Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) belongs to the Solanaceae family and is the second
most important fruit or vegetable crop next to potato (Solanum tuberosum L.). It is cultivated …

Compared with animals, plants generally possess a high degree of developmental plasticity
and display various types of tissue or organ regeneration. This regenerative capacity can be …

Major advances in crop yields are needed in the coming decades. However, plant breeding
is currently limited by incremental improvements in quantitative traits that often rely on …

Auxin is arguably the most important signaling molecule in plants, and the last few decades
have seen remarkable breakthroughs in understanding its production, transport, and …

Plant cells are totipotent and competent to regenerate from differentiated organs. It has been
known for six decades that cytokinin-rich medium induces shoot regeneration from callus …

Polycomb-group (PcG) genes encode chromatin proteins involved in stable and heritable
transcriptional silencing. PcG proteins participate in distinct multimeric complexes that …

The homeodomain transcription factor WUSCHEL (WUS) defines the shoot stem cell niche,
but the mechanisms underlying the establishment of WUS expression remain unclear. Here …

Correct expression of specific sets of genes in time and space ensures the establishment
and maintenance of cell identity, which is required for proper development of multicellular …

Domestication of wild plant species has provided us with crops that serve our human
nutritional needs. Advanced DNA sequencing has propelled the unveiling of underlying …

The formation of flowers is one of the main models for studying the regulatory mechanisms
that underlie plant development and evolution. Over the past three decades, extensive …