Theanine, a unique amino acid responsible for tea’s refreshing taste and calming effect, plays a central role in determining tea quality. While its ...

Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 65, No. 18 (2014), pp. 5291-5304 (14 pages) In cereal grains, the maternal nucellar projection (NP) constitutes the link to the filial organs, forming a transfer ...

Rothamsted scientists, together with partners at the University of Olomouc, Czechia, have uncovered how a family of genes in wheat fine-tunes the plant's growth and grain development, a breakthrough ...

Engineering the orthogonalized and more reversible GPS2 biosensor to reduce GPS1 interference with and by endogenous signaling via re-engineering the GID1–DELLA interaction interface. Advancements in ...

Diffusible auxin is not present in tomato flowers at anthesis, but significant amounts can be obtained after the plants are treated with gibberellin. The early growth of the ovary in plants treated ...

Researchers demonstrate that the plant hormone gibberellin (GA) is essential for the formation and maturation of nitrogen-fixing root nodules in legumes and can also increase nodule size. Researchers ...