The phytohormone cytokinin plays diverse roles in plant development, influencing many
agriculturally important processes, including growth, nutrient responses and the response to …

In angiosperms, floral transition is a key developmental transition from the vegetative to
reproductive growth, and requires precise regulation to maximize the reproductive success …

RNA-guided CRISPR activation (CRISPRa) systems have been developed in plants.
However, the simultaneous activation of multiple genes remains challenging. Here, we …

Key message Melatonin induces a delay in flowering stabilizing DELLA proteins and also
promotes the transcription of FLC. In fruit set, melatonin is able to induce parthenocarpy …

Cryptochromes are blue-light receptors that mediate photoresponses in plants. The
genomes of most land plants encode two clades of cryptochromes, CRY1 and CRY2, which …

Plants respond to the changing seasons to initiate developmental programmes precisely at
particular times of year. Flowering is the best characterized of these seasonal responses …

In seasonal flowering, plants need to monitor environmental variables. A combination of
photoreceptors and the circadian clock initiate signals that regulate a network of genes in …

Photoperiodic plants perceive changes in day length as seasonal cues to orchestrate their
vegetative and reproductive growth. Although it is known that the floral transition of …

The timing of the induction of flowering determines to a large extent the reproductive
success of plants. Plants integrate diverse environmental and endogenous signals to ensure …

Trees growing in boreal and temperate regions synchronize their growth with seasonal
climatic changes in adaptive responses that are essential for their survival. These trees …