Sustainable goals for contemporary world seek viable solutions for interconnected
challenges, particularly in the fields of food and energy security and climate change. We …

Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) shows remarkably rapid growth (114.5 cm/day), but the
underlying biological mechanisms remain unclear. After examining more than 12,750 …

Watermelon is one of the major Cucurbitaceae crops and the recent availability of genome
sequence greatly facilitates the fundamental researches on it. Quantitative real-time reverse …

Woody bamboo is environmentally friendly, abundant, and an alternative to conventional
timber. Degree of lignification and lignin content and deposition affect timber properties …

The increasingly used real time quantitative reverse transcription-PCR (qRT-PCR) method
for gene expression analysis requires one or several reference gene (s) acting as …

Previous studies on the fast growth of bamboo shoots mainly focused on the entire culm. No
work about the fast elongation of a single internode, which is the basic unit for the fast …

Lycoris aurea (L'Hér.) Herb, a perennial grass species, produces a unique variety of
pharmacologically active Amaryllidaceae alkaloids. However, the key enzymes and their …

Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) is a fast‐growing species with uneven growth and
lignification from lower to upper segments within one internode. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play a …

Background The moso bamboo, a large woody bamboo with the highest ecological,
economic, and cultural value of all bamboos, has one of the highest growth speeds in the …

The AP2/ERF transcription factor family, one of the largest families unique to plants,
performs a significant role in terms of regulation of growth and development, and responses …