Heavy metal contamination of soil and water causing toxicity/stress has become one
important constraint to crop productivity and quality. This situation has further worsened by …

Developmental and environmental signals converge on cell cycle machinery to achieve
proper and flexible organogenesis under changing environments. Studies on the plant cell …

Arsenic (As) is an element that is nonessential for and toxic to plants. Arsenic contamination
in the environment occurs in many regions, and, depending on environmental factors, its …

The reliable and efficient production of microalgae in large-scale commercial culture,
whether in open ponds or in closed photobioreactors, requires a good understanding of the …

Cell cycle regulation is of pivotal importance for plant growth and development. Although
plant cell division shares basic mechanisms with all eukaryotes, plants have evolved novel …

Through its photosynthetic capacity the leaf provides the basis for growth of the whole plant.
In order to improve crops for higher productivity and resistance for future climate scenarios, it …

Because the genome stores all genetic information required for growth and development, it
is of pivotal importance to maintain DNA integrity, especially during cell division, when the …

Arabidopsis has over 80 genes encoding conserved and plant‐specific core cell cycle
regulators, but in most cases neither their timing of expression in the cell cycle is known nor …

Cytokinins are hormones that regulate many developmental and physiological processes in
plants. Recent work has revealed that the cytokinin signal is transduced by two‐component …

Upon germination, pollen forms a tube that elongates dramatically through female tissues to
reach and fertilize ovules. While essential for the life cycle of higher plants, the genetic basis …