Auxin participates in a multitude of developmental processes, as well as responses to
environmental cues. Compared with other plant hormones, auxin exhibits a unique property …

Plants maintain the ability to form lateral appendages throughout their life cycle and form
leaves as the principal lateral appendages of the stem. Leaves initiate at the peripheral zone …

Until recently, most studies on the role of hormones in plant-pathogen interactions focused
on salicylic acid (SA), jasmonic acid (JA), and ethylene (ET). It is now clear that pathogen …

Knotted1-like homeobox (KNOX) proteins are homeodomain transcription factors that
maintain an important pluripotent cell population called the shoot apical meristem, which …

Biological shapes are often produced by the iterative generation of repeated units. The
mechanistic basis of such iteration is an area of intense investigation. Leaf development in …

The development of plant leaves follows a common basic program that is flexible and is
adjusted according to species, developmental stage and environmental circumstances …

Through its photosynthetic capacity the leaf provides the basis for growth of the whole plant.
In order to improve crops for higher productivity and resistance for future climate scenarios, it …

The astonishingly long lives of plants and their regeneration capacity depend on the activity
of plant stem cells. As in animals, stem cells reside in stem cell niches, which produce …

Coordination of the maintenance of the undifferentiated fate of cells in the shoot meristem
and the promotion of cellular differentiation in plant organs is essential for the development …

In this work, we investigate morphological differences between Arabidopsis thaliana, which
has simple leaves, and its relative Cardamine hirsuta, which has dissected leaves …