Endosperm filling in maize (Zea mays), which involves nutrient uptake and biosynthesis of
storage reserves, largely determines grain yield and quality. However, much remains …

Plants are sessile and therefore have developed mechanisms to adapt to their environment,
including the soil mineral nutrient composition. Ionomics is a developing functional genomic …

Evolution of tolerance to one or more metals enables plant species to colonise naturally
metalenriched soils. In the phylogeny of angiosperms, the evolution of high metal tolerance …

Only a small fraction of the naturally occurring genetic diversity available in the world's
germplasm repositories has been explored to date, but this is expected to change with the …

Suberin is an apoplastic biopolymer with tissue-specific deposition in the cell walls of the
endo-and exodermis of roots, of periderms including wound periderm and other border …

Buckwheat (Fagopyrum spp.) is an underutilized resilient crop of North Western Himalayas
belonging to the family Polygonaceae and is a source of essential nutrients and …

Ion signals are critical to regulating polarized growth in many cell types, including pollen in
plants and neurons in animals. Genetic evidence presented here indicates that pollen tube …

Molybdenum (Mo) is an essential micronutrient for plants, serving as a cofactor for enzymes
involved in nitrate assimilation, sulfite detoxification, abscisic acid biosynthesis, and purine …

Modern agriculture relies heavily on chemical fertilizers, especially in terms of cereal
production. The excess application of fertilizers not only increases production cost, but also …

Molybdenum (Mo) is a trace element essential for living organisms, however no molybdate
transporter has been identified in eukaryotes. Here, we report the identification of a …