The hormonal circuitry controlling development in plants can be studied and re-programmed with hormone activated Cas9-based repressors.

Puzzle-shape cells in the epidermis of many plants form due to a development constraint based on mechanical forces.

Leaf position, shape and orientation are pre-patterned by cell type boundaries in the shoot meristem.

Ectopic expression of Symbiosis Receptor-like Kinase (SYMRK) in roots of the legume Lotus japonicus resulted in spontaneous activation of nodule organogenesis and mycorrhiza-related gene expression in the absence of microbial symbionts or signalling molecules.

The maize CLAVATA receptor, FEA2, functions in the perception of two different ligands, and remarkably that signaling from these different inputs is differentiated by the receptor interacting with two different downstream components.

The auxin-sensitive Aux/IAA transcriptional repressors regulate approximately 35% of the annotated genes in Physcomitrella patens and exhibit complex interactions with both the activating and repressing ARF transcription factors.

A plant peptide hormone controls organ shedding by acting as molecular glue that promotes the interaction between two membrane receptor kinases.

An ancient and conserved genetic mechanism for cell differentiation is under distinct negative regulation in different lineages of land plants.

HEC transcription factors control the timing of cell fate transitions in a dynamic stem cell system, allowing plants to adapt their developmental program to diverse environments.