Cotton fibre is a unicellular seed trichome, and lint fibre initials per seed as a factor determines
fibre yield. However, the mechanisms controlling fibre initiation from ovule epidermis are …

Pineapple (Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.) is the most economically valuable crop possessing
crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM), a photosynthetic carbon assimilation pathway with …

Nitrogen-use efficiency of indica varieties of rice is superior to that of japonica varieties. We
apply 16S ribosomal RNA gene profiling to characterize root microbiota of 68 indica and 27 …

Advances in high-throughput sequencing (HTS) have fostered rapid developments in the
field of microbiome research, and massive microbiome datasets are now being generated. …

Mitochondria are highly dynamic organelles that participate in ATP generation and involve
calcium homeostasis, oxidative stress response, and apoptosis. Dysfunctional or damaged …

Soil salinization adversely affects plant growth and has become one of the major limiting
factors for crop productivity worldwide. The conventional approach, breeding salt-tolerant plant …

Rechargeable aqueous zinc‐ion batteries (AZIBs) are recognized as one of the most competitive
next generation energy storage systems due to the high theoretical capacity (820 mAh …

Two-terminal monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells demonstrate huge advantages
in power conversion efficiency compared with their respective single-junction counterparts …

The catalytic oxidation of toluene to CO 2 and H 2 O over nanoflower spinel CoMn 2 O 4
synthesized by the oxalic acid sol–gel method has been investigated, and it demonstrates lower …

Pollen tubes extend through pistil tissues and are guided to ovules where they release sperm
for fertilization. Although pollen tubes can germinate and elongate in a synthetic medium, …