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.

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Cecelia Stokes

'Another motivation is creating an approachable and inclusive science community within which different backgrounds are not only considered but celebrated. I hope to spend my career creating spaces for my students and fellow scientists to generate their own excellent science, regardless of their background.'

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Early Eocene Eucalyptus fossils from Laguna del Hunco, Chubut, Argentina.

Paleobotany reframes the fiery debate on Australia's rainforest edges

Read the Viewpoint by Peter Wilf and Robert M. Kooyman.

Enhancement of canopy CO2 assimilation rates in sugarcane from a 20% increase in Rubisco.

Increasing Rubisco as a simple means to enhance photosynthesis and productivity now without lowering nitrogen use efficiency

Read the Tansley review by Coralie E. Salesse-Smith, Yu Wang, and Stephen P. Long.

In silico models lay the foundation for designing and developing synthetic plants that can act as ‘environmental thermostats’ to help regulate the planet's climate.

Can a plant biologist fix a thermostat?

Read the Tansley insight by Todd P. Michael

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When lettuce bolts: natural selection vs artificial selection and beyond

Dandan Yang, Cao Xu, 
  •  24 January 2025
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Glycoside‐specific metabolomics reveals the novel mechanism of glycinebetaine‐induced cold tolerance by regulating apigenin glycosylation in tea plants

Shan Huang, Sasa Zhang, Xuejing Ma, Xin Zheng, Yaojia Liu, Qinghua Zhu, Xiaoqin Luo, Jilai Cui, Chuankui Song, 
  •  24 January 2025
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Metabolic modeling identifies determinants of thermal growth responses in Arabidopsis thaliana

Philipp Wendering, Gregory M. Andreou, Roosa A. E. Laitinen, Zoran Nikoloski, 
  •  24 January 2025
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Stress resilience in plants: the complex interplay between heat stress memory and resetting

Tobias Staacke, Bernd Mueller-Roeber, Salma Balazadeh, 
  •  23 January 2025
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Pollination efficiency and the evolution of sex allocation – diminishing returns matter

Lawrence D. Harder, Steven D. Johnson, 
  •  23 January 2025
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Proximal remote sensing: an essential tool for bridging the gap between high‐resolution ecosystem monitoring and global ecology

Zoe Amie Pierrat, Troy S. Magney, Will P. Richardson, Benjamin R. K. Runkle, Jen L. Diehl, Xi Yang, William Woodgate, William K. Smith, Miriam R. Johnston, Yohanes R. S. Ginting, Gerbrand Koren, Loren P. Albert, Christopher L. Kibler, Bryn E. Morgan, Mallory Barnes, Adriana Uscanga, Charles Devine, Mostafa Javadian, Karem Meza, Tommaso Julitta, Giulia Tagliabue, Matthew P. Dannenberg, Michal Antala, Christopher Y. S. Wong, Andre L. D. Santos, Koen Hufkens, Julia K. Marrs, Atticus E. L. Stovall, Yujie Liu, Joshua B. Fisher, John A. Gamon, Kerry Cawse-Nicholson, 
  •  23 January 2025

Stand density and local climate drive allocation of GPP to aboveground woody biomass

Steven A. Kannenberg, Flurin Babst, Mallory L. Barnes, Antoine Cabon, Matthew P. Dannenberg, Miriam R. Johnston, William R. L. Anderegg, 
  •  23 January 2025

Inorganic nitrogen and organic matter jointly regulate ectomycorrhizal fungi‐mediated iron acquisition

Haihua Wang, Kaile Zhang, Ryan Tappero, Tiffany W. Victor, Jennifer M. Bhatnagar, Rytas Vilgalys, Hui-Ling Liao, 
  •  22 January 2025

Transgene‐free genome editing in poplar

Lennart Hoengenaert, Chantal Anders, Jan Van Doorsselaere, Ruben Vanholme, Wout Boerjan, 
  •  22 January 2025

Cell proliferation suppressor RBR1 interacts with ARID1 to promote pollen mitosis via stabilizing DUO1 in Arabidopsis

Lei Li, Qianqian Hu, Yi Zhao, Ting Jiang, Huaihao Yang, Binglian Zheng, 
  •  21 January 2025
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The mycorrhizal symbiosis: research frontiers in genomics, ecology, and agricultural application

Francis M. Martin, Marcel G. A. van der Heijden, 
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Soil organic matter dynamics mediated by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi – an updated conceptual framework

Songlin Wu, Wei Fu, Matthias C. Rillig, Baodong Chen, Yong-Guan Zhu, Longbin Huang, 
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Beyond knockouts: fine-tuning regulation of gene expression in plants with CRISPR-Cas-based promoter editing

Xu Tang, Yong Zhang, 
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Regulation of Rubisco activity in crops

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The origin and speciation of orchids

Oscar A. Pérez-Escobar, Diego Bogarín, Natalia A. S. Przelomska, James D. Ackerman, Juan A. Balbuena, Sidonie Bellot, Roland P. Bühlmann, Betsaida Cabrera, Jose Aguilar Cano, Martha Charitonidou, Guillaume Chomicki, Mark A. Clements, Phillip Cribb, Melania Fernández, Nicola S. Flanagan, Barbara Gravendeel, Eric Hágsater, John M. Halley, Ai-Qun Hu, Carlos Jaramillo, Anna Victoria Mauad, Olivier Maurin, Robert Müntz, Ilia J. Leitch, Lan Li, Raquel Negrão, Lizbeth Oses, Charlotte Phillips, Milton Rincon, Gerardo A. Salazar, Lalita Simpson, Eric Smidt, Rodolfo Solano-Gomez, Edicson Parra-Sánchez, Raymond L. Tremblay, Cassio van den Berg, Boris Stefan Villanueva Tamayo, Alejandro Zuluaga, Alexandre R. Zuntini, Mark W. Chase, Michael F. Fay, Fabien L. Condamine, Felix Forest, Katharina Nargar, Susanne S. Renner, William J. Baker, Alexandre Antonelli, 
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