Increasing planting density has had a key role in boosting yields of maize (corn). However, optimal plant architecture is a prerequisite for adapting maize to dense planting. In general, more-upright ...
Recent research has revealed that a family of proteins called COI1, previously associated with defense mechanisms in other plant species like Arabidopsis and rice, primarily regulates growth in maize ...
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (http://www.ucr.edu) -- How plant cells divide and how that contributes to plant growth has been one of the longstanding unsolved mysteries of cell ...