Robustness is a characteristic that is highly desired for all plants that we grow, with the term covering the gamut of stress resistances and ability to defend oneself from pathogenic attacks. At the same time, however, agricultural breeders desire to bring in wild relatives of plants to provide a greater diversity of traits and, indeed, […]
COI Notice: One of the authors of this paper is my Principal Investigator (P.I.). I, however, had no involvement in this paper or the experiments done in it. When it comes to understanding plant genetics and the potential for improvements in growth and development, it should be argued that the humble mitochondria deserves the bulk […]