Nano-priming is an innovative seed priming technology that helps to improve seed
germination, seed growth, and yield by providing resistance to various stresses in plants …

The size of seeds affects not only evolutionary fitness but also grain yield of crops.
Understanding the mechanisms controlling seed size has become an important research …

Nanotechnology is one of the promising techniques and shares wide ranges of applications
almost in every field of life. Nanomaterials are getting continuous attractions due to specific …

The dominance of flowering plants on earth is owed largely to the evolution of maternal
tissues such as fruit and seedcoat that protect and disseminate the seeds. The mechanism …

In angiosperms, double fertilization triggers the concomitant development of two closely
juxtaposed tissues, the embryo and the endosperm. Successful seed development and …

The angiosperm seed is composed of three genetically distinct tissues: the diploid embryo
that originates from the fertilized egg cell, the triploid endosperm that is produced from the …

The evolution of seeds defines a remarkable landmark in the history of land plants. A
developing seed contains three genetically distinct structures: the embryo, the nourishing …

Genetically encoded biosensors that directly interact with a molecule of interest were first
introduced more than 20 years ago with fusion proteins that served as fluorescent indicators …

Being sessile organisms, plants need to continually adapt and modulate their rate of growth
and development in accordance with the changing environmental conditions, a …

Auxin is a phytohormone essential for plant development. However, our understanding of
auxin-regulated endosperm development remains limited. Here, we described rice YUCCA …