The origin of a land flora fundamentally shifted the course of evolution of life on earth,
facilitating terrestrialization of other eukaryotic lineages and altering the planet's geology …

Meristems are stem cell-containing structures that produce all plant organs and are therefore
important targets for crop improvement. Developmental regulators control the balance and …

Peptide hormones influence diverse aspects of plant development through highly
coordinated cell-cell signaling pathways. Many peptide hormone families play key roles in …

Distinct from animals, plants maintain organogenesis from specialized tissues termed
meristems throughout life. In the shoot apex, the shoot apical meristem (SAM) produces all …

Multicellular organisms need mechanisms for communication between cells so that they can
fulfill their purpose in the organism as a whole. Over the last two decades, several small post …

The development of both animals and plants relies on populations of pluripotent stem cells
that provide the cellular raw materials for organ and tissue formation. Plant stem cell …

Transcription factors (TFs) are essential for the regulation of gene expression and cell fate
determination. Characterizing the transcriptional activity of TF genes in space and time is a …

The concept of the meristem was introduced in 1858 to characterize multicellular, formative,
and proliferative tissues that give rise to the entire plant body, based on observations of …

Xyloglucan endotransglycosylase/hydrolase (XTH) genes play an important role in plant
resistance to abiotic stress. However, systematic studies of the response of Boehmeria nivea …

Seed number and harvesting ability in maize (Zea mays L.) are primarily determined by the
architecture of female inflorescence, namely the ear. Therefore, ear morphogenesis …