Nature Plants
An online-only, monthly journal publishing the best research on plants — from their evolution, development, metabolism and environmental interactions to their societal significance.
Breaking the Efficiency Barrier in Dicot Prime Editing: The Journey with Tomato and Arabidopsis
Our recent Nature Plants paper reveals prime editing breakthroughs in dicot plants like tomatoes and Arabidopsis. By integrating novel components, we overcame efficiency challenges, achieving high rates of inheritable edits. This post explores our research journey and the innovations behind it.
“Chopping wood” won’t bring back encroached grasslands
“People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results” (Albert Einstein). Research published recently has revealed that removing woody plants is not a useful strategy to reverse the global increase in woody plants, a phenomenon known as woody encroachment.