Genetic engineering to improve the capabilities of plants is essential given climate change
and population growth pressures. Current manipulation methods are laborious and species …

The documentation of plant growth and development requires integrative and scalable
approaches to investigate and spatiotemporally resolve various dynamic processes at …

Plants exhibit reproducible timing of developmental events at multiple scales, from switches
in cell identity to maturation of the whole plant. Control of developmental timing likely …

The regular arrangement of organs (phyllotaxis) in vegetative shoots and flowers is one of
the most stunning features of plants. Spiral patterns characterized by Fibonacci numbers …

Inflorescence architecture is highly variable across plant lineages yet is critical for facilitating
reproductive success. The capitulum-type inflorescence of the Asteraceae is marked as a …

Biological rhythms are ubiquitous. They can be generated by circadian oscillators, which
produce daily rhythms in physiology and behavior, as well as by developmental oscillators …

Vascular systems are intimately related to the shape and spatial arrangement of the plant
organs they support. We investigate the largely unexplored association between spiral …

Auxin regulates many aspects of plant development and behavior, including the initiation of
new outgrowth, patterning of vascular systems, control of branching, and responses to the …

Background Pseudanthia or 'false flowers' are multiflowered units that resemble solitary
flowers in form and function. Over the last century the term 'pseudanthium'has been applied …

Organ morphogenesis is the process of shape acquisition initiated with a small reservoir of
undifferentiated cells. In plants, morphogenesis is a complex endeavor that comprises a …