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Xylem tissue specification, patterning and differentiation mechanisms
Ascorbate as seen through plant evolution: the rise of a successful molecule?
Developmental and growth controls of tillering and water soluble carbohydrate accumulation in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.): can we dissect them? Exine dehiscing induces rape microspore polarity, which results in different daughter cell fate and fixes the apical-basal axis of embryo
Enhanced seed production under prolonged heat stress conditions in Arabidopsis thaliana plants deficient in cytosolic ascorbate peroxidase 2
Developmental onset of reproductive barriers and associated proteome changes in stigma/styles of Solanum pennellii
Natural diversity in the model legume Medicago truncatula allows identifying distinct genetic mechanisms conferring partial resistance to Verticillium wilt
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