Starch granules are composed of two distinct glucose polymers–amylose and amylopectin.
Amylose constitutes 5–35% of most natural starches and has a major influence over starch …

The timing of flowering is determined by endogenous genetic components as well as
various environmental factors, such as day length, temperature, and stress. The genetic …

Photoperiodic plants perceive changes in day length as seasonal cues to orchestrate their
vegetative and reproductive growth. Although it is known that the floral transition of …

Although it is well appreciated that genetic studies of flowering time regulation have led to
fundamental advances in the fields of molecular and developmental biology, the ways in …

The domestication of starch crops underpinned the development of human civilisation, yet
we still do not fully understand how plants make starch. Starch is composed of glucose …

We investigated whether starch degradation occurs at the same time as starch synthesis in
Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) leaves in the light. Starch accumulated in a linear fashion …

Grasses of the subfamily Pooideae, including important cereal crops and pasture grasses,
are widespread in temperate zones. Seasonal regulation of developmental transitions …

Hydrogen sulfide is a signaling molecule in plants that regulates essential biological
processes through protein persulfidation. However, little is known about sulfide‐mediated …

It is known that volatile emissions from some beneficial rhizosphere microorganisms
promote plant growth. Here we show that volatile compounds (VCs) emitted by …

Many of the developmental responses and behaviors in plants that occur throughout the
year are controlled by photoperiod; among these, seasonal flowering is the most …