Volume 5, Issue 10, 2024
On the cover: Pear is an important fruit tree including five main cultivated species. Owing to self-incompatibility, new pear cultivars are mainly developed via cross-breeding. However, the genomic mechanism underlying heterosis in pear breeding remains unclear. In this issue, Li et al. (2024) report the haplotype-resolved T2T genome assemblies for two pear hybrid varieties and the first pangenome graph for pear. They resolved allele-specific expression (ASE) of genes associated with fruit quality traits and identified structural variant hotspots and selective sweeps during pear domestication and diversification, providing evidence suggesting the contributions of ASE to heterosis in fruit-quality traits.
Image by: Qionghou Li
Issue: Plant Communications(cell.com)
Correspondences
The haplotype-resolved T2T genome assemblyof the wild potato species Solanum commersoniiprovides molecular insights into its freezing tolerance
DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2024.100980
Yang Feng, Jie Zhou, Dianjue Li, Zhen Wang, Cheng Peng, and Guangtao Zhu
lcQTH: Rapid quantitative trait mapping by tracing parental haplotypes with ultra-low-coverage sequencing
DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2024.101008
Wenxi Wang, Zhe Chen, Zhengzhao Yang, Zihao Wang, Jilu Liu,Jie Liu, Huiru Peng, Zhenqi Su, Zhongfu Ni, Qixin Sun,and Weilong Guo
The complete telomere-to-telomere genome assembly of lettuce
DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2024.101011
Ke Wang, Jingyun Jin, Jingxuan Wang, Xinrui Wang, Jie Sun, Dian Meng, Xiangfeng Wang, Yong Wang, and Li Guo
CentIER: Accurate centromere identification for plant genomes
DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2024.101046
Dong Xu, Jinbao Yang, Huaming Wen, Wenle Feng, Xiaohui Zhang, Xingqi Hui, Junyang Yue, Yun Xu, Fei Chen, and Weihua Pan
Resource articles
TWAS facilitates gene-scale trait genetic dissection through gene expression, structural variations, and alternative splicing in soybean
DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2024.101010
Delin Li, Qi Wang, Yu Tian, Xiangguang Lyv, Hao Zhang, Huilong Hong, Huawei Gao, Yan-Fei Li, Chaosen Zhao, Jiajun Wang, Ruizhen Wang, Jinliang Yang, Bin Liu, Patrick S. Schnable, James C. Schnable, Ying-Hui Li, and Li-Juan Qiu
PCMD: A multilevel comparison database of intra- and cross-species metabolic profiling in 530 plant species
DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2024.101038
Yue Hu, Yao Ruan, Xin-Le Zhao, Feng Jiang, Dongxu Liu, Qiang Zhu, Qing-Ye Zhang, and Qing-Yong Yang
Review articles
Crosstalk between RNA m6A modification and epigenetic factors in plant gene regulation
DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2024.101037
Jianzhong Hu, Tao Xu, and Hunseung Kang
Integrating evolutionary genomics of forest trees to inform future tree breeding amid rapid climate change
DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2024.101044
Jiajun Feng, Xuming Dan, Yangkai Cui, Yi Gong, Minyue Peng, Yupeng Sang, Par K. Ingvarsson, and Jing Wang
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Research articles
OsNLP3 enhances grain weight and reduces grain chalkiness in rice
DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2024.100999
Liang-Qi Sun, Yu Bai, Jie Wu, Shi-Jun Fan, Si-Yan Chen,Zheng-Yi Zhang, Jin-Qiu Xia, Shi-Mei Wang, Yu-Ping Wang, Peng Qin, Shi-Gui Li, Ping Xu, Zhong Zhao, Cheng-Bin Xiang,and Zi-Sheng Zhang
Haplotype-resolved T2T genome assemblies and pangenome graph of pear reveal diverse patterns of allele-specific expression and the genomic basis of fruit quality traits
DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2024.101000
Qionghou Li, Xin Qiao, Lanqing Li, Chao Gu, Hao Yin, Kaijie Qi, Zhihua Xie, Sheng Yang, Qifeng Zhao, Zewen Wang, Yuhang Yang, Jiahui Pan, Hongxiang Li, Jie Wang, Chao Wang,Loren H. Rieseberg, Shaoling Zhang, and Shutian Tao
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A KNOX Ⅱ transcription factor suppresses the NLR immune receptor BRG8-mediated immunity in rice
DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2024.101001
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GhATL68b regulates cotton fiber cell development by ubiquitinating the enzyme required for b-oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids
DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2024.101003
Xin Li, Gai Huang, Yifan Zhou, Kun Wang, and Yuxian Zhu
武汉大学朱玉贤院士发现纤维特异E3泛素连接酶GhATL68b通过调节多不饱和脂肪酸（PUFAs）代谢中限速酶的稳态影响棉纤维细胞发育。本研究揭示了GhATL68b介导的蛋白质降解系统通过调节PUFAs稳态在调控纤维细胞发育中发挥重要作用。这是棉花研究中首次深入解析的C3H2C3型E3泛素连接酶，为提高棉纤维长度和产量提供了一个新的候选遗传改良靶标。
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LAZY4 acts additively with the starch–statolith dependent gravity-sensing pathway to regulate shoot gravitropism and tiller angle in rice
DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2024.100943
Wenguang Wang, Linzhou Huang, Yuqi Song, Songtao Gui, Jiajia Cao, Han Zhang, Mengchen Du, Jiaze Chen, Zihao Wang,Jie Zhou, Xiangbing Meng, Dali Zeng, Jiayang Li, and Yonghong Wang
山东农业大学王永红教授课题组鉴定到一个新的水稻分蘖角度调控基因该研究不仅拓宽了对水稻重力感应机制和分蘖角度遗传调控网络的认识，还为进一步解析不依赖于淀粉平衡石的水稻重力感应和分蘖角度调控机制奠定了基础。
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The biosynthesis of asiaticoside and madecassoside reveals tandem duplication–directed evolution of glycoside glycosyltransferases in the Apiales
DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2024.101005
Xiaoyang Han, Jingyi Zhao, Hong Zhou, Xuan Zhou, Zixin Deng, Zhenhua Liu, and Yi Yu
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A near-complete assembly of the Houttuynia cordata genome provides insights into the regulatory mechanism of flavonoid biosynthesis in Yuxingcao
DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2024.101075
Yuxingcao Zhengting Yang, Fayin He, Yingxiao Mai, Sixian Fan, Yin An, Kun Li, Fengqi Wu, Ming Tang, Hui Yu, Jian-Xiang Liu, and Rui Xia
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