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Salt tolerant Sorghum Millet. Climate change causes rising sea levels, rendering fertile land salty. Can we find crop plants able to grow on such soils? Some millets are able to do that. We could show that the gene switch for the sugar transporter SWEET13 is crucial. We found a very active version of this switch in the ancient Syrian landrace Razinieh. This allows breeding of new varieties that are more salt tolerant.

Publication

216. Abuslima E, Kanbar A, Ismail A, Raorane ML, Eiche E, El-Sharkawy I, Junker BH, Riemann M, Nick P (2025) Salt stress-induced remodeling of sugar transport: a role for promoter alleles of SWEET13. Nature Sci Rep 15, 7580 - pdf

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CLASSICS

Fundamental research is usually funded publicly, meaning, by tax money. The results are, following a lengthy review process, in international journals. This makes sure that the quality of the results has been checked. Some of these publications induce a strong echo. Others are so new that it can take years, until they get recognition. A lot of patience is needed, thereore, until one can harvest the fruits of the own work. Here, you find the "classics" from our lab that have been widely read and quoted (often after several years).

to the "classics".

Publications 2025 - Research Papers

222. Zhu X, Zhang K, Gong P, Riemann M, Nick P (2025) Unleash the Dogs of Death: Vitis Metacaspase 5, Microtubules, and Hypersensitive Response. Plant Cell Reports 44, 184 - pdf

221. Rose C, Vogt I, Reineke A, Ludwig-Müller J, Nick P, Geilfus CM (2025) The Crop Wild Relative Fragaria vesca as source of resistance against strawberry anthracnose. Plant Biol, 10.1111/plb.70087 - pdf

220. Hazman M, Guo LB, Hua TH, Fawzy S, Anis G, Elsherif A, Riemann M, Nick P (2025)  RNAseq Unveils stress-specific Pathways for Drought and Salinity Resilience in Egyptian Rice Sakha 102. Plant Growth Reg 10.1007/s10725-025-01349-9 - pdf

219. Wang L, Wu CY, Xiong ZhQ, Sun JY, Sun HP, Cong HQ, Seleiman MF, Ercisli S, Jiang XF, Qiao F, Nick P (2025) Producing the anti-tumour compound deoxyharringtonine by suspension-cultured cells of Cephalotaxus hainanensis. Turkish J Agriculture Forestry, in press 14.05.2025

218. Hazman M, Guo LB, Hause B, Eiche E, Riemann M, Tong HH, Fawzy S, Nick P (2025) Drought and salinity adaptive mechanisms in japonica and indica/japonica rice varieties: a bilateral comparative study. Egypt J Bot 65, 473-488 - pdf

217. Wetters S, Nick P (2025) B-class gene GLOBOSA - a facilitator for enriched species diversity of Salvia in the New World? Plant Biol 27, 333-346 - pdf

216. Abuslima E, Kanbar A, Ismail A, Raorane ML, Eiche E, El-Sharkawy I, Junker BH, Riemann M, Nick P (2025) Salt stress-induced remodeling of sugar transport: a role for promoter alleles of SWEET13. Nature Sci Rep 15, 7580 - pdf

215. Ismail A, Gajjar P, Darwish AG, Abuslima E, Islam T, Mohamed AG, Tsolova V, Nick P, El Kayal W, El-Sharkawy I (2025) Redox and osmotic homeostasis: Central drivers of drought resilience in grapevine rootstocks. Plant Phys Biochem 109618 - pdf

214. Dembele N, Nick P (2025) Anti‐microtubular activity of total alkaloids and aqueous extract of Detarium microcarpum a medicinal plant harvested in Mali. Protoplasma 262, 415–430 - pdf

 

Publications 2025 - Reviews and Book Articles

[67] Daldoul S, Khattab I, Bahlouli I, Nick P, Mliki A, Gargouri M (2025) Help from the past to cope with the future: Vitis sylvestris as resource for climate resilience. Plants, People, Planet  doi 10.1002/ppp3.70034 - pdf

[66] Li Z, Wu R, Guo F, Wang YJ, Nick P, Wang XP et al. (2025) Advances in the molecular mechanism of grapevine resistance to fungal diseases. Mol Horticulture 5, 1 - pdf

[65] Heger PW, Meinert I, Nick P, Riedl P, Heinrich M, Straub M (2025) Sustainable Cultivation of Phytopharmaceuticals in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany: A SWOT Analysis and Future Directions. Pharmac Biol 63, 82-88 - pdf

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Veröffentlichungen 2025 - Editorials

Nick P (2025) Secondary metabolism is not secondary – why we need more cell biology in metabolomics. Protoplasma 262, 1029-1030 - pdf

Nick P (2025) Protists – the dark matter of eukaryotic evolution. Protoplasma 262, 431-432 - pdf

Nick P (2025) Understanding otherness—the anthropocentrism trap. Protoplasma 262, 219-221 - pdf

Nick P (2025) Prepare to persist. Protoplasma 262, 1-2 - pdf