Root and tuber crops have been an important part of human nutrition since the early days of
humanity, providing us with essential carbohydrates, proteins, and vitamins. Today, they are …

Molecular genetic studies using Arabidopsis thaliana as a model system have
overwhelmingly revealed many important molecular mechanisms underlying the control of …

Throughout development, plant meristems regularly produce organs in defined spiral,
opposite, or whorl patterns. Cauliflowers present an unusual organ arrangement with a …

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the experiments by Garner and Allard that showed
that plants measure the duration of the night and day (the photoperiod) to time flowering …

Geophytes, the plants that form vegetative storage organs, are characterized by a dual
reproduction system, in which vegetative and sexual propagation are tightly regulated to …

The conversion from vegetative to inflorescence shoot apical meristem is one of the key
developmental switches in flowering plants. This transition is modulated by various …

In shoot apex cells of rice, a hexameric florigen activation complex (FAC), comprising
flowering locus T (FT), 14-3-3 and the basic leucine zipper transcription factor FD, activates …

Regulation of floral transition and inflorescence development is crucial for plant reproductive
success. FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) is one of the central players in the flowering genetic …

In plants, a diverse set of pathways regulate the transition to flowering, leading to
remarkable developmental flexibility. Although the importance of photoperiod in the …

We have characterized a rice bZIP protein-coding gene OsbZIP62/OsFD7 that is expressed
preferentially in the shoot apical meristem and during early panicle developmental stages in …