Nutrients are scarce and valuable resources, so plants developed sophisticated
mechanisms to optimize nutrient use efficiency. A crucial part of this is monitoring external …

Highlights•Root nitrate sensing is affected by rhizosphere pH and water availability.•Nitrate
transporters are involved in sensing cellular pH changes.•Root derived small mobile …

Mineral nutrients absorbed in the inorganic form are indispensable for plant growth and
development. The various processes underlying yield formation in crops such as biomass …

Sugars not only fuel cellular carbon and energy metabolism but also play pivotal roles as
signaling molecules. The experimental amenability of yeast as a unicellular model system …

Phosphorus (P) is an essential nutrient for plant growth and reproduction. Plants
preferentially absorb P as orthophosphate (Pi), an ion that displays low solubility and that is …

The Snf1-related protein kinase 1 (SnRK1) is the plant homolog of the heterotrimeric AMP-
activated protein kinase/sucrose non-fermenting 1 (AMPK/Snf1), which works as a major …

Highlights•Sugars serve as nutrients and as regulatory signals.•SnRK1 and TOR control
metabolism and growth oppositely in response to sugars.•Manipulation of SnRK1 and TOR …

Plants require a complex balance of mineral nutrients to reproduce successfully. Because
the availability of many of these nutrients in the soil is compromised by several factors, such …

Tolerance of plants to abiotic stressors such as drought and salinity is triggered by complex
multicomponent signaling pathways to restore cellular homeostasis and promote survival …

The daily life of photosynthetic plants revolves around sugar production, transport, storage
and utilization, and the complex sugar metabolic and signaling networks integrate internal …