Recent developments have altered our view of molecular mechanisms that determine sink
strength, defined here as the capacity of non-photosynthetic structures to compete for import …

Environmental DNA (eDNA) methods are used to detect DNA that is shed into the aquatic
environment by cryptic or low density species. Applied in eDNA studies, occupancy models …

Several recent studies have shown that citric acid/citrate (CA) can confer abiotic stress tolerance
to plants. Exogenous CA application leads to improved growth and yield in crop plants …

The maize W22 inbred has served as a platform for maize genetics since the mid twentieth
century. To streamline maize genome analyses, we have sequenced and de novo assembled …

Grass species represent a major source of food, feed, and fiber crops and potential feedstocks
for biofuel production. Most of the biomass is contributed by cell walls that are distinct in …

Background Gene knockouts are a critical resource for functional genomics. In Arabidopsis,
comprehensive knockout collections were generated by amplifying and sequencing …

The Cellulose Synthase-Like D (CslD) genes have important, although still poorly defined,
roles in cell wall formation. Here, we show an unexpected involvement of CslD1 from maize (…

Plant cell walls are composed of independent but interacting networks of carbohydrates,
proteins, and aromatic substances. Interacting with this complex matrix are several hundred …

Mutations tagged by transposon insertions can be readily mapped and identified in organisms
with sequenced genomes. Collections of such mutants allow a systematic analysis of …

The last 2 decades have witnessed a sustained increase in the study of plant-emitted volatiles
and their role in plant–insect, plant–microbe, and plant–plant interactions. While each of …