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 …

Plant evolution has been characterised by a series of major novelties in their vegetative and
reproductive traits that have led to greater complexity. Underpinning this diversification has …

The origin of plants and their colonization of land fundamentally transformed the terrestrial
environment. Here we elucidate the basis of this formative episode in Earth history through …

The regulation of stomatal aperture opening and closure represents an evolutionary battle
between plants and pathogens, characterized by adaptive strategies that influence both …

The evolution of transporting tissues was an important innovation in terrestrial plants that
allowed them to adapt to almost all nonaquatic environments. These tissues consist of water …

The shape of modular organisms depends on the branching architecture, which in plants is
determined by the fates of generative centers called meristems. The branches of the …

Ethylene, a plant hormone that significantly influences both plant growth and response to
stress, plays a well-established role in stress signaling. However, its impact on stomatal …

To successfully survive, develop, grow and reproduce, multicellular organisms must
coordinate their molecular, physiological, developmental and metabolic responses among …

Green plants, broadly defined as green algae and the land plants (together, Viridiplantae),
constitute the primary eukaryotic lineage that successfully colonized Earth's emergent …

Lipid droplets (LDs) are evolutionarily conserved organelles that serve as hubs of cellular
lipid and energy metabolism in virtually all organisms. Mobilization of LDs is important in …