Several plant self‐incompatibility systems may be controlled by atypical receptor–ligand interactions Self-incompatibility involves the precise recognition and rejection of incompatible pollen, often using a receptor–ligand type of interaction between male and female S-determinants. In this review, w....

Several plant self‐incompatibility systems may be controlled by atypical receptor–ligand interactions - Lin - 2026 - The Plant Journal - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Phosphorylation at the stigmatic gate: how FERONIA regulates actin organization to control pollen hydration In flowering plants, sexual reproduction begins with pollination, when pollen is transferred from the anther to the stigma. Pollen grains are released in a

Phosphorylation at the stigmatic gate: how FERONIA regulates actin organization to control pollen hydration academic.oup.com/plphys/artic...

Kinase Partner Zinc Finger Protein modulates pollen tube growth by influencing tip vesicle trafficking Overexpression of the Kinase Partner Zinc Finger protein switches the pollen tube growth pattern at the tip from outward to inward, with expanding cytoplas

Kinase Partner Zinc Finger Protein modulates pollen tube growth by influencing tip vesicle trafficking academic.oup.com/plphys/artic...

One-step strategy for developing wheat haploid inducer lines with efficient markers for haploid identification Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is one of the most important staple crops globally. Doubled haploid technology enables rapid development of pure lines an…

One-step strategy for developing wheat haploid inducer lines with efficient markers for haploid identification
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Cohesin and its regulation promote monopolar kinetochore orientation at meiosis I in Arabidopsis Singh et al. used a forward genetic screen in Arabidopsis to identify ten proteins that promote monopolar kinetochore orientation during meiosis I. Cohesin subunits and cohesin regulators, CENP-C, and...

Cohesin and its regulation promote monopolar kinetochore orientation at meiosis I in Arabidopsis: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...

Expression patterns of Arabidopsis endo-β-1,4-glucanases and their putative roles in sexual reproduction - BMC Plant Biology BMC Plant Biology - Plant endoglucanases of glycosyl hydrolase family 9 (GH9), which cleave 1,4-β-glucosidic bonds in glycan chains, have been shown to play pivotal roles in cellulose...

Expression patterns of Arabidopsis endo-β-1,4-glucanases and their putative roles in sexual reproduction
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EPFL1 and EPFL2 signaling reinforces cell fate specification during ovule initiation in Arabidopsis EPFL1 and EPFL2 extracellular peptides promote ovule initiation and funiculus elongation by maintaining the separation of ovule founder and boundary cell i

EPFL1 and EPFL2 signaling reinforces cell fate specification during ovule initiation in Arabidopsis url: academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...

Congratulations to our IASPRR member Professor Li-Jia Qu at @pku1898.bsky.social for being recently elected into the prestigious Chinese Academy of Science. 祝贺您🥂!
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🚨 I'm happy to announce that Plant Reproduction (official journal of @iasprr.bsky.social) is running a special collection on Epigenetic dynamics & functions. We aim to gather a range of research on the diverse epigenetic mechanisms at play during plant reproduction.
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In Vivo Maternal Haploid Induction by Disrupting KOKOPELLI in Medicago truncatula Click on the article title to read more.

In Vivo Maternal Haploid Induction by Disrupting
KOKOPELLI in Medicago truncatula
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CCCH-type zinc finger proteins are required for meiotic progression and RNA clearance in Arabidopsis Meiotic progression is safeguarded by the CCCH-type zinc finger proteins C3H14 and C3H15, which degrade mRNAs to prevent DNA:RNA hybrid formation and genom

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The contributions of two fertilization events to the fertilization recovery efficiency in Arabidopsis - Science China Life Sciences In angiosperms, fertilization recovery refers to the phenomenon wherein an ovule, upon failure of both sperm cells released by the initial pollen tube to achieve fertilization, continues to attract su...

The contributions of two fertilization events to the fertilization recovery efficiency in Arabidopsis
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FeM-ID: A biotin labeling-based approach for the dissection of female meiotic chromosome behavior in Arabidopsis thaliana Female meiotic cell identification (FeM-ID) enables visualization and cytological analysis of chromosome behavior during female meiosis in Arabidopsis.

FeM-ID: A biotin labeling-based approach for the dissection of female meiotic chromosome behavior in Arabidopsis thaliana url: academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...

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A staging framework to study rice female gametophyte development - Plant Reproduction Female gametophyte (FG) development is essential for plant reproduction since it is necessary for pollen tube guidance, fertilization, and maternal control of seed development. FG development entails ...

A staging framework to study rice female gametophyte development | Plant Reproduction | Springer Nature Link share.google/9kBC5Bzv4YTv...

Bridging the gaps: advanced techniques to unlock lipid function in plant reproductive development - Plant Reproduction In plant cells, lipids serve various roles facilitating membrane bilayer formation, energy storage and signaling molecules. Acyl lipids are the most common in distinct plant cell compartments. Lipids ...

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🏅Early Career Research Award in Plant Reproduction.
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KymoTip: high‐throughput characterization of tip‐growth dynamics in plant cells Fluctuations in live imaging data hamper analyses of tip-growth dynamics. We developed KymoTip, a user-friendly tool that uses coordinate normalization and centerline-based tip detection to enable hi...

KymoTip: high‐throughput characterization of tip‐growth dynamics in plant cells - Kang - 2026 - The Plant Journal - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The Arabidopsis IDD14, IDD15, and IDD16 interact with DELLA proteins to negatively regulate flowering
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Pulsed evolution shaped extant angiosperm pollen disparity
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Pre-meiotic H1.1 degradation is essential for Arabidopsis gametogenesis - The EMBO Journal Despite being evolutionary distant, plants and animals exhibit a shared phenomenon during the transition from somatic-to-reproductive cell fate marked by extensive structural and compositional changes...

Pre-meiotic H1.1 degradation is essential for Arabidopsis gametogenesis | The EMBO Journal share.google/XbbrdRP9nZce...

Bridging the gaps: advanced techniques to unlock lipid function in plant reproductive development - Plant Reproduction In plant cells, lipids serve various roles facilitating membrane bilayer formation, energy storage and signaling molecules. Acyl lipids are the most common in distinct plant cell compartments. Lipids ...

Bridging the gaps: advanced techniques to unlock lipid function in plant reproductive development | Plant Reproduction share.google/9bO0rTq7rDW3...

Pollen sterility in wheat is induced by blocking a light signal to the growing juvenile spike Light intensity plays a critical role in determining spike fertility of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) by influencing floret development. However, wheth…

Pollen sterility in wheat is induced by blocking a light signal to the growing juvenile spike
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SPOROCYTELESS/NOZZLE cooperates with MADS-domain transcription factors to regulate an auxin-dependent network controlling Megaspore-Mother-Cell differentiation | Nature Communications share.google/a2qGGSA0RjOG...

TEK and other AHL proteins interact with TCP14/15 to regulate pollen wall formation in Arabidopsis This work reveals TEK and other AHL members interact with TCP14/15 to regulate nexine formation in Arabidopsis.

TEK and other AHL proteins interact with TCP14/15 to regulate pollen wall formation in Arabidopsis - Xiong - 2025 - The Plant Journal - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Three-dimensional visualization of tip-vesicles in growing pollen tubes by electron tomography - Science China Life Sciences The life cycle of flowering plants starts when a zygote is formed following a double fertilization event. To achieve fertilization, sperm cells are delivered to the female gametes within the embryo sa...

Three-dimensional visualization of tip-vesicles in growing pollen tubes by electron tomography
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How microspores are reprogrammed into embryos

How microspores are reprogrammed into embryos
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Pan-family pollen signals control an interspecific stigma barrier across Brassicaceae species Pre-zygotic interspecific incompatibility prevents hybridization between species limiting interbreeding strategies for crop improvement using wild relatives. The Brassica rapa female self-incompatibil...

Pan-family pollen signals control an interspecific stigma barrier across Brassicaceae species | Science www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...