Land-adapted plants appeared between about 480 and 360 million years ago in the mid-
Palaeozoic era, originating from charophycean green algae. The successful adaptation to …

Flavonoids are secondary metabolites involved in several aspects of plant development and
defence. They colour fruits and flowers, favouring seed and pollen dispersal, and contribute …

Genome editing using CRISPR–Cas9 works efficiently in plant cells, but delivery of genome-
editing machinery into the vast majority of crop varieties is not possible using established …

Perception of pathogen-derived ligands by corresponding host receptors is a pivotal strategy
in eukaryotic innate immunity. In plants, this is complemented by circadian anticipation of …

We have sequenced and assembled a draft genome of G. raimondii, whose progenitor is the
putative contributor of the D subgenome to the economically important fiber-producing …

Plants face a daunting array of creatures that eat them, bore into them, and otherwise use
virtually every plant part for food, shelter, or both. But although plants cannot flee from their …

In Arabidopsis, the induction of a dehydration-responsive gene, rd22, is mediated by
abscisic acid (ABA) and requires protein biosynthesis for ABA-dependent gene expression …

MYB proteins are a superfamily of transcription factors that play regulatory roles in
developmental processes and defense responses in plants. We identified 198 genes in the …

Abstract The TRANSPARENT TESTA GLABRA1 (TTG1) locus regulates several
developmental and biochemical pathways in Arabidopsis, including the formation of hairs on …

GLABRA3 (GL3) encodes a bHLH protein that interacts with the WD repeat protein, TTG1.
GL3 overexpression suppresses the trichome defect of the pleiotropic ttg1 mutations …