Improving plant water use efficiency through molecular genetics

A Ruggiero, P Punzo, S Landi, A Costa, MJ Van Oosten… - Horticulturae, 2017 - mdpi.com
Improving crop performance under water-limiting conditions is essential for achieving
environmentally sustainable food production. This requires significant progress in both the …

Hormonal regulation of branching in grasses

P McSteen - Plant Physiology, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Axillary meristems, which form in the axils of leaves, play an essential role in plant
architecture and reproduction. During vegetative development, axillary meristems give rise …

Suppression of sorghum axillary bud outgrowth by shade, phyB and defoliation signalling pathways

TH Kebrom, TP Brutnell… - Plant, Cell & …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, several genetic components of vegetative axillary bud development have
been defined in both monocots and eudicots, but our understanding of environmental inputs …