Land plants constantly respond to fluctuations in their environment. Part of their response is
the production of a diverse repertoire of specialized metabolites. One of the foremost …

Transposable elements (TEs) comprise a major portion of many plant genomes and bursts
of TE movements cause novel genomic variation within species. In order to maintain proper …

Trees represent the largest terrestrial carbon sink and a renewable source of ligno-cellulose.
There is significant scope for yield and quality improvement in these largely undomesticated …

Polyploid species have long been thought to be recalcitrant to whole-genome assembly. By
combining high-throughput sequencing, recent developments in parallel computing, and …

The botanical family Cucurbitaceae includes a variety of fruit crops with global or local
economic importance. How their genomes evolve and the genetic basis of diversity remain …

Abstract The Asteraceae (Compositae), a large plant family of approximately 24 000–35 000
species, accounts for∼ 10% of all angiosperm species and contributes a lot to plant …

Torreya plants produce dry fruits with assorted functions. Here, we report the 19-Gb
chromosome-level genome assembly of T. grandis. The genome is shaped by ancient whole …

The monophyletic group of embryophytes (land plants) stands out among photosynthetic
eukaryotes: they are the sole constituents of the macroscopic flora on land. In their entirety …

Plants produce an array of specialized metabolites, including chemicals that are important
as medicines, flavors, fragrances, pigments and insecticides. The vast majority of this …

Somatic embryogenesis is a developmental process where a plant somatic cell can
dedifferentiate to a totipotent embryonic stem cell that has the ability to give rise to an …