supported by grants from The National Key Research&Development Program of China(2016YFA0500500 and 2016YFD0100702);the NSFC(31670242)to F.X.
Most legume plants can associate with diazotrophic soil bacteria called rhizobia,resulting in new root organs called nodules that enable N2 fixation.Nodulation is an energy-consuming process,and nodule number is tight...
supported by grants from the National Science Foundation (IOS-1546837 to Z.L.N)
The root system of a tree can often extend many-fold the diameter of the tree;it provides physical support, dissolved minerals and water but relies on a constant supply of nutrients from photosynthetically active tiss...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation(31100211);the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(2014CB943402)
In Arabidopsis, the phytohormone abscisic acid (ABA) plays a vital role in inhibiting seed germination and in postgermination seedling establishment. In the ABA signaling pathway, ABI5, a basic Leu zipper transcript...
Plants can achieve amazing lifespans because of their continuous and repetitive formation of new organs by stem cells present within meristems. The balance between proliferation and differentiation of meristem cells i...