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Journal of Experimental Botany 
Special issue on Sulfur metabolism is available here: 
https://academic.oup.com/jxb/issue/70/16

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Journal of Experimental Botany
Special issue on Genetic Encoding of Complex Traits is available here:
https://academic.oup.com/jxb/issue/72/1

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News from Competence Area V "Food Security"

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“2nd Cologne Conference on Food for Future” (digital) was on 13-14 Sept 2021:
Please visit the event website: UzK event

"1st Cologne Conference on Food for Future" took place in Cologne, 5-7 Sept 2018:
Please visit the conference website: Food-for-Future
 

New publications from the group

Perez-Colao P., Cruces J., Perez-Rodriguez S., Koprivova A., Kopriva S., Skirycz A., Lozano-Juste J., Rodriguez-Concepcion M. (2026) Chemical modulation of chloroplast de- and re-differentiation reveals a role for the SAL1-PAP pathway in plastid transitions. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, in press

Elkatmis B, Türksoy GM, Rodríguez E, Rahmoune B, Koprivova A, Kopriva S. (2026) Sulfur as a Central Integrator of Plant-Microbe Interactions: From Nutrient Cycling to Immune Signalling and Microbiome Assembly. J. Exp. Bot. erag186. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erag186. [full text]

Safi M.T., Bangash S.A.K., Ugalde J.M., Wagner S., Nagel K.A., Jansen M., Krueger S., Schwarzländer M., Moseler A., Reichheld J.P., Kopriva S., Meyer A.J. (2026) Root growth in Arabidopsis depends on the amount of glutathione and not the glutathione redox potential. J Exp Bot. 77(8), 2367-2382. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erag017. [full text]

Hasan M.S., Damm A., Ijaz M.U., Chopra D., Koprivova A., Kopriva S., Grundler F.M.W., Siddique S. (2026) Glutathione promotes Susceptibility to Meloidogyne incognita by Modulating Thiol Homeostasis in Arabidopsis. Phytopathology, 116(2), 320-326. doi: 10.1094/PHYTO-03-25-0090-R. [full text]

Apodiakou A., Heyneke E., Alseekh S., Pinsorn P., Metzger S., Kopriva S., Schulze W., Hoefgen R., Whitcomb S.J. (2026) SNRK3.15 is a crucial component of the sulfur deprivation response in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Direct, 10, e70132. doi: 10.1002/pld3.70132. [full text]

Elkatmis B., Parween S., Eida A.A., Jalal R., Lafi F., Alam I., Kopriva S., Hirt H., Saad M.M. (2025) Integrated genomic and mutagenesis analysis of Pseudomonas argentinensis SA190 reveals mechanisms of plant root colonization and stress resilience. BMC Microbiol. 25, 785. doi: 10.1186/s12866-025-04495-2. [full text]

Sansan O.C., Ezin V., Ahanchede A., Klinkhammer I., Kopriva S. (2025) Assessment of agro-physiological and biochemical markers for drought tolerance in onion (Allium cepa L.) genotypes during bulb development. Sci Rep. 15, 36235. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-20181-9. [full text]

Koprivova A., Berka M., Berková V., Ristova D., Türksoy G.M., Schwier M., Westhoff P., Cerny M., Kopriva S. (2025) Multilevel Analysis of Response to Plant Growth Promoting and Pathogenic Bacteria in Arabidopsis Roots. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 38(6), 1031-1043. doi: 10.1094/MPMI-09-25-0125-R. [full text]

Elkatmis B., Han B., Parween S., Kopriva S., Hirt H., Saad M.M. (2025) Comprehensive Mapping of EZ-Tn5 Transposon Insertion Sites in Pseudomonas argentinensis SA190 Using RATE-PCR. Bio Protoc. 15, e5389. doi: 10.21769/BioProtoc.5389. [full text]

Krone R. Gerlich S., Mertens M., Koprivova A., Westhoff P., Kopriva S. (2025) C4 plants respond to phosphate starvation differently than C3 plants. Plant Physiol. 198, kiaf327. doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiaf327. [full text]

Moormann J., Heinemann B., Angermann C., Koprivova A., Armbruster U., Kopriva S., Hildebrandt T.M. (2025) Cysteine Signalling in Plant Pathogen Response. Plant Cell Environ. 48, 7107-7122. doi: 10.1111/pce.70017. [full text]

Türksoy G. M., Berka M., Wippel K., Koprivova A., Carron R. A., Rüger L., Černý M., Andersen T. G. Kopriva S. (2025) Bacterial community-emitted volatiles regulate Arabidopsis growth and root architecture in a distinct manner from those from individual strains. Plant Communications, 6, 101351. [full text]

Shen D., Micic N., Venado R.E., Bjarnholt N., Crocoll C., Persson D.P., Samwald S., Kopriva S., Westhoff P., Metzger S., Neumann U., Nakano R.T. Marín Arancibia M., Andersen T.G. (2025) Apoplastic barriers are essential for nodule formation and nitrogen fixation in Lotus japonicus. Science 387(6740):1281-1286. doi: 10.1126/science.ado8680. [full text]

Mukherjee A., Han L., Mukhopadhyay S., Kopriva S., Swarup S. (2025) Sulfur traits in plant microbiome: Implications for sustainable agriculture. Trends Microbiol. S0966-842X(25)00033-2. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2025.02.002. [full text]

Endo K., Kumar Basak A., Wilkens A., Mirzaei M., Kopriva S., Yamada K. (2025) Arabidopsis MEB3 functions as a vacuolar metal transporter to regulate iron accumulation in roots. Front Plant Sci. 16, 1517144. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2025.1517144  [full text]

D'Hooghe P., Kopriva S., Avice J.C., Trouverie J. (2025) Tuning of sulfur flows and sulfur seed metabolism in oilseed rape facing sulfate limited conditions. J. Exp. Bot. in press doi: 10.1093/jxb/eraf028. [full text]

Congratulations to all Our PhD Graduates:

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    Christof Dietzen PhD. (Magna cum laude)

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    Li Chen PhD.

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    Melina Ayaka Schwier PhD.

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    José Maria López Ramos PhD.

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    Raissa Krone PhD, 6th of Oct., 2025

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    Süleyman Günal PhD, 16th of June, 2025

Published Books:

Plant Nutrient Dynamics in Stressful Environments
Urs Feller, Stanislav Kopriva and Valya Vassileva (Eds.)
© 2018 MDPI
ISBN 978-3-03897-063-7 (Pbk)
ISBN 978-3-03897-064-4 (PDF)
https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03897-064-4

More:

Glucosinolates
Advances in Botanical Research, Vol. 80
Stanislav Kopriva (Ed.), © 2016 Academic Press (Elsevier)
ISBN: 978-0-08-100327-5 (HC)
ISBN: 978-0-12-802883-4 (eBook)
https://www.elsevier.com/books/glucosinolates/author/978-0-08-100327-5


The Frontiers in Plant Science Research Topic on Sulfur
is now available as ebook:
Frontiers of Sulfur Metabolism in Plant Growth, Development, and Stress Response; © 2016
ISBN 978-2-88919-903-7 (eBook)
http://www.frontiersin.org/books/Frontiers_of_Sulfur_Metabolism_in_Plant_Growth_Development_and_Stress_Response/983


The BIONUT-ITN is still available:
Nutrient Use Efficiency in Plants, Concepts and
Approaches; Plant Ecophysiology Series, Vol. 10
Hawkesford, Malcolm J., Kopriva S., De Kok, Luit J. (Eds.)
© 2014 Springer
ISBN 978-3-319-10634-2 (HC)
ISBN 978-3-319-38217-3 (SC)
ISBN 978-3-319-10635-9 (eBook)
https://www.springer.com/de/book/9783319106342