Genetic and molecular control of somatic embryogenesis

C Salaün, L Lepiniec, B Dubreucq - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Somatic embryogenesis is a method of asexual reproduction that can occur naturally in
various plant species and is widely used for clonal propagation, transformation and …

Engineering apomixis: clonal seeds approaching the fields

CJ Underwood, R Mercier - Annual review of plant biology, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Apomixis is a form of reproduction leading to clonal seeds and offspring that are genetically
identical to the maternal plant. While apomixis naturally occurs in hundreds of plant species …

Auxin biosynthesis maintains embryo identity and growth during BABY BOOM-induced somatic embryogenesis

M Li, J Wrobel-Marek, I Heidmann, A Horstman… - Plant …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Somatic embryogenesis is a type of plant cell totipotency where embryos develop from
nonreproductive (vegetative) cells without fertilization. Somatic embryogenesis can be …

miR394 enhances WUSCHEL‐induced somatic embryogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana

L Lu, A Holt, X Chen, Y Liu, S Knauer… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Many plant species can give rise to embryos from somatic cells after a simple hormone
treatment, illustrating the remarkable developmental plasticity of differentiated plant cells …

Genotype-independent plant transformation

NA Maren, H Duan, K Da, GC Yencho… - Horticulture …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Plant transformation and regeneration remain highly species-and genotype-dependent.
Conventional hormone-based plant regeneration via somatic embryogenesis or …

Towards a hierarchical gene regulatory network underlying somatic embryogenesis

FX Wang, GD Shang, JW Wang - Trends in Plant Science, 2022 - cell.com
Genome-editing technologies have advanced in recent years but designing future crops
remains limited by current methods of improving somatic embryogenesis (SE) capacity. In …

Structural variation and parallel evolution of apomixis in citrus during domestication and diversification

N Wang, X Song, J Ye, S Zhang, Z Cao… - National Science …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Apomixis, or asexual seed formation, is prevalent in Citrinae via a mechanism termed
nucellar or adventitious embryony. Here, multiple embryos of a maternal genotype form …

Widely conserved AHL transcription factors are essential for NCR gene expression and nodule development in Medicago

S Zhang, T Wang, RM Lima, A Pettkó-Szandtner… - Nature Plants, 2023 - nature.com
Symbiotic nitrogen fixation by Rhizobium bacteria in the cells of legume root nodules
alleviates the need for nitrogen fertilizers. Nitrogen fixation requires the endosymbionts to …

The MADS-domain factor AGAMOUS-Like18 promotes somatic embryogenesis

P Paul, S Joshi, R Tian, R Diogo Junior… - Plant …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract AGAMOUS-Like 18 (AGL18) is a MADS domain transcription factor (TF) that is
structurally related to AGL15. Here we show that, like AGL15, AGL18 can promote somatic …

Drought response in Arabidopsis displays synergistic coordination between stems and leaves

A Thonglim, G Bortolami, S Delzon… - Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The synergy between drought-responsive traits across different organs is crucial in the
whole-plant mechanism influencing drought resilience. These organ interactions, however …