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New Phytologist is an international journal publishing outstanding original research in plant science and its applications. Research falls into five sections: Physiology & Development, Environment, Interaction, Evolution, and Transformative Plant Biotechnology. Topics covered range from intracellular processes through to global environmental change. New Phytologist is owned by the New Phytologist Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of plant science.
Announcing our new Editor-in-Chief ▼
The New Phytologist Foundation is delighted to announce that Professor Maarja Öpik took up the position of Editor-in-Chief of New Phytologist from January 2025 for an initial term of five years.
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Climate warming promotes growth in Himalayan alpine cushion plants but threatens survival through increased extreme snowfall
-  12 May 2025
Immediate premeiotic transcriptomic effects following nonchemically induced whole genome duplication in the moss Funaria hygrometrica
-  12 May 2025

Redundant functions of miR156-targeted SQUAMOSA PROMOTER BINDING PROTEIN-LIKE transcription factors in promoting cauline leaf identity
-  12 May 2025
TANDEM ZINC-FINGER/PLUS3 integrates light signaling and flowering regulatory pathways at the chromatin level
-  12 May 2025
Advancing forest pathology: the need for community‐driven molecular experimental model systems
-  11 May 2025
A high-quality genome of the Atacama Desert plant Cistanthe cachinalensis and its photosynthetic behavior related to drought and life history
-  10 May 2025
Estimating canopy leaf angle from leaf to ecosystem scale: a novel deep learning approach using unmanned aerial vehicle imagery
-  10 May 2025
Ungulate herbivory affects grassland soil biota β‐diversity and community assembly via modifying soil properties and plant root traits
-  10 May 2025
OsbHLH062 negatively regulates Fe homeostasis by enhancing OsHRZ1 targeting OsPRIs for degradation
-  10 May 2025
NO more hiding: whole-plant live imaging of nitric oxide reveals systemic signalling
-  10 May 2025
The following is a list of the most cited articles based on citations published in the last three years, according to CrossRef.
Plant responses to rising vapor pressure deficit
-  1550-1566
-  17 February 2020
Mechanisms of plant survival and mortality during drought: why do some plants survive while others succumb to drought?
-  719-739
-  14 April 2008
Biomass allocation to leaves, stems and roots: meta‐analyses of interspecific variation and environmental control
-  30-50
-  15 November 2011
Elucidating the molecular mechanisms mediating plant salt‐stress responses
-  523-539
-  4 December 2017
Plant hydraulics at the heart of plant, crops and ecosystem functions in the face of climate change
- New Phytologist
-  984-999
-  14 December 2023
Integrating high‐throughput phenotyping and genome‐wide association studies for enhanced drought resistance and yield prediction in wheat
- New Phytologist
-  1758-1775
-  11 July 2024
Haploid rhapsody: the molecular and cellular orchestra of in vivo haploid induction in plants
- New Phytologist
-  1936-1949
-  5 January 2024
Illuminating plant water dynamics: the role of light in leaf hydraulic regulation
- New Phytologist
-  1404-1414
-  28 December 2023
Single‐cell proteomics differentiates Arabidopsis root cell types
- New Phytologist
-  1750-1759
-  24 June 2024