The deconstruction of cellulose is essential for the conversion of biomass into fuels and chemicals. But cellulose, the most ...

Auxin is the first plant hormone—or "phytohormone"—ever identified, with its discovery dating to the late 19th and early 20th ...

Thick multicellular plant samples provide unique challenges when it comes to cryo-preservation, which has resulted in limited successful examples for structural studies using in situ cryo-electron ...

These responses are now understood to extend belowground, where root exudates condition rhizosphere soil bacteria communities in ways that enhance future plant growth and defence. Sequence ...

This miniature CRISPR system enabled transgene-free germline genome editing in Arabidopsis thaliana without the need for tissue culture or plant transformation. Alamos et al. show that ...

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