Pollen development is a critical step in plant development that is needed for successful
breeding and seed formation. Manipulation of male fertility has proved a useful trait for …

Plants have evolved a family of unique membrane receptor kinases to orchestrate the
growth and development of their cells, tissues, and organs. Receptor kinases also form the …

Microsporogenesis and male gametogenesis are essential for the alternating life cycle of
flowering plants between diploid sporophyte and haploid gametophyte generations. Rice …

The control of male fertility is of vital importance for crop breeding, hybrid generation, and
the control of pollen release. Recent development in the analysis of Arabidopsis male sterile …

In higher plants, timely degradation of tapetal cells, the innermost sporophytic cells of the
anther wall layer, is a prerequisite for the development of viable pollen grains. However …

To generate the various tissues and organs that build up the adult body, plants and animals
require organized formative cell divisions and correct cell specification. In plants, these …

In male reproductive development in plants, meristemoid precursor cells possessing
transient, stem cell–like features undergo cell divisions and differentiation to produce the …

The life cycle of flowering plants alternates between two heteromorphic generations: a
diploid sporophytic generation and a haploid gametophytic generation. During the …

Seed is one of the key factors of crop productivity. Therefore, a comprehension of the
mechanisms underlying seed formation in cultivated plants is crucial for the quantitative and …

The angiosperm female gametophyte is critical for plant reproduction. It contains the egg cell
and central cell that become fertilized and give rise to the embryo and endosperm of the …