Plant Biology Teaching Resources (Higher Education)

Mass Spec, Root networks, grass stomata, genomes, gene mapping, nanobionics and more!

As gene editing opens doors, plant researchers are hamstrung by the need for better ways to slip their molecular tools into cells.

Cardamine hirsuta is related to Arabidopsis but forms compound leaves. The establishment of a genome sequence for C. hirsuta will provide opportunities to explore how genes contribute to plant form.

Feeding the world of tomorrow is technologically feasible with existing tools (and some creative thinking). It’ll just take some work.

Every single Cavendish banana plant worldwide is genetically identical. This vast monoculture sets them up for disastrous disease outbreaks. But researchers have ideas on how to protect the crop.

Characterization of a pipecolic acid biosynthesis pathway required for systemic acquired resistance

Pingtao Ding, Dmitrij Rekhter, Yuli Ding, Kirstin Feussner, Lucas Busta, Sven Haroth, Shaohua Xu, Xin Li, Reinhard Jetter, Ivo Feussner, and Yuelin Zhang

Plant Cell 2016 tpc.16.00486; Advance Publication October 6, 2016; doi:10.1105/tpc.16.00486

The developmental regulator STK controls the structure and mechanical properties of the Arabidopsis seed coat.

Ignacio Ezquer, Chiara Mizzotti, Eric Nguema-Ona, Maxime Gotté, Léna Beauzamy, Vivian Ebeling Viana, Nelly Dubrulle, Antonio Costa de Oliveira, Elisabetta caporali, Abdoul-Salam Koroney, Arezki Boudaoud, Azeddine Driouich, and Lucia Colombo

Plant Cell 2016 tpc.16.00454; Advance Publication September 13, 2016; doi:10.1105/tpc.16.00454

Decoding the Molecular Network that Drives Hypocotyl Elongation

Kathleen L Farquharson

Plant Cell 2016 tpc.16.00685; Advance Publication September 5, 2016; doi:10.1105/tpc.16.00685 OPEN

Looking for something to liven up your classes? Here are some great resources - activities and short videos

The enhanced plants sent email alerts about the dangerous substances they flagged.

Leaders from genebanks across the globe have met in Australia this month.

A little-known fruit could provide an alternative to cocoa butter.

There's a very good reason for this plant's iridescent color.

Terrific article by PhD student Alex Taylor on how to help people 'see' plants

Epidermal Phytochrome B Inhibits Hypocotyl Negative Gravitropism Non-Cell Autonomously

Jaewook Kim, Kijong Song, Eunae Park, Keunhwa Kim, Gabyong Bae, and Giltsu Choi

Plant Cell 2016 tpc.16.00487; Advance Publication October 6, 2016; doi:10.1105/tpc.16.00487

Can the gene editing technique redeem the reputation of engineered crops?

How can plants cope with stresses in their environment if they can't run away? Dr. Amy Marshall-Colon, Assistant Professor of Plant Biology at th

A Functional Link Between Mitochondria and the Cell Wall in Stress Responses

Nancy Rosenbaum Hofmann

Plant Cell 2016 tpc.16.00691; Advance Publication September 5, 2016; doi:10.1105/tpc.16.00691 OPEN

Activation of YUCCA5 by the Transcription Factor TCP4 Integrates Developmental and Environmental Signals to Promote Hypocotyl Elongation in Arabidopsis

Krishna Reddy Challa, Pooja Aggarwal, and Utpal Nath

Plant Cell 2016 tpc.16.00360; Advance Publication September 5, 2016; doi:10.1105/tpc.16.00360

A full course from Cornell University, 31 lectures, by Professor Vernon Gracen