Yilong Hu

TL;DR: The cloning and characterization of J are reported, and J is identified as the ortholog of Arabidopsis thaliana EARLY FLOWERING 3 (ELF3), and an important new component in flowering-time control in soybean is identified, providing new insight into soybean adaptation to tropical regions.

TL;DR: The findings reveal that LEC1 acts as a coactivator of PIFs in transcriptional regulation during postembryonic growth, providing a possible mechanism by which plants fine-tune morphological development for their survival during the transition from the embryonic phase to seedling establishment.

TL;DR: It is shown that gibberellins promote embryonic axis elongation through an interaction between DELLA proteins and transcription factor LEC1, which induces auxin biosynthesis, which promotes auxin accumulation to facilitate embryo development.

TL;DR: A DELLA-EDS1-mediated feedback regulatory loop is revealed by which plants maintain the subtle balance between growth and defense to avoid excessive growth or defense in response to constant biotrophic pathogen attack.

TL;DR: The findings reveal a novel mechanism of NF-YC/CLF-mediated epigenetic regulation of FT activation in photoperiod-induced flowering and contribute to the understanding of how plants control developmental events in a temporal-specific regulatory manner.