Background It has been known for many decades that auxin inhibits the activation of axillary
buds, and hence shoot branching, while cytokinin has the opposite effect. However, the …

Drought limits crop productivity and threatens global food security, with moderate drought
stress—when crops grow at a reduced rate—commonly experienced. Increasing plant …

Leucine-rich repeat-receptor-like proteins (LRR-RLPs) are ubiquitous cell surface receptors
lacking a cytoplasmic signalling domain. For most of these LRR-RLPs, it remained enigmatic …

In tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) fruit, the number of locules (cavities containing seeds that
are derived from carpels) varies from two to up to 10 or more. Locule number affects fruit …

Plants have a profound capacity to regenerate organs from differentiated somatic tissues,
based on which propagating plants in vitro was made possible. Beside its use in …

Early embryogenesis is the critical developmental phase during which the basic features of
the plant body are established: the apical-basal axis of polarity, different tissue layers, and …

Plant regeneration through de novo shoot organogenesis in tissue culture is a critical step in
most plant transformation and micropropagation procedures. Establishing an efficient …

Progression from the juvenile to mature phase in woody plants is accompanied by changes
in characteristics as diverse as adventitious rooting capacity, leaf morphology, canopy …

In this review, we analyze progress in understanding the mechanisms of root meristem
development and function. The formation of embryonic and lateral roots, together with the …

To obtain more information on the Hevea brasiliensis genome, we sequenced the
transcriptome from the vegetative shoot apex yielding 2 311 497 reads. Clustering and …