BACKGROUND Global population growth, increased meat consumption, and concerns
about sustainability of resources are driving forces for future agriculture to produce higher …

Plants require an endogenous regulatory network and mechanism to cope with diurnal
environmental changes and compensate for their sessile nature. Plants use the circadian …

Carbohydrates are the primary energy source for plant development. Plants synthesize
sucrose in source organs and transport them to sink organs during plant growth. This …

The dynamics of local climates make development of agricultural strategies challenging.
Yield improvement has progressed slowly, especially in drought-prone regions where …

Circadian pace is modulated by light intensity, known as the Aschoff's rule, with largely
unrevealed mechanisms. Here we report that photoreceptor CRY2 mediates blue light input …

Crops have resource-acquisitive leaf traits, which are usually attributed to the process of
domestication. However, early choices of wild plants amenable for domestication may also …

Circadian period and phase of cultivated tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) were changed
during domestication, likely adapting the species to its new agricultural environments …

Through domestication of wild species, humans have induced large changes in the
developmental and circadian clocks of plants. As a result of these changes, modern crops …

Seeds, growth rates and duration of growth influence plant development. However, we lack
a mechanistic understanding of how they lead to larger and higher‐yielding plants, as these …

Background Polyploidy is well studied from a genetic and genomic perspective, but the
morphological, anatomical, and physiological consequences of polyploidy remain relatively …