The flower of rice diverged from those of model eudicot species such as Arabidopsis,
Antirrhinum, or Petunia, and is thus of great interest in developmental and evolutionary …

Many monocot plants have high social and economic value. These include grasses such as
rice (Oryza sativa), wheat (Triticum aestivum), and barley (Hordeum vulgare), which produce …

Crop yield potential is constrained by the inherent trade-offs among traits such as between
grain size and number. Brassinosteroids (BRs) promote grain size, yet their role in …

The spatiotemporal control of meristem identity is critical for determining inflorescence
architecture, and thus yield, of cereal plants. However, the precise mechanisms underlying …

Inflorescence structures result from the activities of meristems, which coordinate both the
renewal of stem cells in the center and organ formation at the periphery. The fate of a …

Mutant analyses in different eudicotyledonous flowering plants demonstrated that
SEPALLATA‐like MADS‐box genes are required for the specification of sepals, petals …

Grain size, one of the important components determining grain yield in rice, is controlled by
the multiple quantitative trait loci (QTL s). Intensive artificial selection for grain size during …

Grass plants develop distinct inflorescences and spikelets that determine grain yields.
However, the mechanisms underlying the specification of inflorescences and spikelets in …

Meristem identity is crucial in determining the inflorescence architecture of grass species.
We previously reported that SUPERNUMERARY BRACT (SNB) regulates the transition of …

In rice panicle development, new meristems are generated sequentially in an organized
manner and acquire their identity in a time-and position-dependent manner. In the panicle of …