This review focuses on the evolution of plant hormone signaling pathways. Like the
chemical nature of the hormones themselves, the signaling pathways are diverse. Therefore …

Crop improvement has focused on enhancing yield, nutrient content, harvestability, and
stress resistance using a trait-centered reductionist approach. This has downplayed the fact …

Tree peony (Paeonia ostii) is an economically important ornamental plant native to China. It
is also notable for its seed oil, which is abundant in unsaturated fatty acids such as α …

Great progress has been made in our understanding of floral organ identity determination
and its regulatory network in many species; however, the quantitative genetic basis of floral …

Abstract Background and Aims The genus Allium L., one of the largest monocotyledonous
genera and one that includes many economically important crops with nutritional and …

We all appreciate the fantastic diversity of flowers. How flowers diversified, however,
remains largely enigmatic. The mechanisms underlying the diversification of flowers are …

Our planet is teeming with an astounding diversity of plants. In a mere single group of
closely related species, tremendous diversity can be observed in their form and function …

Floral homeotic MADS-box transcription factors ensure the correct morphogenesis of floral
organs, which are organized in different cell layers deriving from distinct meristematic layers …

The three-dimensional shape of a flower is integrated by morphogenesis along different
axes. Differentiation along the petal proximodistal axis is tightly linked to the specification of …

There are several types of capitulum in the Asteraceae due to different combinations of
florets varying in corolla shape and stamen development. Previous studies have shown that …