Pub Date : 2026-01-31DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2026.01.011
Choi Kwan, Yoshiki Tokuyama, Yohei Koide
{"title":"How a species boundary becomes fuzzy: molecular control of reproductive isolation”","authors":"Choi Kwan, Yoshiki Tokuyama, Yohei Koide","doi":"10.1016/j.molp.2026.01.011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2026.01.011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19012,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Plant","volume":"74 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":27.5,"publicationDate":"2026-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146095745","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 : 2026-01-30DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2026.01.010
Rahul Mahadev Shelake, Rajesh Ramdas Waghunde, Jae-Yean Kim
The coevolution of plant-microbe (PM) associations over approximately 450 million years has been a fundamental driver of terrestrial life, giving rise to mutualistic, commensal, and pathogenic relationships along a dynamic friend-foe continuum. The need to adapt to the host environment has driven the convergent evolution of common strategies among mutualists and pathogens, enabling them to evade or modulate the plant immune system. This review synthesizes PM coevolution within a deep-time, three-pillar framework: organellogenesis, root evolution, and immune gatekeeping, linking ancient endosymbiotic events (mitochondria, chloroplast, and nitroplast) to contemporary holobiont-level phenotypes and biotechnological applications. We organize the friend-foe continuum around a coevolution-guided cost-benefit and tipping-point framework, using identified molecular switches and evolutionary constraints to derive actionable design rules for engineering PM associations. Moving beyond a descriptive toolbox of technologies, we integrate recent breakthroughs to analyze how four principal axes: host and microbial genetics, evolutionary dynamics, environmental and ecological conditions, and metabolic switches define the thresholds that govern microbial lifestyle transitions. Finally, we propose specific, testable strategies for PM coevolution-informed crop improvement, distinguishing near-term feasible targets from long-term speculative goals in nitrogen utilization, synthetic microbial communities, immune receptor engineering, modulation of plant memory, and microbiome-integrated breeding through genome editing, synthetic biology, AI, and microbiome engineering. Together, these approaches extend existing syntheses into a predictive, evolution-informed framework that transforms coevolutionary principles into a functional blueprint for sustainable and resilient agriculture.
{"title":"Coevolution of plant-microbe interactions, friend-foe continuum, and microbiome engineering for a sustainable future","authors":"Rahul Mahadev Shelake, Rajesh Ramdas Waghunde, Jae-Yean Kim","doi":"10.1016/j.molp.2026.01.010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2026.01.010","url":null,"abstract":"The coevolution of plant-microbe (PM) associations over approximately 450 million years has been a fundamental driver of terrestrial life, giving rise to mutualistic, commensal, and pathogenic relationships along a dynamic friend-foe continuum. The need to adapt to the host environment has driven the convergent evolution of common strategies among mutualists and pathogens, enabling them to evade or modulate the plant immune system. This review synthesizes PM coevolution within a deep-time, three-pillar framework: organellogenesis, root evolution, and immune gatekeeping, linking ancient endosymbiotic events (mitochondria, chloroplast, and nitroplast) to contemporary holobiont-level phenotypes and biotechnological applications. We organize the friend-foe continuum around a coevolution-guided cost-benefit and tipping-point framework, using identified molecular switches and evolutionary constraints to derive actionable design rules for engineering PM associations. Moving beyond a descriptive toolbox of technologies, we integrate recent breakthroughs to analyze how four principal axes: host and microbial genetics, evolutionary dynamics, environmental and ecological conditions, and metabolic switches define the thresholds that govern microbial lifestyle transitions. Finally, we propose specific, testable strategies for PM coevolution-informed crop improvement, distinguishing near-term feasible targets from long-term speculative goals in nitrogen utilization, synthetic microbial communities, immune receptor engineering, modulation of plant memory, and microbiome-integrated breeding through genome editing, synthetic biology, AI, and microbiome engineering. Together, these approaches extend existing syntheses into a predictive, evolution-informed framework that transforms coevolutionary principles into a functional blueprint for sustainable and resilient agriculture.","PeriodicalId":19012,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Plant","volume":"58 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":27.5,"publicationDate":"2026-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146089388","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 : 2026-01-23DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2026.01.007
Leilei Yang, Mingming Yang, Bobo Zhao, Xiaoxue Zhang, Lei Wang, Mengsi Zhang, Bo Wang, Qing Wang, Jiabing Ma, Xiaofei Du, Yuli Luo, Shuaiwu Wang, Yao Wang, Xihui Shen, Lili Huang
{"title":"Pseudomonas syringae histidine kinase BvgS acts as the sensory receptor of plant-derived putrescine to activate the type III secretion system and enhance bacterial virulence","authors":"Leilei Yang, Mingming Yang, Bobo Zhao, Xiaoxue Zhang, Lei Wang, Mengsi Zhang, Bo Wang, Qing Wang, Jiabing Ma, Xiaofei Du, Yuli Luo, Shuaiwu Wang, Yao Wang, Xihui Shen, Lili Huang","doi":"10.1016/j.molp.2026.01.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2026.01.007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19012,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Plant","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":27.5,"publicationDate":"2026-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146033192","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 : 2026-01-21DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2026.01.008
Zhongmin Zou, Yuhan Zhu, Chao Su, Yangrong Cao
{"title":"Evolution and variation of gene modules associated with symbiotic nitrogen fixation in the nitrogen-fixing clade","authors":"Zhongmin Zou, Yuhan Zhu, Chao Su, Yangrong Cao","doi":"10.1016/j.molp.2026.01.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2026.01.008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19012,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Plant","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":27.5,"publicationDate":"2026-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146014805","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 : 2026-01-21DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2026.01.006
Ahamed Khan, Sara Farrona
{"title":"PLETHORA Transcription Factors: Stepping into Epigenetic Bivalent Control of the Rice Root Meristem.","authors":"Ahamed Khan, Sara Farrona","doi":"10.1016/j.molp.2026.01.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2026.01.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19012,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Plant","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":24.1,"publicationDate":"2026-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146030423","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 : 2026-01-19DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2026.01.004
Vikram Jha, Patricia Zecua-Ramirez, Martin Stegmann
Immuno-modulatory plant endogenous peptides (often referred to as phytocytokines) are increasingly recognized as important regulators of plant immunity. Research in recent years revealed several novel phytocytokine pathways in Arabidopsis and other plant species (Liu et al., 2022; Rzemieniewski et al., 2024; Dong et al., 2025; Yu et al., 2025). Phytocytokines are perceived by plasma membrane receptor kinases (RKs), mostly with extracellular leucine-rich repeat domains (LRRs). They are often limited to individual plant families, hampering applicability upon discoveries in model species (Rhodes et al., 2021; Liu et al., 2022). Two recent papers in Molecular plant now provide a leap forward, identifying phytocytokine modules in the monocot crops wheat and rice, offering the potential for translational approaches (Sun et al., 2025; Wang et al., 2025).
免疫调节植物内源性肽（通常称为植物细胞因子）越来越被认为是植物免疫的重要调节因子。近年来的研究揭示了拟南芥等植物中几种新的植物细胞因子通路（Liu et al., 2022; Rzemieniewski et al., 2024; Dong et al., 2025; Yu et al., 2025）。植物细胞因子通过质膜受体激酶（RKs）感知，主要具有胞外富含亮氨酸重复结构域（lrr）。它们通常仅限于单个植物科，阻碍了在模式物种中发现的适用性（Rhodes et al., 2021; Liu et al., 2022）。最近发表在Molecular plant上的两篇论文提供了一个飞跃，鉴定了单株作物小麦和水稻中的植物细胞因子模块，为转化方法提供了潜力（Sun et al., 2025; Wang et al., 2025）。
{"title":"Phytocytokines as regulators of disease resistance in monocot crops.","authors":"Vikram Jha, Patricia Zecua-Ramirez, Martin Stegmann","doi":"10.1016/j.molp.2026.01.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2026.01.004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Immuno-modulatory plant endogenous peptides (often referred to as phytocytokines) are increasingly recognized as important regulators of plant immunity. Research in recent years revealed several novel phytocytokine pathways in Arabidopsis and other plant species (Liu et al., 2022; Rzemieniewski et al., 2024; Dong et al., 2025; Yu et al., 2025). Phytocytokines are perceived by plasma membrane receptor kinases (RKs), mostly with extracellular leucine-rich repeat domains (LRRs). They are often limited to individual plant families, hampering applicability upon discoveries in model species (Rhodes et al., 2021; Liu et al., 2022). Two recent papers in Molecular plant now provide a leap forward, identifying phytocytokine modules in the monocot crops wheat and rice, offering the potential for translational approaches (Sun et al., 2025; Wang et al., 2025).</p>","PeriodicalId":19012,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Plant","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":24.1,"publicationDate":"2026-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146011294","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 : 2026-01-12DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2026.01.003
Diogo P. Godinho, João G. Mariz, Paula Duque
{"title":"Hidden layers of defense: Alternative splicing in plant immunity","authors":"Diogo P. Godinho, João G. Mariz, Paula Duque","doi":"10.1016/j.molp.2026.01.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2026.01.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19012,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Plant","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":27.5,"publicationDate":"2026-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145956652","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}
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