In human history, the long-term expansion of populations has been limited by the availability of food and constraints of disease (Diamond, 1997).The domesticati
Target of rapamycin (TOR) is an evolutionary conserved serine/threonine protein kinase found in yeast,plants,and animals.TOR plays a central role in sensing nut
We describe a call for an inteational coordinated effort in rice functional genomics in the form of a project named RICE2020.The mission of the project will be:
Most vascular plants interact with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and are thereby provided significant advantages in nutrient acquisition,especially phospha
Circadian clocks synchronize inteal physiological responses to occur at the most optimal time of the day.In plants,hormone signaling is under the control of thi
When Molecular Plant proposed to publish its first issue five years ago,many in the plant biology community questioned the need for another joual.Indeed,establi
The Silk Road-the route that extends more than 5000 miles through land and sea-served as a critical pathway for commercial and intellectual exchange between Chi