Usually regarded as less evolved than their more recently diverged vascular sisters, which
currently dominate vegetation landscape, bryophytes seem having nothing to envy to the …

Natural products from plants have served mankind in a wide range of applications, such as
medicines, perfumes, or flavoring agents. For this reason, synthesis, regulation and function …

In seed plants, strigolactones (SL s) regulate architecture and induce mycorrhizal symbiosis
in response to environmental cues. SL s are formed by combined activity of the carotenoid …

Ever since agriculture started, plants have been bred to obtain better yields, better fruits, or
sustainable products under uncertain biotic and abiotic conditions. However, a new way to …

Highlights•The first moss-made drug candidate successfully passed clinical trial phase I.•A
genetically engineered fragrant moss is on the market.•A bioactive ingredient from a moss is …

Bryophytes (including mosses, liverworts and hornworts) are a heterogeneous group of
terrestrial plants, which comprise over 24,000 species worldwide. Given the various …

Bryophytes are considered the oldest living plants of terrestrial habitats and the closest
modern relatives of the ancestors of the earliest terrestrial plants. Bryophytes are found on …

The moss Physcomitrella patens is suitable for systems biology studies, as it can be grown
axenically under standardised conditions in plain mineral medium and comprises only few …

Most of the people lack information on bryophytes due to their small size, and consequently
less biomass. However, this group of plants has been used from the very ancient times, in …

The haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) form the second largest group of mosses and are
morphologically and ecologically highly diverse. This review summarizes the current state …