Plant roots associate with diverse microbes (including bacteria, fungi, archaea, protists, and
viruses) collectively called the root-associated microbiome. Among them, mycorrhizal fungi …

Plant hormones are signalling compounds that regulate crucial aspects of growth,
development and environmental stress responses. Abiotic stresses, such as drought …

Carotenoids are isoprenoid metabolites synthesized de novo in all photosynthetic
organisms. Carotenoids are essential for plants with diverse functions in photosynthesis …

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is one of the most important crops in the world. Since the completion of
rice reference genome sequences, tremendous progress has been achieved in …

Auxins are plant hormones that play a central role in controlling plant growth and
development across different environmental conditions. Even at low concentrations, auxins …

Zygnematophyceae are the algal sisters of land plants. Here we sequenced four genomes of
filamentous Zygnematophyceae, including chromosome-scale assemblies for three strains …

Cold stress is a major abiotic stress that adversely affects plant growth and crop productivity.
The C‐REPEAT BINDING FACTOR/DRE BINDING FACTOR 1 (CBF/DREB1) transcriptional …

Plant hormones known as strigolactones control plant development and interactions
between host plants and symbiotic fungi or parasitic weeds,,–. In Arabidopsis thaliana and …

Phosphorus is an essential macronutrient for plant development and metabolism, and plants
have evolved ingenious mechanisms to overcome phosphate (Pi) starvation. However, the …

Shoot architecture is determined by the organization and activities of apical, axillary,
intercalary, secondary, and inflorescence meristems and by the subsequent development of …