Anthocyanins play a variety of adaptive roles in both vegetative tissues and reproductive
organs of plants. The broad functionality of these compounds requires sophisticated …

Plants produce and accumulate triacylglycerol (TAG) in their seeds as an energy reservoir to
support the processes of seed germination and seedling development. Plant seed oils are …

Mature seeds are an ultimate physiological status that enables plants to endure extreme
conditions such as high and low temperature, freezing and desiccation. Seed longevity, the …

Basic helix–loop–helix (bHLH) transcription factors (TFs) belong to a family of transcriptional
regulators present in three eukaryotic kingdoms. Many different functions have been …

The testa of higher plant seeds protects the embryo against adverse environmental
conditions. Its role is assumed mainly by controlling germination through dormancy …

Abstract The TRANSPARENT TESTA GLABRA1 (TTG1) locus regulates several
developmental and biochemical pathways in Arabidopsis, including the formation of hairs on …

Mutants of a new gene, TRANSPARENT TESTA GLABRA2 (TTG2), show disruptions to
trichome development and to tannin and mucilage production in the seed coat. The gene …

The redundancy of genes for plant transcription factors often interferes with efforts to identify
the biologic functions of such factors. We show here that four different transcription factors …

The decade since the publication of the third edition of this volume has been an era of great
progress in biology in general and the plant sciences in particular. This is especially true …

The phytohormone jasmonate is an essential endogenous signal in the regulation of
multiple plant processes for environmental adaptation, such as primary root growth inhibition …