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 large number of cell surface-resident receptor-like kinases (RLKs)
and receptor-like proteins (RLPs), many of which are implicated in sensing extrinsic and …

Recognition of pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) by surface-localized
pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) constitutes an important layer of innate immunity in …

Plants sense potential microbial invaders by using pattern-recognition receptors to
recognize pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs). In Arabidopsis thaliana, the …

In pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP)-triggered immunity (PTI), plant cell
surface receptors sense potential microbial pathogens by recognizing elicitors called …

Leucine-rich repeat-receptor-like proteins (LRR-RLPs) are ubiquitous cell surface receptors
lacking a cytoplasmic signalling domain. For most of these LRR-RLPs, it remained enigmatic …

Perception of pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) constitutes the first layer of
plant innate immunity and is referred to as PAMP-triggered immunity (PTI). For a long time …

In flowering plants, tapetum degeneration is proposed to be triggered by a programmed cell
death (PCD) process during late stages of pollen development; the PCD is thought to …

Brassinosteroids (BRs) are growth-promoting steroid hormones in plants. Genetic studies in
Arabidopsis illustrated the essential roles of BRs in a wide range of developmental …

Vascular wilt diseases caused by soil-borne pathogens are among the most devastating
plant diseases worldwide. The Verticillium genus includes vascular wilt pathogens with a …