Being rooted in place, plants are faced with the challenge of responding to unfavourable
local conditions. One such condition, heat stress, contributes massively to crop losses …

The reproductive (gametophytic) phase in flowering plants is often highly sensitive to hot or
cold temperature stresses, with even a single hot day or cold night sometimes being fatal to …

A big challenge in current systems biology research arises when different types of data must
be accessed from separate sources and visualized using separate tools. The high cognitive …

Epigenetic inheritance is more widespread in plants than in mammals, in part because
mammals erase epigenetic information by germline reprogramming. We sequenced the …

Background The exploration of microarray data and data from other high-throughput projects
for hypothesis generation has become a vital aspect of post-genomic research. For the non …

Pollen development is a critical step in plant development that is needed for successful
breeding and seed formation. Manipulation of male fertility has proved a useful trait for …

The gametophyte represents the sexual phase in the alternation of generations in plants; the
other, nonsexual phase is the sporophyte. Here, we review the evolutionary origins of the …

The mutagenic activity of transposable elements (TEs) is suppressed by epigenetic silencing
and small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), especially in gametes that could transmit transposed …

The appearance of plant organs mediated the explosive radiation of land plants, which
shaped the biosphere and allowed the establishment of terrestrial animal life. The evolution …

Proline fulfils diverse functions in plants. As amino acid it is a structural component of
proteins, but it also plays a role as compatible solute under environmental stress conditions …