Trees growing in boreal and temperate regions synchronize their growth with seasonal
climatic changes in adaptive responses that are essential for their survival. These trees …

Plants are sessile and photo-autotrophic; their entire life cycle is thus strongly influenced by
the ever-changing light environment. In order to sense and respond to those fluctuating …

Summary 'Stresses' that impact upon seeds can affect plant reproduction and productivity,
and, hence, agriculture and biodiversity. In the absence of a clear definition of plant stress …

In temperate and boreal ecosystems, seasonal cycles of growth and dormancy allow
perennial plants to adapt to winter conditions. We show, in hybrid aspen trees, that …

Over the past few decades seed physiology research has contributed to many important
scientific discoveries and has provided valuable tools for the production of high quality …

Bud-break is an economically and environmentally important process in trees and shrubs
from boreal and temperate latitudes, but its molecular mechanisms are poorly understood …

The conventional understanding of the role of the seed coat is that it provides a protective
layer for the developing zygote. Recent data show that the picture is more nuanced. The …

Being sessile organisms, plants need to continually adapt and modulate their rate of growth
and development in accordance with the changing environmental conditions, a …

Construction of metabolic and regulatory pathways from proteomic data can contextualize
the large‐scale data within the overall physiological scheme of an organism. It is an efficient …

Seed dormancy prevents seeds from germinating under environmental conditions
unfavourable for plant growth and development and constitutes an evolutionary advantage …