Key message This work shows that overexpression of the WUS gene from Arabidopsis
enhanced the expression of embryogenic competence and triggered organogenesis from …

Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) is one of the most recalcitrant species for in vitro plant
regeneration through somatic embryogenesis. Callus from only a few cultivars can produce …

The induction of plant somatic embryogenesis is often a limiting step for plant multiplication
and genetic manipulation in numerous crops. It depends on multiple signaling …

The WUSCHEL (WUS) gene encodes a plant-specific homeodomain-containing
transcriptional regulator, which plays important roles during embryogenesis, as well as in …

In plants, other cells can express totipotency in addition to the zygote, thus resulting in
embryo differentiation; this appears evident in apomictic and epiphyllous plants. According …

Formation of somatic embryos in plants is known to require high concentrations of auxin or
2, 4‐dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2, 4‐D), which presumably acts to trigger a signalling …

WUSCHEL-related homeobox (WOX) proteins participate profoundly in plant development
and stress responses. As the difficulty of somatic embryogenesis severely constrains cotton …

Most transcription factors act either as activators or repressors, and no such factors with dual
function have been unequivocally identified and characterized in plants. We demonstrate …

Cell differentiation depends on the proper and sequential expression of key genes required
for morphogenesis. Several aspects of control are required for this which include: chromatin …

To examine the effect of the ectopic expression of three Arabidopsis genes, including WOX2,
WOX8 and WOX9, on the regenerative competency of tissues and cells cultured in vitro, we …