Major improvements in crop yield are needed to keep pace with population growth and
climate change. While plant breeding efforts have greatly benefited from advances in …

The plant hormone gibberellin (GA) regulates major aspects of plant growth and
development. The role of GA in determining plant stature had major impacts on agriculture in …

Strigolactones (SLs) stimulate seed germination of root parasitic plants and induce hyphal
branching of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the rhizosphere. In addition, they have been …

The plant hormone jasmonate (JA) exerts direct control over the production of chemical
defense compounds that confer resistance to a remarkable spectrum of plant-associated …

Understanding the mechanisms regulating root development under drought conditions is an
important question for plant biology and world agriculture. We examine the effect of osmotic …

Nanocarrier systems for the encapsulation of agrochemicals can contribute to sustainable
agriculture, but few nanosystems have been developed for plant growth regulators (PGRs) …

Plant growth and development are highly regulated processes that are coordinated by
hormones including the brassinosteroids (BRs), a group of steroids with structural similarity …

Gibberellins (GAs) are growth-promoting phytohormones that were crucial in breeding
improved semi-dwarf varieties during the green revolution. However, the molecular basis for …

Over the last 470 Ma, plant evolution has seen major evolutionary transitions, such as the
move from water to land and the origins of vascular tissues, seeds, and flowers [1]. These …

Seeds develop differently in dicots and monocots, especially with respect to the major
storage organs. High-resolution transcriptome data have provided the first insights into the …