Being rooted in place, plants are faced with the challenge of responding to unfavourable
local conditions. One such condition, heat stress, contributes massively to crop losses …

Plant genetic engineering is essential for improving crop yield, quality, and resistance to
abiotic/biotic stresses for sustainable agriculture. Agrobacterium‐, biolistic bombardment …

Plants tailor their metabolism to environmental conditions, in part through the recognition of
a wide array of self and non-self molecules. In particular, the perception of microbial or plant …

Symbiotic interactions such as the nitrogen-fixing root nodule symbiosis (RNS) have
structured ecosystems during the evolution of life. Here we aimed at reconstructing ancestral …

Aspirations for high crop growth and yield, nutritional quality and bioproduction of materials
are challenged by climate change and limited adoption of new technologies. Here, we …

Complex multicellularity has emerged independently across a few eukaryotic lineages and
is often associated with the rise of elaborate, tightly coordinated developmental processes …

The liverwort Marchantia polymorpha is equipped with a wide range of molecular and
genetic tools and resources that have led to its wide use to explore the evo-devo aspects of …

Gene expression data for Archaeplastida are accumulating exponentially, with more than
300 000 RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) experiments available for hundreds of species. The …

Sex chromosomes have evolved hundreds of times across the flowering plant tree of life;
their recent origins in some members of this clade can shed light on the early consequences …

Abiotic stresses negatively impact ecosystems and the yield of crops, and climate change
will increase their frequency and intensity. Despite progress in understanding how plants …