Rice endosperm consists of an inner starchy endosperm and an outer aleurone derived from the triploid endosperm nucleus.In mature rice seeds aleurone as a single layer of living cells accumulates main
Dahurian larch,Larix gmelinii(Rupr.),is a deciduous tree of Pinaceae,which presents a large proportion of coniferous forests in northeastern China,including Inner Mongolia forest region,and alpine reg
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of regulatory small RNAs (sRNAs) that down-regulate target genes through mRNA cleavage or translational inhibition.miRNA is known to play an important role in the root d
Male sterility in angiosperms has wide applications in agriculture,particularly in hybrid crop breeding and gene flow control.Microspores develop adjacent to the tapetum,a layer of cells that provides
N-glycosylation is a major modification of glycoproteins in eukaryotic cells.In Arabidopsis,great progress has been made in functional analysis of N-glycan production,however there are few studies in
The endosymbiotic theory states that plastids of green plants are derived from a single primary endosymbiosis involving a eukaryote and a cyanobacterium.Peptidoglycans(PGs)are continuous covalent macr
The basic metabolism and developmental regulation of sweet potato storage roots draws more attention of researchers and breeders.Recent advances from transcriptomic analysis of sweet potato indicated
Wheat straw has a vast potential as feedstock for biofuel production in China.However,little information is available regarding variation in cell wall composition and enzymatic digestibility of wheat
Wheat and rice are important food crops with enormous biomass residues for biofuels.However,lignocellulosicrecalcitrance becomes a crucial factor on biomass process.