Agrobacterium tumefaciens is widely used as a versatile tool for development of stably
transformed model plants and crops. However, the development of Agrobacterium based …

Plant microtubule arrays differ fundamentally from their animal, fungal and protistan
counterparts. These differences largely reflect the requirements of plant composite polymer …

Growth regulation tailors development in plants to their environment. A prominent example
of this is the response to gravity, in which shoots bend up and roots bend down. This …

INTRODUCTION Organisms live by means of the complex, dynamic, three-dimensional (3D)
interplay between millions of components, from the molecular to the multicellular. Visualizing …

Plant cell morphogenesis relies on the organization and function of two polymer arrays
separated by the plasma membrane: the cortical microtubule cytoskeleton and cellulose …

Roots hairs are cylindrical extensions of root epidermal cells that are important for
acquisition of nutrients, microbe interactions, and plant anchorage. The molecular …

The penetration of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi through the outermost root tissues of
the host plant is a critical step in root colonization, ultimately leading to the establishment of …

Plant growth and organ formation depend on the oriented deposition of load-bearing
cellulose microfibrils in the cell wall. Cellulose is synthesized by plasma membrane–bound …

In plants, regulation of cellulose synthesis is fundamental for morphogenesis and plant
growth. Cellulose is synthesized at the plasma membrane, and the orientation of synthesis is …

Cell geometry has long been proposed to play a key role in the orientation of symmetric cell
division planes. In particular, the recently proposed Besson–Dumais rule generalizes …