Many organisms evolved strategies to survive desiccation. Plant seeds protect dehydrated
embryos from various stressors and can lay dormant for millennia. Hydration is the key …

Nitrogen (N) is often a limiting nutrient whose availability determines plant growth and
productivity. Because its availability is often low and/or not uniform over time and space in …

The seed expressed gene DELAY OF GERMINATION (DOG) 1 is absolutely required for the
induction of dormancy. Next to a non‐dormant phenotype, the dog1‐1 mutant is also …

Seeds respond to multiple different environmental stimuli that regulate germination. Nitrate
stimulates germination in many plants but how it does so remains unclear. Here we show …

Auxin is an important phytohormone which mediates diverse development processes in
plants. Published research has demonstrated that auxin induces seed dormancy. However …

Strigolactones (SLs) are rhizosphere signalling molecules and phytohormones. The
biosynthetic pathway of SLs in tomato has been partially elucidated, but the structural …

The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) callose synthase genes CalS11-like and CalS12-like
encode proteins that are essential for the formation of callose, a major component of pollen …

In many higher plants, seed oil accumulation is precisely controlled by intricate multilevel
regulatory networks, among which transcriptional regulation mainly influences oil …

F-box proteins have diverse functions in eukaryotic organisms, including plants, mainly
targeting proteins for 26S proteasomal degradation. Here, we demonstrate the role of the F …

Rapid biosynthesis of abscisic acid (ABA) in the leaf, triggered by a decrease in cell volume,
is essential for a functional stomatal response. However, it is not known whether rapid …