Growth and Development, Genetics and Epigenetics

Articles

Towards a better monitoring of seed ageing under ex situ seed conservation
Y-B. Fu, Z. Ahmed and A. Diederichsen
Conserv Physiol (2015) 3 (1): cov026 doi:10.1093/conphys/cov026

Calpain-Mediated Positional Information Directs Cell Wall Orientation to Sustain Plant Stem Cell Activity, Growth and Development
Z. Liang, R. C. Brown, J. C. Fletcher, and H-G. Opsahl-Sorteberg
Plant Cell Physiol (2015) 56 (9): 1855-1866

The maize fused leaves1 (fdl1) gene controls organ separation in the embryo and seedling shoot and promotes coleoptile opening
Nicoletta La Rocca, Priscilla S. Manzotti, Marina Cavaiuolo, Alessandra Barbante, Francesca Dalla Vecchia, Damiano Gabotti, Ghislaine Gendrot, David S. Horner, Jelena Krstajic, Martina Persico, Nicoletta Rascio, Peter Rogowsky, Alessio Scarafoni, and Gabriella Consonni
J. Exp. Bot. (2015) 66 (19): 5753-5767 doi:10.1093/jxb/erv278

Characterization of Rolled and Erect Leaf 1 in regulating leave morphology in rice
Chen, Q. Xie, J. Gao, W. Wang, B. Sun, B. Liu, H. Zhu, H. Peng, H. Zhao, C. Liu, J. Wang, J. Zhang, G. Zhang, and Z. Zhang
Exp. Bot. (2015) 66 (19): 6047-6058 doi:10.1093/jxb/erv319

Arabidopsis SHR and SCR transcription factors and AUX1 auxin influx carrier control the switch between adventitious rooting and xylogenesis in planta and in in vitro cultured thin cell layers
Della Rovere, L. Fattorini, S. D’Angeli, A. Veloccia, S. Del Duca, G. Cai, G. Falasca, and M. M. Altamura
Ann. Bot. (2015) 115(4): 617-628  doi:10.1093/aob/mcu258

A Flowering Integrator, SOC1, Affects Stomatal Opening in Arabidopsis thaliana
Y. Kimura, S. Aoki, E. Ando, A. Kitatsuji, A. Watanabe, M. Ohnishi, K. Takahashi, S. Inoue, N. Nakamichi, Y. Tamada, and T. Kinoshita
Plant Cell Physiol (2015) 56 (4): 640-649

Cycling of clock genes entrained to the solar rhythm enables plants to tell time: data from arabidopsis
H-Y Yeang
Ann. Bot. (2015) 116(1): 15-22  doi:10.1093/aob/mcv070

Western hemlock growth response to increasing intensity of Swiss needle cast on Douglas-fir: changes in the dynamics of mixed-species stands
J. Zhao, D. A. Maguire, D. B. Mainwaring and A. Kanaskie
Forestry (2014) 87 (5): 697-704 doi:10.1093/forestry/cpu030

Genetics of superior growth traits in trees are being mapped but will the faster-growing risk-takers make it in the wild?
Torgny Näsholm, Sari Palmroth, Ulrika Ganeteg, Menachem Moshelion, Vaughan Hurry, and Oskar Franklin
Tree Physiol (2014) 34 (11): 1141-1148. doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpu112

Reprogramming of cassava (Manihot esculenta) microspores towards sporophytic development
P. I. P. Perera, C. A. Ordoñez, B. Dedicova, and P. E. M. Ortega
AoB Plants (2014) 6: plu022  doi:10.1093/aobpla/plu022

Analysis of the Arabidopsis REM gene family predicts functions during flower development
O. Mantegazza, V. Gregis, M. A. Mendes, P. Morandini, M. Alves-Ferreira, C. M. Patreze, S. M. Nardeli, M. M. Kater, and L. Colombo
Ann. Bot. (2014) 114(7): 1507-1515  doi:10.1093/aob/mcu124

Epigenetic Memory for Stress Response and Adaptation in Plants
T. Kinoshita and M. Seki
Plant Cell Physiol (2014) 55 (11): 1859-1863

Effects of reduced winter duration on seed dormancy and germination in six populations of the alpine herb Aciphyllya glacialis (Apiaceae)
G. L. Hoyle, H. Cordiner, R. B. Good, and A. B. Nicotra
Conserv Physiol (2014) 2 (1): cou015 doi:10.1093/conphys/cou015

Special issues

Flower Development
Annals of Botany; Vol. 114, No 7, November 2014

Books

The Molecular Organography of Plants
Q. Cronk:

Domestication of Plants in the Old World
D. Zohary, M. Hopf (deceased), and E. Weiss:

People, Plants, and Genes
D. J. Murphy:

Dispersal in Plants
R. Cousens, C. Dytham, and R.Law:

Dispersal Ecology and Evolution
J. Clobert, M. Baguette, T. G. Benton, and J. M. Bullock:

Evolution through Genetic Exchange
M Arnold

Organism & Environment
Sonia E. Sultan