Fruiting structures in the angiosperms range from completely dry to highly fleshy organs and
provide many of our major crop products, including grains. In the model plant Arabidopsis …

Fleshy fruits have evolved to be attractive to frugivores in order to enhance seed dispersal,
and have become an indispensable part of the human diet. Here we review the recent …

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) contains two close homologs of the Arabidopsis thaliana
MADS domain transcription factor FRUITFULL (FUL), FUL1 (previously called TDR4) and …

Fruit length is a prominent agricultural trait during cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
domestication and diversifying selection; however, the regulatory mechanisms of fruit …

Seed shattering (or pod dehiscence, or fruit shedding) is essential for the propagation of
their offspring in wild plants but is a major cause of yield loss in crops. In the dicot model …

Plant root system morphology is dramatically influenced by various environmental cues. The
adaptation of root system architecture to environmental constraints, which mostly depends …

Growth is a major factor in plant organ morphogenesis and is influenced by exogenous and
endogenous signals including hormones. Although recent studies have identified regulatory …

The Arabidopsis fruit forms a seedpod that develops from the fertilized gynoecium. It is
mainly comprised of an ovary in which three distinct tissues can be differentiated: the valves …

The gynoecium, which is produced at the center of most flowers, is the female reproductive
organ and consists of one or more carpels. The Arabidopsis gynoecium consists of two …

Highlights•Pod dehiscence is the seed dispersal mechanism for many species, including
crops.•Plant hormones play key roles, both as morphogenetic instructors and as …