Fluctuations in environmental conditions greatly influence life on earth. Plants, as sessile
organisms, have developed molecular mechanisms to adapt their development to changes …

Florets of cereal crops are the basic reproductive organs that produce grains for food or
feed. The birth of a floret progresses through meristem initiation and floral organ identity …

Spike architecture influences grain yield in wheat. We report the map-based cloning of a
gene determining the number of spikelet nodes per spike in common wheat. The cloned …

Association map** is a powerful approach for dissecting the genetic architecture of
complex quantitative traits using high-density SNP markers in maize. Here, we expanded …

High-throughput phenoty** produces multiple measurements over time, which require
new methods of analyses that are flexible in their quantification of plant growth and …

We report here the 98.5 Mbp haploid genome (12,924 protein coding genes) of Ulva
mutabilis, a ubiquitous and iconic representative of the Ulvophyceae or green seaweeds …

Flowering time is an important agronomic trait that affects crop yields. In cereals, several
CCT‐domain proteins unique to monocots, such as Grain number, plant height, and heading …

Recurring patterns are an integral part of life on Earth. Through evolution or breeding, plants
have acquired systems that coordinate with the cyclic patterns driven by Earth's movement …

Producing sufficient food for nine billion people by 2050 will be constrained by soil salinity,
especially in irrigated systems. To improve crop yield, greater understanding of the genetic …

Flowering plants with indeterminate inflorescences often produce more floral structures than
they require. We found that floral primordia initiations in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) are …