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Plants continuously monitor environmental conditions (such as light and temperature) and adjust their growth and development accordingly. The transcription factor PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTOR4 (PIF4) regulates both light and temperature signaling pathways. Here, we identified ENHANCED PHOTOMORPHOGENIC2 (EPP2) as a new repressor of photomorphogenesis in red, far-red, and blue light. Map-based cloning revealed that EPP2 encodes the SEUSS (SEU) transcription regulator. The C terminus of SEU has transcriptional activation activity, and SEU physically interacts with PIF4. Moreover, SEU promotes the expression of many genes, including auxin biosynthetic and responsive genes, and regulates IAA levels in plants. SEU associates with the regulatory regions of INDOLE-3-ACETIC ACID INDUCIBLE6 (IAA6) and IAA19 in a PIF4-independent manner, whereas the binding of PIF4 to these genes requires SEU. Furthermore, mutations in SEU affect H3K4me3 methylation at IAA6 and IAA19, and SEU positively regulates warm temperature-mediated hypocotyl growth together with PIF4. Collectively, our results reveal that SEU acts as a central regulator integrating light and temperature signals to control plant growth by coordinating with PIF4.

Traditional gas sensors are facing the challenge of low power consumption for future application in smart phones and wireless sensor platforms. To solve this problem, self-powered gas sensors are rapidly developed in recent years. However, all reported self-powered gas sensors are suffering from high limit of detection (LOD) toward NO 2 gas. In this work, a photovoltaic self-powered NO 2 gas sensor based on n-MoS 2 /p-GaSe heterojunction is successfully prepared by mechanical exfoliation and all-dry transfer method. Under 405 nm visible light illumination, the fabricated photovoltaic self-powered gas sensors show a significant response toward ppb-level NO 2 with short response and recovery time and high selectivity at room temperature (25°C). It is worth mentioning that the LOD toward NO 2 of this device is 20 ppb, which is the lowest of the reported self-powered room-temperature gas sensors so far. The discussed devices can be used as building blocks to fabricate more functional Internet of things devices.