Pollen acts as a biological protector of male sperm and is covered by an outer cell wall
polymer called the exine, which consists of durable sporopollenin. Despite the astonishingly …

Plant non-specific lipid-transfer proteins (nsLTPs) are small, basic proteins present in
abundance in higher plants. They are involved in key processes of plant cytology, such as …

Clubroot disease, caused by the obligate biotrophic protist Plasmodiophora brassicae
Woronin, is one of the most economically important diseases of Brassica crops in the world …

Mutations in the QUARTET loci in Arabidopsis result in failure of microspore separation
during pollen development due to a defect in degradation of the pollen mother cell wall …

Abstract The Arabidopsis thaliana MALE STERILITY1 (MS1) gene encodes a nuclear
protein with Leu zipper–like and PHD-finger motifs and is important for postmeiotic pollen …

Background Plant non-specific lipid transfer proteins (nsLTPs) are encoded by multigene
families and possess physiological functions that remain unclear. Our objective was to …

Abstract The SLEEPY1 (SLY1) F-box gene is a positive regulator of gibberellin (GA)
signaling in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). Loss of SLY1 results in GA-insensitive …

Biotechnology provides plant breeders an additional tool to improve various traits desired by
growers and consumers of horticultural crops. It also provides genetic solutions to major …

Microsporogenesis in angiosperms takes places within the anther. Microspores are
surrounded by a layer of cells, the tapetum, which degenerates during the later stages of …

Excessive gibberellin (GA) signalling, mediated through the DELLA proteins, has a negative
impact on plant fertility. Loss of DELLA activity in the monocot rice (Oryza sativa) causes …