During the course of their life cycles, plants undergo various morphological and
physiological changes underlying juvenile-to-adult and adult-to-flowering phase transitions …

Since the discovery of miRNAs in plants it has become clear that they are central to the
regulation of many aspects of plant development and responses to the environment. miR172 …

Starch biosynthesis is important for plant development and is a critical factor in crop quality
and nutrition. As a complex metabolic pathway, the regulation of starch biosynthesis is still …

The spikelet is the basal unit of inflorescence in grasses, and its formation is crucial for
reproductive success and cereal yield. Here, we report a previously unknown role of the …

APETALA2/ethylene response factor (AP2/ERF) is widely found in the plant kingdom and
plays crucial roles in transcriptional regulation and defense response of plant growth and …

Evolutionarily conserved microRNAs (miRNAs) usually have high copy numbers in the
genome. The redundant and specific roles of each member of a multimember miRNA gene …

Rice panicle architecture determines the grain number per panicle and therefore impacts
grain yield. The OsER1–OsMKKK10–OsMKK4–OsMPK6 pathway shapes panicle …

Improving the yield stability of cereal crops with a view to bolstering global food security is
an important priority. The components of final grain number per plant at harvest are …

The grass family is one of the largest families in angiosperms and has evolved a
characteristic inflorescence morphology, with complex branches and specialized spikelets …

Inflorescence architecture is one of the most important agronomical traits. Characterization
of rice aberrant panicle organization 1 (apo1) mutants revealed that APO1 positively controls …