Angiosperms face frequent fertilization failure in natural environments. To address this challenge, angiosperms have evolved fertilization recovery...

Flower Genetic Design

In angiosperms, male-female gamete interaction leads to double fertilization, yet the molecular mechanisms governing gamete interaction remain poorly …

EPFL1 and EPFL2 extracellular peptides promote ovule initiation and funiculus elongation by maintaining the separation of ovule founder and boundary cell i

The CBF transcription factors serve as key nodes that integrate cold signaling into the SVP-mediated flowering pathway, which fine-tunes seasonal flowering

Reproduction is inherently about passing genomic information between generations. Yet genomic information is not the only thing transmitted to progeny - DNA ...

Meiotic progression is safeguarded by the CCCH-type zinc finger proteins C3H14 and C3H15, which degrade mRNAs to prevent DNA:RNA hybrid formation and genom

Despite being evolutionary distant, plants and animals exhibit a shared phenomenon during the transition from somatic-to-reproductive cell fate marked by extensive structural and compositional changes...

Anthropogenic selection of grain traits such as dormancy has shaped the developmental trajectories of crops. In cereals, shortening dormancy provides rapid and even postharvest germination, but increa...

Light intensity plays a critical role in determining spike fertility of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) by influencing floret development. However, wheth…

Pre-zygotic interspecific incompatibility prevents hybridization between species limiting interbreeding strategies for crop improvement using wild relatives. The Brassica rapa female self-incompatibil...

This work reveals TEK and other AHL members interact with TCP14/15 to regulate nexine formation in Arabidopsis.

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An interesting new study by Doll et al. addresses one of the most complex and important plant developmental processes, that of seed formation, with a focus on maize. Like other seeds…

Key message Generative cell internalisation establishes distinctive ‘cell-within-a-cell’ pollen organization in angiosperms. Comparative and transgenic expression analyses provide valuable insights in...

Brassinosteroids (BRs) were originally isolated from pollen grains, but their role in plant reproduction remains a mystery. Matsuura-Tokita et al. show that biologically active BRs are detected in rep...

Key message This review covers the latest developments on the regulation of early seed development by phytohormones. Abstract The development of seeds in flowering plants starts with the fertilization...