Plant & Cell Physiology (@PCP_EIC), the official journal of the Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists, will publish a special issue on parasitic plants in 2025. Research paper submissions are due by April 25, 2025, and review paper submissions by June 15, 2025. More details can be found here: https://academic.oup.com/pcp/pages/special_list   […]

Phtheirospermum japonicum, like most hemiparasitic species in the Orobanchaceae, forms multiple haustoria along its roots when it detects a nearby host. In this PNAS Brief Report, we present the discovery of an endogenous peptide, PjCLE1, which stimulates protohaustorium formation when applied externally. This makes the 12-amino acid-long PjCLE1 peptide the first identified peptidic haustorium-inducing factor […]