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🍎Valsa mali poses a major threat to #apple production, while its close relative, V. pyri, is much less virulent.
🍏He et al. uncover the #molecular basis behind the difference and identify a potential target for AVC control. https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70352
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#JIPB #PlantSci #botany

🍎Valsa mali poses a major threat to #apple production, while its close relative, V. pyri, is much less virulent.
🍏He et al. uncover the #molecular basis behind the difference and identify a potential target for AVC control. https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70352
@WileyLifeSci
#JIPB #PlantSci #botany

🍎Valsa mali poses a major threat to #apple production, while its close relative, V. pyri, is much less virulent.
🍏He et al. uncover the #molecular basis behind the difference and identify a potential target for AVC control. https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70352
@WileyLifeSci
#JIPB #PlantSci #botany

🍎Valsa mali poses a major threat to #apple production, while its close relative, V. pyri, is much less virulent.
🍏He et al. uncover the #molecular basis behind the difference and identify a potential target for AVC control. https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70352
@WileyLifeSci
#JIPB #PlantSci #botany

Wei et al. reveal a base editor that accurately induces C-to-T mutations in #rice, recognizing unique TTTV #DNA motifs with a wider editing window and an optimized guide #RNA that boosts efficiency.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70355
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#JIPB #PlantSci #CropSci #CRISPR #OpenAccess #botany

#Pharmacology depends on creating and sustaining the production capacity of specialized #metabolites from medicinal #plants. Here, Shi et al. explore the past, present, and future of this evolving and crucial field.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13634
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#JIPB #PlantSci #medicine #Botany

Modern #pharmacology depends on the production capacity of specialized #metabolites from medicinal #plants. In this new Invited Expert Review, Shi et al. explore the past, present, and future of this evolving field. https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13634
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Zhang et al. use #chemoproteomics to identify the epoxidase enzyme responsible for #biosynthesis of the #anticancer #drug #camptothecin in Ophiorrhiza pumila.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13594
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#JIPB #PlantSci #medicine #PlantScience #botany #cancer #CancerResearch

Plant metabolism proves more complicated than previously understood

Plants have evolved fiendishly complicated metabolic networks. For years, scientists focused on how plants make secondary metabolites, the compounds that plants produce to enhance their defense and survival mechanisms.

https://globalplantcouncil.org/plant-metabolism-proves-more-complicated-than-previously-understood/ via @PurdueUniversity #PlantScience #PlantSci #Science #Plants #Metabolites #SecondaryMetabolites

Researchers study the formation of cardenolides in plants

Researchers identify the first enzymatic step in the biosynthesis of these plant steroids important in the medical treatment of heart disease.

https://globalplantcouncil.org/researchers-study-the-formation-of-cardenolides-in-plants/ via @MPI_CE #PlantScience #Plants #science #PlantSci #metabolites