Plant Reproductive Development

Dear Colleagues,

Plants are living organisms with significant developmental constraints and adaptations related to their sessile growth habit. After entering into reproductive development, the huge variation in flower and fruit morphologies reveals multiple local adaptations to ensure seed production and plant survival.

Present knowledge on plant reproductive development reveals a complex genetic network of regulatory genes superimposed with the finely tuned homeostasis of endogenous hormones. Model plants such as Arabidopsis, Antirrhinum or rice have been the source of genetic and molecular information for many years. At present, high-throughput sequencing technologies make it possible to sequence whole genomes, thus creating unprecedented opportunities to study the molecular basis of reproductive development in crops and non-model plants. Despite the enormous amount of information available in the field, additional research is still needed to gain control over plant breeding and plant production in crops.

This Special Issue on Plant Reproductive Development aims to gather recent advances in the identification of genes and functions controlling flower and fruit development in model and non-model plants. We welcome all types of research articles focused on (but not limited to): reproductive transition, flower development and morphology, gametogenesis (pollen and ovule development), embryo development and seed formation, fruit initiation, growth and maturation, and inflorescence development, among others.

Dr. Concha (Concepción) Gómez-Mena
Dr. Cristina Ferrandiz
Guest Editors

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