Salt stress is one of most dramatic abiotic stresses, reduces crop yield significantly.
Application of hormones proved effective salt stress ameliorating approach. 24 …

Biodiversity of plant shape is mainly attributable to biodiversity of leaf shape and the shape
of floral organs, the modified leaves. However, the exact mechanisms of leaf-shape …

US maize yield has increased eight-fold in the past 80 years, with half of the gain attributed
to selection by breeders. During this time, changes in maize leaf angle and size have altered …

There are 244 cytochrome P450 genes (and 28 pseudogenes) in the Arabidopsis genome.
P450s thus form one of the largest gene families in plants. Contrary to what was initially …

Thermomorphogenesis is defined as the suite of morphological changes that together are
likely to contribute to adaptive growth acclimation to usually elevated ambient temperature …

The development of the flat morphology of leaf blades is dependent on the control of cell
proliferation as well as cell expansion. Each process has a polarity with respect to the …

Many temperate plant species such as Arabidopsis thaliana are able to increase their
freezing tolerance when exposed to low, nonfreezing temperatures in a process called cold …

Plant organs grow to characteristic sizes that are genetically controlled. In animals, signaling
by mobile growth factors is thought to be an effective mechanism for measuring primordium …

Programmed cell death (PCD) is a common host response to microbial infection [1–3]. In
plants, PCD is associated with immunity to biotrophic pathogens, but it can also promote …

RING (really interesting new gene) zinc‐finger proteins have important regulatory roles in
the development of a variety of organisms. The XERICO gene encodes a small protein (162 …