News on Plant IDEA Lab

IPNbase - a new resource released!

Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The IPNbase database is released now. Welcome to visit, test, and provide feedback. Contacted by Xianqing.

Integrative Plant Nutrition (IPN) is based on the premise that plant nutrition should be understood not as a collection of isolated nutrient pathways, but as an interconnected system operating across biological scales and environmental contexts.

Congrats to Yuhang and others!

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Meng, Y., Chen, F., Lu, Y., Wang, L., Yi, K., Jia, X., & Yuan, Y. (2026). Alternative splicing as an evolvable regulatory layer in plant adaptation and evolution. Horticulture Research, uhag453. https://doi.org/10.1093/hr/uhag453

Title: Alternative splicing as an evolvable regulatory layer in plant adaptation and evolution

Congrats to Yao and others!

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Lu, Y., Li, J., Yi, K., & Jia, X. (2026). Programmable plant nutrition through synthetic transportome engineering. Journal of Plant Physiology, 326, 154874. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jplph.2026.154874

Title: Programmable plant nutrition through synthetic transportome engineering

Authors: Yao Lu, Jia Li, Keke Yi, Xianqing Jia

Congrats to Feiyu, Shurui, Yanlin, Yaru, and Zixin on their graduation!

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Congratulations and well done! Hope the future will bring you further success and a whole world of happiness!

New Lab members and new Lab name!

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

We warmly welcome Xuan and Yi to join us! We are aslo proud to announce that we have integrated our research directions and accordingly changed the name of our laboratory to “Plant IDEA Lab”.

Plant IDEA Lab: Plant Interactions, Design, and Environmental Adaptation

Congrats to Yi and others!

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

YangJin, L., Yuan, Y., Zeng, S., Hu, G., Du, M., Xiong, H., Jia, X., & Duan, R. (2026). Adaptive genome evolution and metabolic rewiring in the highland poppy Meconopsis integrifolia. Horticulture Research, uhag045. https://doi.org/10.1093/hr/uhag045

Title: Adaptive genome evolution and metabolic rewiring in the highland poppy Meconopsis integrifolia

NutriNext 2025 Workshop

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The 2025 International Young Scientist Workshop on Plant Nutrition (NutriNext 2025), was successfully held in NWU, Xi’an.

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Congrats to Shurui and others!

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Zhang, S., Wang, Y., Lu, Y., Yuan, S., Wang, L., Xu, L., Yi, K., & Jia, X. (2025). Plant STOP1 family: A helmsman in the soil multiple stress adaptation. Plant and Soil. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-025-07807-7

Title: Plant STOP1 family: a helmsman in the soil multiple stress adaptation

Our first paper at NWU was published in JIPB now!

Thu, 05 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Jia, X., Xu, Z., Xu, L., Frene, J. P., Gonin, M., Wang, L., Yu, J., Castrillo, G., & Yi, K. (2025). Identification of new salicylic acid signaling regulators for root development and microbiota composition in plants. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 67(2), 345–354. https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13814

Hello, NWU

Sun, 15 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Since Oct. 2023, we have settled down at Northwest Univesity, Xi’an. Thank you to everyone who has helped me along the way.

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All photos by Ms. Xinyue Lyu.