Shoot architecture is determined by the organization and activities of apical, axillary,
intercalary, secondary, and inflorescence meristems and by the subsequent development of …

Plants respond to the changing seasons to initiate developmental programmes precisely at
particular times of year. Flowering is the best characterized of these seasonal responses …

Background The size and complexity of conifer genomes has, until now, prevented full
genome sequencing and assembly. The large research community and economic …

Senescence is a developmental process which in annual crop plants overlaps with the
reproductive phase. Senescence might reduce crop yield when it is induced prematurely …

Members of the MADS-box transcription factor family play essential roles in almost every
developmental process in plants. Many MADS-box genes have conserved functions across …

Shoot branching is fundamentally important in determining soybean yield. Here, through
genome-wide association study, we identify one predominant association locus on …

SOC1, encoding a MADS box transcription factor, integrates multiple flowering signals
derived from photoperiod, temperature, hormone, and age-related signals. SOC1 is …

The FT gene integrates several external and endogenous cues controlling flowering,
including information on day length. A complex of the mobile FT protein and the bZIP …

CRISPR/Cas9 is a valuable tool for both basic and applied research that has been widely
applied to different plant species. Nonetheless, a systematical assessment of the efficiency …

A significant increase in shoot biomass and seed yield has always been the dream of plant
biologists who wish to dedicate their fundamental research to the benefit of mankind; the first …