supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program(B)of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDB26000000);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41688103,91514302).
Whenever Nature publishes a paper about something,it becomes the focus of attention.Recently Shi G et al.(2021)brought the outer integument of angiosperms to the focus of the spotlight.This job claimed to have made gr...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(42130201,42072016 and 41802015)。
The earliest ovules in the Late Devonian(Famennian)are surrounded by a cupule that is involved in both protection and pollination,and generally have free integumentary lobes.Here we report a new taxon from the Famenni...
The Famennian is a period of increased taxonomic diversity for the first representatives of the major plant groups,especially the spermatophytes(i.e.the seed plants)that,today,represent the most abundant and diversifi...
The project was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.31770203,31100141,and 31770200).
Menispermaceae is one of the core groups of Ranunculales.The single fertile ovule in each ovary in Menispermaceae varies greatly in integument number,micropyle formation,and integument lobe.However,data regarding ovul...
supported by the National Transgenic Plant Research of China(2016ZX0800-00-004)。
microRNA 160(miR160),targeting auxin response factors(ARFs),plays many roles in plant development.We investigated the role of the mi R160/ARF axis in regulation of cotton seed size.Suppressing mi R160 activity,specifi...
This study wassupported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(91417313 and 2014CB943404 to W.T.);Department of Education of Hebei Province(LJRC015 to W.T.);the“one hundred talents project”of Hebei province(E2013100004 to Y.S.)。
Brassinosteroids(BRs)play important roles in regulating plant reproductive processes.BR signaling or BR biosynthesis null mutants do not produce seeds under natural conditions,but the molecular mechanism underlying th...
National Natural Science Foundation of China(31070584);Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province(2010011042-1;2011021029-2)
Using scanning electron microscopy and optical microscopy,we studied the structure of the integument and wax glands of the mealybug,Phenacoccus fraxinus Tang(Hemiptera:Coccoidea:Pseudococcidae).We observed the ultrast...
National Natural Science Foundation of China(31070584);Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province(2010011042-1,2011021029-2)。
Using scanning electron microscopy and optical microscopy,we studied the structure of the integument and wax glands of the mealybug,Phenacoccus fraxinus Tang(Hemiptera:Coccoidea:Pseudococcidae).We observed the ultrast...
A fiberless seed mutant(fl)was identified in acommercial cotton(Gossypium hirsutum L.)variety Xu-Zhou 142(FL).This phenotype isassociated with lack of fiber cell initiation in theouter integument of the ovule,as wasch...
A fiberless seed mutant (fl) was identified in a commercial cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum L.) variety Xu Zhou 142 (FL). This phenotype is associated with lack of fiber cell initiation in the outer integument of the ...