Recently, Dr. Tang Wenxin and Dr. Lin Wenwei from Haixia Institute of Science and Technology (HIST) of FAFU have published two consecutive papers in the international academic journal Current Biology, systematically expounding the new mechanism of plants regulating the morphogenesis of epidermal pavement cells by sensing the changes of cell wall components and mechanical forces.

Extracts from the two papers 

The two research findings have provided a theoretical basis for a better understanding of how plants perceive physical stimuli (including changes of cell wall components and mechanical forces) so as to achieve adaptive growth.

The original articles are available at:

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.11.031 

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.11.030

Correspondant/Photogragher: FAFU Horticultural Plant Biology and Metabolomics Center (HBMC) of Haixia Institute of Science and Technology

Translator: Huang Jiazhen, International College

                   You Yuan, International College