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The plant hormone auxin, specifically indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), is a critical endogenous signaling molecule that comprehensively regulates plant growth, development, and environmental responses. It is the earliest discovered and most extensively studied plant hormone. Over a century ago, scientists identified auxin while investigating the mechanism of phototropism in plants, as explored by Da...

More than 4 billion people worldwide face the challenge of “hidden hunger” — a form of micronutrient deficiency exacerbated by modern dietary habits and widespread consumption of ultra-processed foods. It is necessary to produce more functional and high nutritive value food through modern science and technology.A recent mini-review published in theJournal of Integrative Plant Biology(IF 11.4...

Introduction:Auxin, a key hormone regulating plant growth and development, has seen a major breakthrough in the study of its signaling mechanisms! Professor Qi Linlin from Faculty of Synthetic Biology at Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology, as co-first author, collaborated with Jiří Friml’s team from the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) to publish a groundbreaking stu...

Auxin is a key hormone in plant development. Although the critical contributions of auxin biosynthesis and polar transport to the auxin maxima formation have been well elucidated, how these processes are regulated and coordinated to generate and maintain the localized auxin accumulation remains elusive.Recently, the team led by Professor Zhenbiao Yang, Dean of the Institute of Future Agricultur...