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Olfaction in fruit flies (Tephritidae) balances detection and discrimination of host fruits - Communications Biology Challenging a central assumption in chemical ecology, we show that polyphagous fruit flies do not rely solely on volatiles shared across hosts: compounds specific to particular hosts shape oviposition...

🍎🪰 Polyphagous fruit flies (Tephritidae) exhibit species-specific olfactory tuning to host fruit compounds, suggesting an evolved balance between detection and discrimination, with potential implications for ecological management and pest control strategies.
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Orphan crop genomics and improvement 2025 This Orphan Crop Genomics and Improvement Collection welcomes submissions on orphan crops genomics, genetics, and breeding.

We welcome submissions of papers focused on genome assembly, population genetics, marker-trait association studies, gene cloning, and breeding technique development and implementation in orphan crops to our joint collection that includes @natcomms.nature.com @commssustain.nature.com
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On the non-oxygenic origins of thylakoids - Communications Biology The ancestral evolutionary states of thylakoid membranes may have been initially dedicated to non-oxygenic alternative electron flows.

New perspective 🦠: the ancestral evolutionary states of thylakoid membranes may have been initially dedicated to non-oxygenic alternative electron flows. #cyanobacteria

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Biodegradable plastic exposure enhances microbial functional diversity while reducing taxonomic diversity across multi-kingdom soil microbiota in cherry tomato fields - Communications Biology PBAT plastic exposure decreases taxonomic diversity across multi–kingdom soil microbiota, while enriching functional diversity, genome size, and genes for plastic degradation and carbon, nitrogen, pho...

PBAT plastic exposure decreases taxonomic diversity across multi–kingdom soil microbiota, while enriching functional diversity, genome size, and genes for plastic degradation and carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur cycling.

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Metabolome-driven microbiome assembly in ginger (Zingiber officinale) enhances nutrient cycling and crop yield through keystone taxa - Communications Biology Metabolomic reprogramming in a high-yield ginger cultivar shapes microbiome assembly, enriching keystone taxa like Devosia and Talaromyces, which enhance nutrient cycling and yield, offering a basis f...

Metabolomic reprogramming in a high-yield ginger cultivar shapes microbiome assembly, enriching keystone taxa like Devosia and Talaromyces, which enhance nutrient cycling and yield, offering a basis for microbiome-informed crop design. doi.org/10.1038/s420...

A warm welcome to Dr. Vincent Courdavault, who joins our Plant Biology section as an editorial board member! Their work in plant specialized metabolism, alkaloids, plant genetic transformation, yeast engineering and muti-omics approaches will be a valuable addition. Welcome aboard! 🌱🧬

Transcriptomic response analysis of rubber tree saplings to water-deficit stress at single-cell resolution - Communications Biology Single-cell profiling in rubber tree saplings to water-deficit stress identifies seven bark cell types and ABA-mediated drought responses, including uniform ABF2/3/4 induction.

Single-cell profiling in rubber tree saplings to water-deficit stress identifies seven bark cell types and ABA-mediated drought responses, including uniform ABF2/3/4 induction.

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🧬🌿 Dr. Taikui Zhang is joining our editorial board in the Ecology & Evolution section! Dr. Zhang brings expertise in angiosperms, (pan-)genomics, evolutionary genomics, phylogenomics, whole genome duplications, and bioinformatics. Welcome aboard! 🌱

Carbon metabolism shapes FtsZ levels and cell division in the cyanobacterium Anabaena PCC 7120 - Communications Biology This study provides evidence on how carbon metabolism regulates cell division among cyanobacteria. Manipulation of the TCA pathway directly impacts the FtsZ-dependent cell division by regulating its e...

This new study in Communications Biology provides evidence on how carbon metabolism regulates cell division among cyanobacteria. TCA pathway manipulation directly impacts the FtsZ-dependent cell division by regulating its expression via the transcriptional factor NtcA. 🦠
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Congrats, Joe Ecker @salkinstitute.bsky.social, to receiving the McClintock Prize! Joe has been a visionary leader of the field of genetics and genomics – not only for plants – for decades
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Early-stage reciprocal cooperation between the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis and the phosphate-solubilizing bacterium Rahnella aquatilis is dependent on external phosphorus ava... Reciprocal cooperation at the early stage between an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus and a phosphate-solubilizing bacterium is mediated by external phosphorus availability.

Reciprocal cooperation at the early stage between an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus and a phosphate-solubilizing bacterium is mediated by external phosphorus availability.
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Our editor Michele Repetto is at the Ecological and Evolutionary Genomics #GRC meeting, Dynamics of Ecological and Evolutionary Change. Find her at the conference for a chat about your research and publishing with our journal!

Evidence for common fungal networks among plants formed by a Dark Septate Endophyte in Sorghum bicolor - Communications Biology A lab experiment shows that Dark Septate Endophytes can form common fungal networks between plants, increasing biomass and enabling water movement, suggesting that non-mycorrhizal fungi may contribute...

A lab experiment shows that Dark Septate Endophytes can form common fungal networks between plants, increasing biomass and enabling water movement, suggesting that non-mycorrhizal fungi may contribute to plant connectivity. www.nature.com/articles/s42...

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Locum Associate Editor Job Description: Job Title: Locum Associate Editor - Communications Biology Location: Pune or Shanghai (Hybrid working) Nature Portfolio is the world’s leader in publishing high-quality research from ...

Have expertise in computational biology? Our journal is looking for a Locum Associate Editor with expertise in this area.

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In transit now to Luxembourg to represent @commsbio.nature.com at the Phytofactories 2025 meeting. If you're attending, stop by and chat with me during the meet-the-editor session tomorrow (Wednesday) from 5:30-7:00 PM!

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Photosynthetic #sacoglossan sea slugs lose state transitions due to structural changes of their kleptoplasts, whereas Bryopsidales #algae show an evolutionary loss of state transitions, highlighting the diverse light-use strategies of green algae. www.nature.com/articles/s42... @vesahavu.bsky.social

Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.) landraces in Mozambique and neighbouring Southern African countries harbour genetic loci with potential for climate adaptation - Communications Biology Smallholder-maintained cowpea varieties in Southern Africa hold valuable genetic traits for adapting to a changing climate, offering key insights for breeding resilient crops and strengthening future ...

Smallholder-maintained #cowpea varieties in Southern Africa hold valuable genetic traits for adapting to a changing climate, offering key insights for breeding resilient #crops and strengthening future food security.🌍 @mdellacq.bsky.social
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Population genomics uncovers loci for trait improvement in the indigenous African cereal tef (Eragrostis tef) - Communications Biology Resequencing of a core collection of tef, an indigenous cereal, identifies genetic redundancy and candidate genes for grain colour, size and metabolite content variation.

Resequencing of a core collection of tef, an indigenous cereal, identifies genetic redundancy and candidate genes for grain colour, size and metabolite content variation.

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Changes in the assembly and functional adaptation of endophytic microbial communities in Amorphophallus species with different levels of resistance to necrotrophic bacterial pathogen stress - Communic... A study on the response of different resistant Amorphophallus species to Pcc stress reveals that endophytic fungal taxa play a key role in host plant’s defense against necrotizing bacterial pathogens.

🌱A study on the response of different resistant Amorphophallus species to Pcc stress reveals that endophytic fungal taxa play a key role in host plant's defense against necrotizing bacterial pathogens.

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Featured on the @commsbio.nature.com homepage: in a genus of perennial herbs (Aquilegia spp) incomplete lineage sorting contributes to phenotypic convergence in a recent cryptic radiation while standing genetic variation and introgression facilitate rapid adaptive divergence
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🌳🌱Last days to submit to our cross-journal Collection with @natcomms.nature.com & Scientific Reports on plant responses and adaptations to abiotic stress:🌲🪴
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Biotechnology for a circular economy 2025 This collection welcomes research in, but not limited to carbon assimilation, biomanufacturing, waste management, and bioenergy. We are also interested in ...

Our 2025 cross-journal Collection on biotechnology for a circular economy on one carbon assimilation, bio-manufacturing, waste management, recycling, bio-energy, including computational methodology on the above fields, will present updates to our 2023 collection:
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Loss of function of MusaPUB genes in banana can provide enhanced resistance to bacterial wilt disease - Communications Biology MusaPUB22/23 knockout in banana plants enhances resistance to Xanthomonas wilt (BXW) without compromising growth. These findings highlight the role of U-box E3 ligases in plant immunity and the potent...

MusaPUB22/23 knockout in banana plants enhances resistance to Xanthomonas wilt (BXW) without compromising growth. These findings highlight the role of U-box E3 ligases in plant immunity and the potential of using this approach for disease-resistant crop engineering

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The Spodoptera frugiperda L-aminoacylase degrades fatty acid-amino acid conjugates and promotes larvae growth on Zea mays - Communications Biology An L-aminoacylase in the oral secretion of fall armyworm larvae attenuates inducible plant defense responses by degrading herbivore-associated signal molecules and promotes larvae growth on their pref...

An L-aminoacylase in the oral secretion of fall armyworm larvae attenuates inducible plant defense responses by degrading herbivore-associated signal molecules and promotes larvae growth on their preferred host plant species.

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Mechanisms of plant acclimation to multiple abiotic stresses - Communications Biology A review summarizes the current understanding of the complex molecular pathways mediating plant responses to multiple abiotic stresses, and discusses current and future challenges and unanswered quest...

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Century-old genetics mystery of Mendel’s peas finally solved Researchers pinpoint the genes responsible for the final three pea traits studied by the famed citizen scientist.

Researchers pinpoint the genes responsible for the final three pea traits studied by Gregor Mendel more than 160 years ago

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