Beyond leaf color: YGRT shapes growth and reproduction in rice
Plant Science Research WeeklyGreen leaves are essential for photosynthesis and crop productivity, but the genes that maintain normal leaf development can also influence other aspects of plant growth. In this study, Wang et al. investigated a rice mutant called yellow-green leaf and reduced tillering (ygrt), which develops yellow-green…
Control of chloroplast biogenesis by MYB-related transcription factors
Plant Science Research WeeklyIn this study, Frangedakis et al. identified MYB-related transcription factors as critical regulators of chloroplast development in land plants. Focusing on the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha and the angiosperm Arabidopsis thaliana, the team discovered that mutations in some MYB-related genes lead to…