Scientists have discovered that a protein once thought to be just a cellular "courier" actually helps plants survive drought. This motor protein, myosin XI, plays a critical role in helping leaves ...

Plant diseases constitute a constant threat to global food security. A protein-engineering strategy, in which a ...

Native grass species serve as vital germplasm resources and have evolved impressive traits like drought, cold, disease, and ...

“Together we created a tool that will open the door for improved crop design and sustainable farming for Citrus clementia and ...

With climate change exacerbating drought conditions, scientists in Japan have identified a hidden player in plant survival: ...

Typical seed plants produce a shoot (composed of stems, leaves, and axial buds) with indeterminate growth from the shoot apical meristem (SAM). However, lateral organs, such as leaves, show ...

In plants, aerial organ emergence occurs through localized outgrowth at the periphery of the shoot apical meristem, which also contains a stem cell niche. Interestingly, organ outgrowth has been ...

Regulation of plant development by the YDA‐MKK4/5‐MPK3/6 cascade The MKK4/5‐MPK3/6 module regulates many aspects of plant development, including stomatal patterning, floral organ abscission, meristem ...