A. Miyagi

Intraspecific interaction of host plant influences local distribution of specialist herbivores through metabolic alterations in leaves

The paper shows that intraspecific plant interactions alter leaf chemistry, which affects the distribution of specialist herbivores but not generalists.

Excessive assimilation of ammonium by plastidic glutamine synthetase is a major cause of ammonium toxicity in Arabidopsis thaliana

This study identifies plastidic glutamine synthetase 2 (GLN2) as the primary cause of ammonium toxicity in Arabidopsis thaliana by inducing shoot acidity.