Microsporogenesis and male gametogenesis are essential for the alternating life cycle of
flowering plants between diploid sporophyte and haploid gametophyte generations. Rice …

A long‐standing goal in plant research is to optimize the protective function of biochemical
agents that impede pest and pathogen attack. Nearly 40 years ago, pathogen‐inducible …

Huge efforts have been invested in the last two decades to dissect the genetic bases of
complex traits including yields of many crop plants, through quantitative trait locus (QTL) …

All organisms have evolved strategies to regulate ion and pH homeostasis in response to
developmental and environmental cues. One strategy is mediated by monovalent cation …

Omics and bioinformatics are essential to understanding the molecular systems that underlie
various plant functions. Recent game-changing sequencing technologies have revitalized …

Flowers are reproductive organs and precursors to fruits and seeds. While the basic tenets
of the ABCE model of flower development are conserved in angiosperms, different flowering …

After meiosis, tapetal cells in the innermost anther wall layer undergo program cell death
(PCD)-triggered degradation. This step is essential for microspore development and pollen …

Background Asian cultivars were predominantly represented in global rice panel selected
for sequencing and to identify novel alleles for drought tolerance. Diverse genetic resources …

GRAS genes belong to a gene family of transcription regulators that function in the
regulation of plant growth and development. Our knowledge about the expansion and …

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play key roles in plant reproduction. However, knowledge on
microRNAome analysis in autotetraploid rice is rather limited. Here, high-throughput …