Fluctuations in environmental conditions greatly influence life on earth. Plants, as sessile
organisms, have developed molecular mechanisms to adapt their development to changes …

Plant growth and development are greatly affected by the environment. Many genes have
been identified to be involved in regulating plant development and adaption of abiotic stress …

Nearly 200 plant genomes have been sequenced over the last two years, and new functions
of plant microRNAs (miRNAs) have been revealed. Therefore, timely update of the plant …

Plants flower in response to environmental signals. These signals change the shape and
developmental identity of the shoot apical meristem (SAM), causing it to form flowers and …

Flowering is one of the most critical developmental transitions in plants' life. The irreversible
change from the vegetative to the reproductive stage is strictly controlled to ensure the …

Gene editing using clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat/CRISPR-
associated proteins (CRISPR/Cas) has revolutionized biotechnology and provides genetic …

Securing agricultural supplies for the increasing population without negative impacts on
environment demands new crop varieties with higher yields, better quality, and stronger …

MiRNAs are important posttranscriptional regulators of plant development. Many miRNAs,
such as the conserved miR164 species, are encoded by families of MIRNA genes, but the …

Plants possess regulatory mechanisms that allow them to flower under conditions that
maximize reproductive success. Selection of natural variants affecting those mechanisms …

During their vegetative growth, plants reiteratively produce leaves, buds, and internodes at
the apical end of the shoot. The identity of these organs changes as the shoot develops …