Major advances in crop yields are needed in the coming decades. However, plant breeding
is currently limited by incremental improvements in quantitative traits that often rely on …

Plant cells possess the ability to dedifferentiate and reprogram into stem cell-like
populations, enabling the regeneration of new organs. However, the maintenance of stem …

A fascinating feature of plant growth and development is that plants initiate organs
continually throughout their lifespan. The ability to do this relies on specialized groups of …

A dramatic evolution of fruit size has accompanied the domestication and improvement of
fruit-bearing crop species. In tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), naturally occurring cis …

In the shoot meristem, both WUSCHEL (WUS) and SHOOT MERISTEMLESS (STM), two
transcription factors with overlap** spatiotemporal expression patterns, are essential for …

The control of the location and activity of stem cells depends on spatial regulation of gene
activities in the stem cell niche. Using computational and experimental approaches, we have …

How do separate sexes originate and evolve? Plants provide many opportunities to address
this question as they have diverse mating systems and separate sexes (dioecy) that evolved …

Calcium transport plays an important role in regulating mitochondrial physiology and
pathophysiology. The mitochondrial calcium uniporter (MCU) is a calcium-selective ion …

De novo shoot organogenesis (DNSO) is a procedure commonly used for the in vitro
regeneration of shoots from a variety of plant tissues. Shoot regeneration occurs on nutrient …

Improving yield by increasing the size of produce is an important selection criterion during
the domestication of fruit and vegetable crops. Genes controlling meristem organization and …