Feng Geng

TL;DR: It is shown that ELF3 proteins in plants from hotter climates, with no detectable PrD, are active at high temperatures, and lack thermal responsiveness, which represents a previously unknown thermosensory mechanism.

TL;DR: It is found that the transcript encoding the bHLH transcription factor PIF7 undergoes a direct increase in translation in response to warmer temperature, suggesting that this is a conserved mechanism enabling plants to respond and adapt rapidly to high temperatures.

TL;DR: It is proposed that the photoperiodic control of shoot growth in poplar involves a balance between FT2 activating and repressing pathways, and the results show that poplar relies on night length measurement to determine Photoperiodism through interaction between light signaling pathways and the circadian clock.

TL;DR: It is shown that in Brachypodium distachyon, phytochrome C acts as a molecular timer, directly communicating information to the circadian clock protein ELF3, which helps integrate night length information into monocot plants' growth and development.

TL;DR: It is shown that protein translation rates in plants are proportional to temperature, and reduced translation rates trigger a rise in intracellular free calcium that activates the CAMTA transcription factors, and these directly activate cold-induced gene expression.