# The sucrose–trehalose 6-phosphate nexus: what’s next for plant vigour and productivity?

## TL;DR

The paper explores how sucrose and trehalose 6-phosphate interact in flowering plants, affecting plant vigor and productivity.

## Contribution

It reveals that the sucrose–trehalose 6-phosphate nexus is conserved across flowering plants with diverse carbon storage and phloem loading strategies.

## Key findings

- The sucrose–trehalose 6-phosphate nexus is conserved in flowering plants.
- The nexus functions similarly despite differences in phloem loading and carbon storage strategies.
- This nexus is important for plant vigor and productivity.

## Abstract

This article comments on:

Annunziata MG, Feil R, Lohse M, Figueroa CM, Hartman MD, Esmailpour M, Nikoloski Z, Koehl K, Stitt M, Lunn JE, Fichtner F. 2026. The sucrose–trehalose 6-phosphate nexus is conserved in flowering plants with different phloem loading and carbon storage strategies. Journal of Experimental Botany 77, 578–591. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eraf401