Abstract Over 130 years ago, Charles Darwin recognized that sensory functions in the root
tip influence directional root growth. Modern plant biology has unravelled that many of the …

Fluorescent probes are powerful tools for visualizing cellular and subcellular structures, their
dynamics and cellular molecules in living cells and enable us to monitor cellular processes …

The physiological and molecular level changes of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) exposure
were investigated in rice (Oryza sativa L.) seedlings. The seedlings were exposed to …

Energy production by chloroplasts and mitochondria causes constant oxidative damage. A
functioning photosynthetic cell requires quality-control mechanisms to turn over and …

Brassinosteroids (BRs) are a group of naturally occurring plant steroid hormones that can
induce plant tolerance to various plant stresses by regulating ROS production in cells, but …

Background The root cap is a plant organ that ensheathes the meristematic stem cells at the
root tip. Unlike other plant organs, the root cap shows a rapid cellular turnover, balancing …

The root cap surrounding the tip of plant roots is thought to protect the delicate stem cells in
the root meristem. We discovered that the first layer of root cap cells is covered by an …

A plethora of diverse programmed cell death (PCD) processes has been described in living
organisms. In animals and plants, different forms of PCD play crucial roles in development …

Programmed cell death (PCD) is a fundamental cellular process crucial to development,
homeostasis, and immunity in multicellular eukaryotes. In contrast to our knowledge on the …

The growing apices of plants contain stem cells that continually produce tissues, which, in
the shoot, include the germline. These stem cell populations remain active throughout the …