We welcome manuscripts improving our mechanistic understanding of patterning, morphogenesis, growth, and differentiation.
Areas of particular emphasis include transcriptional control mechanisms, cellular patterning, signal transduction, and cellular processes of development.
In addition to studies seeking a fundamental understanding of plant form, we also welcome studies that explore the practical implications of developmental biology in agriculture and horticulture.
Subject Editor
Yuling
Jiao
School of life science, Peking University, China
Areas of expertise: axillary meristem, leaf, morphogenesis, patterning, regeneration
yuling.jiao@pku.edu.cn Research webpageHandling Editors
Catherine
Bellini
Umeå Plant Science Centre, Umeå University, Sweden
Areas of expertise: auxin, phytohormone, root
catherine.bellini@umu.se Research webpage
Julia
Buitink
INRAE – IRHS (Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences) France
Areas of expertise: desiccation tolerance, dormancy, germination, longevity, seed
julia.buitink@inrae.fr Research webpage
Jianghua
Chen
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) Chinese Academy of Science Kunming,China
Areas of expertise: compound leaf, gene regulation, leaf movement, legume, plant development
jhchen@xtbg.ac.cn Research webpage
Venugopala R.
Gonehal
Department of Botany and plant sciences, University of California Riverside USA
Areas of expertise: CLAVATA3, live imaging, shoot apex, stem cells, stochastic and deterministic models, sub-cellular element models of cell and tissue growth, WUSCHEL
venug@ucr.edu Research webpage
Thomas
Greb
Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), Heidelberg University, Germany
Areas of expertise: cell fate determination, gene regulation, hormonal signaling, vascular development
thomas.greb@cos.uni-heidelberg.de Research webpage
Zhonghai
Li
Beijing Forestry University, China
Areas of expertise: alternative splicing, database, DNA repair, leaf senescence, peptide hormone
lizhonghai@bjfu.edu.cn Research webpage
Michela
Osnato
Plant Physiology and Molecular Farming Lab, Università degli Studi di Urbino “Carlo Bo”, Italy
Areas of expertise: developmental Genetics, leaf and flower development, physiological response to abiotic stresses, regulation of gene expression & functional genomics
michela.osnato@uniurb.it Research webpage
Edouard
Pesquet
Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences Stockholm University, Sweden
Areas of expertise: cytoskeleton, plant cell culture, primary and secondary cell wall, programmed cell death, xylem
edouard.pesquet@su.se Research webpage
Yuan
Qin
Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China
Areas of expertise: female gametophyte development, male-female interaction, ovule development, plant reproduction, pollen tube, single-cell RNA-seq, transcriptome
yuanqin001@foxmail.com Research webpage