Reactive oxygen species (ROS) regulate plant growth and development. ROS are kept at
low levels in cells to prevent oxidative damage, allowing them to be effective signaling …

The pollen wall is a specialized extracellular cell wall matrix that surrounds male
gametophytes and plays an essential role in plant reproduction. Uncovering the …

Sex determination evolved to control the development of unisexual flowers. In agriculture, it
conditions how plants are cultivated and bred. We investigated how female flowers develop …

Fatty acids and their derivatives are essential building blocks for anther cuticle and pollen
wall formation. Disruption of lipid metabolism during anther and pollen development often …

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 …

GDSL esterases/lipases (GELPs), present throughout all living organisms, have been a very
attractive research subject in plant science due mainly to constantly emerging properties …

Passion fruit is a tropical fruit crop with significant agricultural, economic and ornamental
values. The growth and development of passion fruit are greatly affected by climatic …

The superfamily of cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes plays key roles in plant evolution and
metabolic diversification. This review provides a status on the CYP landscape within green …

Sporopollenin is the major component of the outer pollen wall (sexine). It is synthesized
using a pathway of approximately eight genes in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). MALE …

Phenolamides represent a family of specialized metabolites, consisting of the association of
hydroxycinnamic acid derivatives with aliphatic or aromatic amines. Since the discovery of …