Wolf Bernd Frommer

This study improves rice yield by editing the CKX2 gene in the Samba Mahsuri variety, resulting in a 19% grain yield increase and early flowering in field trials.

The paper identifies the Lateral Protein Cluster (LPC) as a conserved molecular machinery linking radial cell polarity to plant morphogenesis in Arabidopsis and Marchantia polymorpha.

The paper uses single-cell RNA-sequencing to analyze cell diversity in Arabidopsis seeds, identifying distinct cell clusters and spatial domains along developmental axes.

The paper uses marker-assisted breeding to pyramid four resistance genes into three East African rice varieties to confer resistance to bacterial blight strains.

This study evaluates genome-edited rice varieties for resistance to bacterial blight in Burkina Faso, finding no growth penalties and resistance to local strains.

The paper uses cryo-electron tomography to study plasmodesmata structure in Physcomitrium patens, revealing callose's role in shaping channels and identifying MCTP protein assemblies.

The paper develops a synthetic GA system to study spatial coordination of GA signaling in root growth, showing its necessity across multiple cell layers.

The paper develops an ultrasensitive ratiometric glucose sensor to monitor glucose transport and metabolism in plants, finding rapid hydrolysis of shoot-derived sucrose in root tips.

RDA2, a lectin receptor-like kinase, directly phosphorylates conserved 30K viral movement proteins to control their plasmodesmal targeting and restrict cell-to-cell viral spread in plants.

This study identifies the sux gene cluster in Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae as essential for sucrose uptake, which supports bacterial growth, motility, biofilm formation, and virulence in rice.

The paper shows that the Arabidopsis amino acid transporter UmamiT20 contributes to susceptibility to the necrotrophic fungus B. cinerea by facilitating amino acid transport, suggesting a broader role for nutrient transporters in plant-pathogen interactions.

This study investigates Xoo morphology changes during in vitro growth and rice leaf infection, finding filamentous forms aid in tissue invasion while rod-shaped cells facilitate vascular movement.

The paper establishes a rapid root infection system to study Xoo transmission from rice roots to shoots and finds no progression beyond the coleoptile node.

The paper identifies genetic variants at transcription factor binding sites that explain a large portion of phenotypic heritability in maize under different water conditions.

The paper evaluates genome-edited rice lines resistant to bacterial blight, showing no performance defects and absence of foreign DNA in offspring.

The paper reports the cryo-EM structure of maize DUR3, revealing its tetramer assembly and insights into proton-coupled urea transport.

This paper describes optimized cryo-ET sample preparation workflows for plant tissues, achieving subnanometer resolution through targeted FIB milling and lamella trimming.

The paper identifies FG-nucleoporins (FG-NUPs) at plasmodesmata (PD) using bioinformatics, proteomics, and imaging, suggesting a potential role in intercellular transport.

The paper uses a GA biosensor to show COP1 and GA20ox1 regulate GA gradients in hypocotyls, which are necessary but not sufficient for cell elongation during light and dark conditions.

The paper develops a non-invasive NIR imaging technique to visualize live plant cell nuclei using phytochrome-derived autofluorescence, applicable across multiple plant species.

The paper demonstrates that loss-of-function mutations in OsLAT5 confer resistance to methylviologen, providing a selectable marker for genome editing in rice.