Prioritization of copper for the use in photosynthetic electron transport in developing leaves of hybrid poplarMuhammad Shahbaz, Karl Ravet, Graham Peers, and Marinus Pilon*

A cupin domain-containing protein with a quercetinase activity (VdQase) regulates Verticillium dahliae’s pathogenicity and contributes to counteracting host defensesAbdel ElHadrami, Md. Rashidul Islam, Lorne Adam, and Fouad Daayf*

Terahertz time domain spectroscopy allows contactless monitoring of grapevine water statusLuis Gonzaga Santesteban*, Inés Palacios, Carlos Miranda, Juan Carlos Iriarte, José Bernardo Royo, and Ramón Gonzalo

The modulation of leaf metabolism plays a role in salt tolerance of Cymodocea nodosa exposed to hypersaline stress in mesocosmsAmalia Piro, Lázaro Marín-Guirao, Ilia Anna Serra, Antonia Spadafora, José Miguel Sandoval-Gil, Jaime Bernardeau-Esteller, Juan Manuel Ruiz Fernandez, and Silvia Mazzuca*

Tomato SlRbohB, a member of the NADPH oxidase family, is required for disease resistance against Botrytis cinerea and tolerance to drought stressXiaohui Li, Huijuan Zhang, Limei Tian, Lei Huang, Shixia Liu, Dayong Li*, and Fengming Song

Stress memory induced rearrangements of HSP transcription, photosystem II photochemistry and metabolism of tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) in response to high-temperature stressTao Hu*, Shu-qian Liu, Erick Amombo, and Jin-min Fu

Early Lotus japonicus root transcriptomic responses to symbiotic and pathogenic fungal exudatesMarco Giovannetti, Alfredo Mari, Mara Novero, and Paola Bonfante*

Construction of chromosome segment substitution lines enables QTL mapping for flowering and morphological traits in Brassica rapaXiaonan Li, Wenke Wang, Zhe Wang, Kangning Li, Yong Pyo Lim, and Zhongyun Piao*

Dynamic transcriptional profiling provides insights into tuberous root development in Rehmannia glutinosaPeng Sun, Xingguo Xiao*, Liusheng Duan, Yuhai Guo, Jianjun Qi, Dengqun Liao, Chunli Zhao, Yan Liu, Lili Zhou, and Xianen Li*

An Arabidopsis neutral ceramidase mutant ncer1 accumulates hydroxyceramides and is sensitive to oxidative stressJian Li, Fang-Cheng Bi, Jian Yin, Jian-Xin Wu, Chan Rong, Jia-Li Wu, and Nan Yao*