Young organisms have relatively strong resistance to diseases and adverse conditions.
When confronted with adversity, the process of development is delayed in plants. This …

Increased crop yields are required to support rapid population growth worldwide. Grain weight
is a key component of rice yield, but the underlying molecular mechanisms that control it …

Grain size is an important component trait of grain yield, which is frequently threatened by
abiotic stress. However, little is known about how grain yield and abiotic stress tolerance are …

How the plasma membrane senses external heat-stress signals to communicate with chloroplasts
to orchestrate thermotolerance remains elusive. We identified a quantitative trait locus, …

Global warming threatens many aspects of human life 1 , 2 , for example, by reducing crop
yields 3 , 4 , 5 . Breeding heat-tolerant crops using genes conferring thermotolerance is a …

… Jun-Xiang Shan …

Grain number and size are interactive agronomic traits that determine grain yield. However,
the molecular mechanisms responsible for coordinating the trade-off between these traits …

Cytokinins and gibberellins (GAs) play antagonistic roles in regulating reproductive meristem
activity. Cytokinins have positive effects on meristem activity and maintenance. During …

Grain size is one of the essential components determining rice yield and is a target for both
domestication and artificial breeding. Gibberellins (GAs) are diterpenoid phytohormones that …

Rice panicle architecture determines the grain number per panicle and therefore impacts
grain yield. The OsER1–OsMKKK10–OsMKK4–OsMPK6 pathway shapes panicle architecture …