Plant Com Jul 2026 issue🎉Cover Story: PVA-based microneedle systems for precise molecular delivery in plants. Image by Qingshan Wei, Mingzhuo Li, and Xiang Song. cell.com/plant-commun...

Molecular Mimicry Enables Engineering of NLR Immune Receptors with Multi-Recognition #spotlight #MolecularPlant cell.com/molecular-pl...

Structural snapshots of plant-specific KCS6-CER2 complex reveal the elongation mechanism of very-long-chain fatty acids #research #MolecularPlant cell.com/molecular-pl...

Fluorescence as an inverse problem: diagnosing PETC–CBB limitations in dynamic environments #spotlight #MolecularPlant cell.com/molecular-pl...

A natural variation in the promoter of OsPME29 enhances lodging resistance in rice #research #PlantCommunications cell.com/plant-commun...

Cell wall dynamics and their regulation by biomolecular condensates in plants #review #PlantCommunications cell.com/plant-commun...

Phytosulfokine peptide regulates growth-immunity tradeoff through CAMTA3-mediated transcriptional signaling in Arabidopsis #research #PlantCommunications cell.com/plant-commun...

Two atypical resistance proteins confer plant resistance to Melanaphis sorghi in sorghum #research #PlantCommunications cell.com/plant-commun...

The blue light receptor FKF1 stabilizes the florigen FT1 and facilitates its nuclear import to promote long-day flowering in grasses #correspondence #PlantCommunications cell.com/plant-commun...

Natural variation in MdMYB31 underlies volatile ester accumulation and fruit aroma evolution during apple domestication #research #PlantCommunications cell.com/plant-commun...

Building a stem-cell niche from the outside in: spatial architecture as a code for regeneration #Spotlight #MolecularPlant cell.com/molecular-pl...

A Minimal Four-Enzyme Suite Enables Biosynthesis of the C20 Diterpenoid Alkaloid Atisinium #research #MolecularPlant cell.com/molecular-pl...

RNA warfare: long non-coding RNAs in plant–microbe cross kingdom regulation #spotlight #MolecularPlant cell.com/molecular-pl...

Translation-dependent retrograde signaling coordinates high-light acclimation in plants #research #MolecularPlant cell.com/molecular-pl...

The SlbZIP30-SlbZIP51 module safeguards photosynthesis under chilling stress by coordinating nuclear transcriptional activation and chloroplast protein stabilization in tomato #research #MolecularPlant cell.com/molecular-pl...

Mol Plant July 2026 issue🎉Cover Story: Dynamic remodeling of root specialized metabolites by rhizobacterial β-glucosidase promotes plant iron uptake (Wang et al., 2026). cell.com/molecular-pl...

New! The winners of Rising Stars in Plant Sciences 2026 (RSPS2026) come out. Congratulations to Dr. Luke Mackinder, Dr. Poonam Mehra, Dr. Patrick M. Shih, Dr. Linfeng Sun, and Dr. Wei Wang!🎆🎆🎆

☘️Join the Journal Workshop at # ICPR2026 in Liverpool, UK! | Demystifying Scientific Publishing: Authors’ Experiences and Editors’ Insights | Wed, July 29, 11:00-12:30 at Hall 1C - Level 1, ACC Liverpool | See you there!

GERAS: A Greek god and Mortal Kombat character regulates leaf senescence #spotlight #MolecularPlant cell.com/molecular-pl...

OsTOPBP1C orchestrates rice immunity through a transcription-dependent functional switching #research #PlantCommunications cell.com/plant-commun...

Multiple-level regulation of a plant sterol methyltransferase during rice stripe virus infection #research #PlantCommunications cell.com/plant-commun...

Peptide hormones in shaping root system architecture and adaptation: Current advances and translational perspectives #review #PlantCommunications cell.com/plant-commun...

Three-dimensional genome reorganization enables cytokinin activation of NODULE INCEPTION during symbiotic nodulation #research #PlantCommunications cell.com/plant-commun...

Molecular mechanisms underlie the stabilization of gene regulatory networks for adaptive evolution of mangrove plants #research #PlantCommunications cell.com/plant-commun...

Reconstruction of ancestral plant genomes for inter-crop translational research #research #MolecularPlant cell.com/molecular-pl...

A peroxisomal metabolic route from benzoyl-CoA to benzyl alcohol for phenylalanine-derived salicylic acid biosynthesis in rice #correspondence #MolecularPlant cell.com/molecular-pl...

Heat-induced methylglyoxal impairs plant thermotolerance by repressing cpHSC70-1-mediated chloroplast protein import via post-translational modification #research #MolecularPlant cell.com/molecular-pl...

Hijacking host deubiquitination system: A convergent evolutionary strategy for plant viruses to safeguard viral proteome stability #spotlight #MolecularPlant cell.com/molecular-pl...

Three-dimensional mesoporous graphene nanoparticle-mediated transient silencing of susceptibility genes confers broad-spectrum disease resistance in crops #resource #PlantCommunications cell.com/plant-commun...

Rapeseed root phospholipid metabolism orchestrates low phosphorus-induced microbiome changes and the interaction with beneficial Massilia #research #PlantCommunications cell.com/plant-commun...