
How to Thrive under Stress: Stay True to Your Roots
Groen et al. investigate the genes and traits under selection when rice experiences drought.
By Simon C. “Niels” Groen a,b and Amelia Henryc
a Institute of Integrative Genome Biology and Department of Nematology, University of California at Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA;
b Center for Genomics…

How drought affects the asynchrony between anthesis and silking
Liu et al. demonstrate how manipulating ZmEXPA4 gene expression in developing maize ears alleviates the prolonged anthesis and silking interval in response to drought. The Plant Cell (2021) https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab083
By Boxin Liu and Feng Qin
Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of…