Circadian rhythms in plants

Latest research

1. Decoding darkness by seeking photoreceptor functions with and without light

   • Desheng Zeng
   • Hongtao Liu

   in Nature Plants

   Article 19 May 2026

   

2. Enhancing Drought and High Temperature Tolerance in Tomato Through Combined Application of Melatonin and Mycorrhizal Fungi

   • S. M. Simhi Samyukta
   • M. M. Viji
   • S. Sarada

   in Journal of Plant Growth Regulation

   Article 18 May 2026

   

3. Rice adaptation to low-light stress: integrating morpho-physiology, biochemical plasticity, signalling networks and molecular breeding strategies

   • Darshan Panda
   • Soumya Mohanty
   • Lambodar Behera

   in Plant Cell Reports

   Article 15 May 2026

   

4. Time matters: circadian genetics and the molecular logic of human health and disease

   • Tia Tyrsett Kuo
   • Jiarui Wang
   • Steve A. Kay

   in Nature Reviews Genetics

   Article 14 May 2026

   

5. Melatonin Enhances Heat Tolerance in Parthenocarpic Tomato Mutants by Improving Plant Growth, Leaf Physiological Traits, and Fruit Development

   • Ika Cartika
   • Dita Arifah Sukmalatri
   • Syariful Mubarok

   in Journal of Plant Growth Regulation

   Article 12 May 2026

   

6. Light and temperature differentially influence morphology, phytohormone profiles, and phenolic acid biosynthesis in Allium sativum across developmental stages

   • Muhammad Jawaad Atif
   • Bakht Amin
   • Zhihui Cheng

   in Biologia

   Article 11 May 2026

   

7. Circadian clock control of breast cancer hallmarks: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic implications

   • Luis Ricardo Hernández-Barrientos
   • Lorena Aguilar-Arnal

   in Cancer and Metastasis Reviews

   Article Open access 08 May 2026

   

8. BMAL1 regulates circadian rhythms via phase separation–mediated transcriptional hub formation

   • Wenzhen Gao
   • Li Zhu
   • Chenchen Zhou

   in Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy

   Article Open access 01 May 2026

   

9. Satellite data show trees delay budburst across landscapes to escape herbivores

   • Soumen Mallick
   • Jens Lichter
   • Andreas Prinzing

   in Nature Ecology & Evolution

   Article Open access 01 May 2026

   

10. How resilience signals abrupt declines in vegetation productivity: globally uneven yet predictable

    • Maohong Wei
    • Xue Tang
    • Jianfeng Feng

    in Ecological Processes

    Article Open access 30 April 2026

    

11. Time after time: a quarter century of progress in plant circadian biology

    • Stacey L. Harmer

    in npj Biological Timing and Sleep

    Article Open access 28 April 2026

    

12. Histone deacetylase BrHDA19 is involved in regulating bolting time in Chinese cabbage

    • Mingwei Zhou
    • Yingxue Zhang
    • Shengnan Huang

    in Theoretical and Applied Genetics

    Article 28 April 2026

    

13. Melatonin enhances the cold tolerance of tomatoes by promoting ABA accumulation

    • Guangzheng Wang
    • Qing Yang
    • Jihua Yu

    in Plant Cell Reports

    Article 26 April 2026

    

14. Contrasting phenological shifts in diurnal and nocturnal Lepidoptera under climate change

    • Anders Forsman
    • Bafraw Karimi
    • Markus Franzén

    in Communications Biology

    Article Open access 16 April 2026

    

15. Exogenous melatonin promotes salt stress tolerance by inducing physiological and biochemical adaptations in Chenopodium Quinoa Willd

    • Wang Meng-Di
    • Sulaiman Shah
    • Sajid Ali

    in Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants

    Article 12 April 2026

    

16. Green messengers: the role of catecholamines in plants

    • Karina Borba Paulino dos Santos
    • Ana Paula Ferro
    • Stefano Mancuso

    in Phytochemistry Reviews

    Article Open access 10 April 2026

    

17. Drought Duration Alters the Soil Water Threshold Corresponding to the Leaf Photosynthetic Efficiency of Potato in Semi-arid Regions

    • Yang Yang
    • Hong Zhao
    • Peng-cheng Huang

    in Potato Research

    Article 08 April 2026

    

18. Divergence in the sensitivity of woody leaf unfolding phenology to daytime and nighttime temperatures

    • Peiyang Yu
    • Xiaojuan Tong
    • Peirong Liu

    in Ecological Processes

    Article Open access 08 April 2026

    

19. Impact of acute blue light irradiation on the molecular clock and markers associated with photoaging in skin cell models

    • Agnia Vibriani
    • Xinyue Chen
    • Kanami Orihara

    in Journal of Molecular Medicine

    Article Open access 07 April 2026

    

20. Adrenaline restores Bmal1 transcriptional rhythms dampened by SARS-CoV-2 infection in Cthrc1-positive pulmonary fibroblasts derived from the Nile grass rat

    • Kyte Suga
    • Hayato Koizumi
    • Masayuki Ikeda

    in Scientific Reports

    Article Open access 02 April 2026