A plant's roots system determines both the capacity of a sessile organism to acquire
nutrients and water, as well as providing a means to monitor the soil for a range of …

To optimize acclimation responses to environmental growth conditions, plants integrate and
weigh a diversity of input signals. Signal integration within the signalling networks occurs at …

Rice inflorescence development determines yield and relies on the activity of axillary
meristems (AMs); however, high‐resolution analysis of its early development is lacking …

A dramatic evolution of fruit size has accompanied the domestication and improvement of
fruit-bearing crop species. In tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), naturally occurring cis …

The shoot apical meristem of angiosperm plants generates leaf, stem and floral structures
throughout the plant's lifetime. To do this, the plant must maintain a population of stem cells …

Background Rice is highly sensitive to drought, and the effect of drought may vary with the
different genotypes and development stages. Genome-wide gene expression profiling was …

Terminology of inflorescence diversity has often been used in a confusing way in the
literature, partly because it was based on uncritical and outdated definitions. In particular …

Plant development depends on the activity of various types of meristems that generate
organs such as leaves and floral organs throughout the life cycle. Grass species produce …

The LEAFY (LFY) gene of Arabidopsis and its homologs in other angiosperms encode a
unique plant-specific transcription factor that assigns the floral fate of meristems and plays a …

Reproductive transition of grasses is characterized by switching the pattern of lateral
branches, featuring the suppression of outgrowth of the subtending leaves (bracts) and rapid …