Volume 34, No 4, Apr 2024

ISSN: 1001-0602 
EISSN: 1748-7838 2018 
impact factor 17.848* 
(Clarivate Analytics, 2019)

Volume 34 Issue 4, April 2024: 269-270

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

Sensing the toxic aluminum cations in acidic soils

Peter R. Ryan^1,* , Jianli Yang²

¹Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
²Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biology, College of Landscape and Horticulture, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
Correspondence: Peter R. Ryan(peterryan1959@outlook.com)

Plant cells are regularly challenged by harmful pathogens and toxins in the environment, and they must detect these stressors to induce resistance and avoidance responses. A recent study in Cell Research identifies a leucine-rich-repeat receptor-like kinase in Arabidopsis thaliana that functions as a receptor for the toxic aluminum cations prevalent in acidic soils.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-024-00935-2

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