How Do Seeds Save for a Rainy Day?
Timing is everything. For seeds it’s a matter of life or death.
Plant Science from Cell Biology to Ecosystems
Timing is everything. For seeds it’s a matter of life or death.
Winter annual Arabidopsis ecotypes have a distinct advantage over summer annuals in expected global warming scenarios.
In the cell cycle, the G1 phase can be like a prison, where plant cells are arrested, unable to divide. These cells have been arrested for different reasons, serving sentences of different lengths. So how and why did they get there?
This review presents the latest findings to provide insight into the molecular mechanisms that underlie how photoperiodic and temperature signals regulate seasonal growth in trees.
This study finds that DNA methylation and 5-methylcytosine play key roles in determining the ageing and viability of stored recalcitrant seeds.