Controlling male fertility is an important goal for plant reproduction and selective breeding.
Hybrid vigour results in superior growth rates and increased yields of hybrids compared with …

The diverse functions of jasmonates (JAs) in plant cells are reflected by the extensive
reprogramming of gene expression after JA perception. Here, we review the transcriptome …

Elucidating the function of all predicted genes in rice remains as the ultimate goal in cereal
genomics in order to ensure the development of improved varieties that will sustain an …

Summary Gibberellins (GAs) and brassinosteroids (BRs), two growth‐promoting
phytohormones, regulate many common physiological processes. Their interactions at the …

Male reproductive development is a complex biological process which includes the
formation of the stamen with differentiated anther tissues, in which microspores/pollens are …

High-temperature stress causes abortive male reproductive development in many plant
species. Here, we report a putative mechanism of high-temperature injury during anther …

Background Pollen development from the microspore involves a series of coordinated
cellular events, and the resulting mature pollen has a specialized function to quickly …

Background Meiosis is a critical process in the reproduction and life cycle of flowering plants
in which homologous chromosomes pair, synapse, recombine and segregate …

The development and differentiation of anther cells, including specification of cell lineage
and cell fate, are well-regulated programs. Sporogenous cells differentiate into pollen …

Drought is very harmful to grain yield due to its adverse effect on reproduction, especially on
pollination process in rice. However, the molecular basis of such an effect still remains …