Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is one of the most important crops in the world. Since the completion of
rice reference genome sequences, tremendous progress has been achieved in …

Transcriptional regulation underlies many of the growth and developmental processes that
shape plants as well as their adaptation to their environment. Key to transcriptional control …

Here we analyse genetic variation, population structure and diversity among 3,010 diverse
Asian cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.) genomes from the 3,000 Rice Genomes Project. Our …

Root and tuber crops have been an important part of human nutrition since the early days of
humanity, providing us with essential carbohydrates, proteins, and vitamins. Today, they are …

Plants evolved so that their flowering is triggered by seasonal changes in day length.
However, day-length sensitivity in crops limits their geographical range of cultivation, and …

The size of plants is largely determined by growth of the stem. Stem elongation is stimulated
by gibberellic acid,–. Here we show that internode stem elongation in rice is regulated …

Plants respond to temperature changes by modulating florigen activity to optimize the timing
of flowering. We show that the Arabidopsis thaliana mobile florigen FLOWERING LOCUS T …

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 …

Environment is an important determinant of agricultural productivity; therefore, crops have
been bred with traits adapted to their environment. It is assumed that the physiology of seed …

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 …