In grasses, phased small interfering RNAs (phasiRNAs), 21- or 24-nucleotide (nt) in length, are predominantly expressed in anthers and regulate male fertility. However, their targets and mode of actio
Background : Plant reproductive output is determined by a complex set of factors including resource availability, pollination success and pre-dispersal predation. Disentangling the relative cont
Transcriptome profiling of three developmental stages of immature male gametophyte intobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) Total RNA isolated from tobacco microspores and early and late bicellular pollen was hy