Background The epidermis of cotton ovule produces fibers, the most important natural
cellulose source for the global textile industry. However, the molecular mechanism of fiber …

Soybean (Glycine max) is a major legume crop worldwide, providing a critical source of
protein and oil. The release of the soybean genome fuelled several transcriptome projects …

Cotton fibers provide an important source of raw materials for the textile industry worldwide.
Cotton fiber is a kind of single cell that differentiates from the epidermis of the ovule and …

Phytohormones play indispensable roles in plant growth and development. However, the
molecular mechanisms underlying phytohormone-mediated regulation of fiber secondary …

Somatic embryogenesis is a unique process in plants and has considerable interest for
biotechnological application. Compare to japonica, indica rice has been less responsive to …

Maize (Zea mays) is an excellent cereal model for research on seed development because
of its relatively large size for both embryo and endosperm. Despite the importance of seed in …

Auxin response factors (ARFs) are recently discovered transcription factors that bind with
auxin response elements (AuxRE, TGTCTC) to regulate the expression of early auxin …

Auxin plays a central role in many aspects of plant growth and development. Auxin/Indole-3-
Acetic Acid (Aux/IAA) genes cooperate with several other components in the perception and …

Background The development of rice (Oryza sativa) seed is closely associated with
assimilates storage and plant yield, and is fine controlled by complex regulatory networks …

Abstract Plant-specific TEOSINTE-BRANCHED1/CYCLOIDEA/PCF (TCP) transcription
factors play crucial roles in development, but their functional mechanisms remain largely …