Asher Pasha

TL;DR: This study leverages 850 wheat RNA-sequencing samples, alongside the annotated genome, to determine the similarities and differences between homoeolog expression across a range of tissues, developmental stages, and cultivars and suggests that the transposable elements in promoters relate more closely to the variation in the relative expression of homoeologicals across tissues than to a ubiquitous effect across all tissues.

TL;DR: The development of ePlant is described and several examples illustrating its integrative features for hypothesis generation are presented, including the process of deploying ePl plant as an “app” on Araport.

TL;DR: It is shown that the Arabidopsis NIN-like protein 8 (NLP8) is essential for nitrate-promoted seed germination, and that NLP8 localizes to nuclei and unlike NLP7, does not appear to be activated byNitrate-dependent nuclear retention of N LP7, suggesting that seeds have a unique mechanism for nitrates signalling.

TL;DR: The identification of a gene regulatory network related to seed longevity in both Medicago truncatula and Arabidopsis reveals a role for biotic defense-related genes in acquisition of longevity and suggests that seed longevity evolved by co-opting existing genetic pathways regulating the activation of defense against pathogens.

TL;DR: High temporal-resolution transcriptomes uncover the genetic control of the developmental stages of double fertilization, coenocyte formation, cellularization, and differentiation in early maize seed.