As one of the most important crops, maize not only has been a source of the food, feed, and
industrial feedstock for biofuel and bioproducts, but also became a model plant system for …

In higher plants, male meiosis is a key process during microsporogenesis and is crucial for
male fertility and seed set. Meiosis involves a highly dynamic organization of chromosomes …

After meiosis, tapetal cells in the innermost anther wall layer undergo program cell death
(PCD)-triggered degradation. This step is essential for microspore development and pollen …

Background Extremely high temperatures are becoming an increasingly severe threat to
crop yields. It is well documented that salicylic acid (SA) can enhance the stress tolerance of …

Drought affects rice reproduction and results in severe yield loss. The developmental defects
and changes of gene regulation network in reproductive tissues under drought stress are …

Research into anther ontogeny has been an active and developing field, transitioning from a
strictly lineage-based view of cellular differentiation events to a more complex …

Cuticle waxes, which are primarily comprised of very-long-chain (VLC) alkanes, play an
important role in plant reproductive development. ECERIFERUM1 (CER1) is recognized as …

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) occupies a very salient and indispensable status among cereal crops,
as its vast production is used to feed nearly half of the world's population. Male sterile plants …

Anther development and male fertility are essential biological processes for flowering plants
and are important for crop seed production. Genetic manipulation of male fertility/sterility is …

Efforts to increase genetic gains in breeding programs of flowering plants depend on making
genetic crosses. Time to flowering, which can take months to decades depending on the …