Key message Results from various expansin related studies have demonstrated that
expansins present an opportunity to improve various crops in many different aspects ranging …

Flowers are key organs in many ornamental plants, and various phases of flower
development impact their economic value. The final stage of petal development is …

Drought and high salinity are major environmental conditions limiting plant growth and
development. Expansin is a cell-wall-loosening protein known to disrupt hydrogen bonds …

Expansins are proteins that are generally accepted to be key regulators of cell wall
extension and plant growth. We examined the expression pattern of TaEXPB23, a wheat …

Dehydration inhibits petal expansion resulting in abnormal flower opening and results in
quality loss during the marketing of cut flowers. We constructed a suppression subtractive …

Release of bud dormancy in perennial woody plants is a temperature-dependent process
and thus flowering in these species is heavily affected by climate change. The lack of cold …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are essential elements of soil fertility, plant nutrition and
productivity, facilitating soil mineral nutrient uptake. Helianthus annuus is a non-model …

Expansins were originally identified as cell wall‐loosening proteins. The existence and
various roles of expansins have been discovered in many plants. Expansins are encoded by …

The role of an expansin gene (IbEXP1) in the formation of the storage root (SR) was
investigated by expression pattern analysis and characterization of IbEXP1-antisense …

Growth of petal cells is a basis for expansion and morphogenesis (outward bending) of
petals during opening of carnation flowers (Dianthus caryophyllus L.). Petal growth …