Steviol glycosides are a group of highly sweet diterpene glycosides discovered in only a few
plant species, most notably the Paraguayan shrub Stevia rebaudiana. During the past few …

Polyacetylenic natural products are a substantial class of often unstable compounds
containing a unique carbon–carbon triple bond functionality, that are intriguing for their wide …

Water Relations of Plants and Soils, successor to the seminal 1983 book by Paul Kramer,
covers the entire field of water relations using current concepts and consistent terminology …

The root systems of terrestrial plants perform two primary functions: the acquisition of soil-
based resources (principally water and ions), and anchorage. Other root system functions …

The roots of higher plants are a fascinating and largely unexplored biological frontier. One of
their features is the ability to synthesize a remarkable diversity of secondary metabolites …

In vitro cultures are being considered as an alternative to agricultural processes for
producing valuable secondary metabolites. Most efforts that use differentiated cultures …

Tight coordination between plastid differentiation and plant development is best evidenced
by the synchronized development of photosynthetic tissues and the biogenesis of …

Rice is one of the most important staple crops worldwide, but its yield is compromised by
different pathogens, including plant‐parasitic nematodes. In this study we have …

One of the reasons for the progressive yield decline observed in aerobic rice production is
the rapid build-up of populations of the rice root knot nematode Meloidogyne graminicola …

To increase their fitness, plants sense ambient light conditions and modulate their
developmental processes by utilizing multiple photoreceptors such as phytochrome …