Global food security is one of the utmost essential challenges in the 21st century in providing
enough food for the growing population while coping with the already stressed environment …

The anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C) represents a large multisubunit E3-
ubiquitin ligase complex that controls the unidirectional progression through the cell cycle by …

Plants generate effective responses to infection by recognizing both conserved and variable
pathogen-encoded molecules. Pathogens deploy virulence effector proteins into host cells …

The clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)–Cas9 system is an
effective genome editing tool for plant and animal genomes. However, there are still few …

Plants undergo extended morphogenesis. The shoot apical meristem (SAM) allows for
reiterative development and the formation of new structures throughout the life of the plant …

A rice tiller is a specialized grain-bearing branch that contributes greatly to grain yield. The
MONOCULM 1 (MOC1) gene is the first identified key regulator controlling rice tiller number; …

Plant morphogenesis relies on cell proliferation and differentiation strictly controlled in space
and time. As in other eukaryotes, progression through the plant cell cycle is governed by …

Impaired carbon metabolism and reproductive development constrain crop productivity
during heat stress. Reproductive development is energy intensive, and its requirement for …

Pollen tubes are among the fastest tip-growing plant cells and represent an excellent
experimental system for studying the dynamics and spatiotemporal control of polarized cell …

Phosphorylation plays an essential role in microRNA (miRNA) processing by regulating co-
factors of the miRNA biogenesis machinery. HYL1 (Hyponastic Leaves 1), a core co-factor in …