-y
Yuyang Xie, Daniel S. Park, Miranda A. Sinnott-Armstrong, Joyce Ho, Tianlong Chen, Alan S. Weakley, Luis J. Aguirre Lopez, Jaein Choi, Marisa M. Laitinen, Nicholas A. Steeves, Chingyan H. Huang, Ran Xu, Xiao Feng
Georeferencing translates textual location information, for instance, on herbarium specimen labels, into geographical coordinates, but traditional methods are labour intensive and costly. Large language models (LLMs), however, have the potential to facilitate the georeferencing of natural history collections. Under standardized testing, some available LLMs achieved a near-human level of accuracy quickly and affordably, such that their incorporation into current workflows will increase the efficiency of georeferencing.
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Pub Date : 2025-12-02DOI: 10.1038/s41477-025-02191-7
Raphael Trösch
{"title":"A novel player in selective autophagy","authors":"Raphael Trösch","doi":"10.1038/s41477-025-02191-7","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41477-025-02191-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18904,"journal":{"name":"Nature Plants","volume":"12 1","pages":"7-7"},"PeriodicalIF":13.6,"publicationDate":"2025-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145656947","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-02DOI: 10.1038/s41477-025-02190-8
Guillaume Tena
{"title":"Sprouting at the right time","authors":"Guillaume Tena","doi":"10.1038/s41477-025-02190-8","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41477-025-02190-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18904,"journal":{"name":"Nature Plants","volume":"11 12","pages":"2443-2443"},"PeriodicalIF":13.6,"publicationDate":"2025-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145661454","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-01DOI: 10.1038/s41477-025-02168-6
Marek Marzec, Philip B. Brewer
The apocarotenoid growth regulator zaxinone binds the Arabidopsis strigolactone receptor DWARF 14 (D14). Acting as a long-lasting antagonist, zaxinone interferes with signalling and induces strigolactone biosynthesis. This discovery broadens the ligand repertoire of D14 and raises new questions about hormone crosstalk and receptor plasticity.
{"title":"Zaxinone as a strigolactone antagonist","authors":"Marek Marzec, Philip B. Brewer","doi":"10.1038/s41477-025-02168-6","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41477-025-02168-6","url":null,"abstract":"The apocarotenoid growth regulator zaxinone binds the Arabidopsis strigolactone receptor DWARF 14 (D14). Acting as a long-lasting antagonist, zaxinone interferes with signalling and induces strigolactone biosynthesis. This discovery broadens the ligand repertoire of D14 and raises new questions about hormone crosstalk and receptor plasticity.","PeriodicalId":18904,"journal":{"name":"Nature Plants","volume":"11 12","pages":"2455-2456"},"PeriodicalIF":13.6,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145645163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-01DOI: 10.1038/s41477-025-02158-8
Opportunity crops in Africa show varied climate resilience, with several projected to outperform current staple crops under future climate scenarios. Root and tuber crops are notably resilient whereas legumes and vegetable crops face declines, especially in the Sahel, highlighting the need for targeted adaptation strategies.
{"title":"Modelling of climate impacts on opportunity crop productivity across Africa","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41477-025-02158-8","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41477-025-02158-8","url":null,"abstract":"Opportunity crops in Africa show varied climate resilience, with several projected to outperform current staple crops under future climate scenarios. Root and tuber crops are notably resilient whereas legumes and vegetable crops face declines, especially in the Sahel, highlighting the need for targeted adaptation strategies.","PeriodicalId":18904,"journal":{"name":"Nature Plants","volume":"11 12","pages":"2459-2460"},"PeriodicalIF":13.6,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145645164","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}