Plant strategies to cope with future droughts may be enhanced by associations between
roots and soil microorganisms, including arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi. But how AM …

Trichomes are specialised structures that originate from the aerial epidermis of plants, and
play key roles in the interaction between the plant and the environment. In this study we …

The domestication of tomato has led to striking variations in fruit morphology. Here, we show
a genome-wide association study (GWAS) to understand the development of the fruit tip and …

Interspecies specific interactions are generally regarded as drivers of plant productivity in
multispecies agroecosystems. Complementary use of resource in diverse communities can …

Low water availability is one of the most severe environmental stresses to agricultural
systems. Therefore, understanding how plants respond to low water conditions is essential …

Yield of processing tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) increased (∼ 50%) in Italy since the
1930's. The aim of this work was to assess the changes in yield components associated with …

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) shows three growth habits: determinate, indeterminate and
semi-determinate. These are controlled mainly by allelic variation in the SELF-PRUNING …

Bundle sheath extensions (BSE s) are key features of leaf structure whose distribution differs
among species and ecosystems. The genetic control of BSE development is unknown, so …

Breeding has greatly increased yields of many crops, but the contributions of particular
morphological, phenological and physiological traits to these higher yields are rarely well …

Leaf veins play an important role in plant growth and development, and the bundle sheath
(BS) is believed to greatly improve the photosynthetic efficiency of C 4 plants. The OBV …