supported by Singapore Food Story R&D Programme(SFS_RND_SUFP_001_04)and the Reimagine Research Grant from the National University of Singapore.We apologize to authors whose excellent work could not be cited owing to space limitations.
Angiosperms produce seeds with two zygotic tissues,namely the embryo and endosperm,from a unique double fertilization process.Seed development occurs within the maternal tissue and relies on maternal resources.Paterna...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32170352,31970333,32270366);the Excellent Youth Foundation of Fujian Province to H.C.(2022J06014);the Excellent Youth Foundation of Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University to H.C.(xjq202108);the Guangxi Distinguished Experts Fellowship to Y.Q.,the Science and Technology Major Project of Guangxi(Gui Ke AA22068096);the Science and technology innovation project of Pingtan Science and Technology Research Institute(PT2021007,PT2021003).
The female germline specification process of a single megaspore mother cell(MMC)of ovule primordium(nucellus)is intriguingly complex because it involves the interaction of different pathways tightly linked with positi...
supported by grants from National Science Foundation of China(31970520,31870296).
Successful pollen formation is essential for plant reproduction.During anther development,microspore mother cells undergo meiosis to form tetrads.After being released from the tetrad,microspores develop into mature po...
supported by grants from State Key Project of Research and Development Plan(2021YFF1000400);National Natural Science Foundation of China(32072038);Zhejiang Provincial Talent Program(2019R52005).
Secretory and transmembrane proteins start to synthesize and fold in the endoplasmic reticulum(ER).When the balance between protein folding demands and protein folding capability in the ER is broken,a well-conserved p...
Since the 24th February 2022,Russia has been conducting extensive air and missile strikes against the Ukraine military they have also been conducting concurrent ground offensives beyond Crimea and the Donbas breakaway...
supported by the Hainan Yazhou Bay Seed Lab(B21HJ8105);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32071984,31971914);the Programs from Jiangsu Province Government(BK20200045,JBGS[2021]001,SWYY-154,PAPD).
Rice(Oryza sativa L.)is not only a model monocotyledon plant,but also an important cereal seed crop.Improvements in seed-related traits is the key to obtaining high grain yield and quality,therefore attracting attenti...
Seed is the most important reproductive organ in plant.Since its first emergence approximately 370 million years ago,seed plant had overwhelming advantage to non-seed plants in reproduction,spreading and colonization ...