Transcriptomic Profile of Tef () in Response to Drought.

The threat to world food security posed by drought is ever increasing. Tef [ (Zucc.) Trotter] is an allotetraploid cereal crop that is a staple food for a large population in the Horn of Africa.

StCDF1: A 'jack of all trades' clock output with a central role in regulating potato nitrate reduction activity.

Transcription factors of the CYCLING DOF FACTOR (CDF) family activate in potato the SP6A FT tuberization signal in leaves. In modern cultivars, truncated StCDF1.2 alleles override strict SD control by stabilizing the StCDF1 protein, which leads to StCOL1 suppression and impaired activation of the antagonic SP5G paralog.

The role of omics in improving the orphan crop tef.

Tef or teff [Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter] is a cereal crop indigenous to the Horn of Africa, where it is a staple food for a large population. The popularity of tef arises from its resilience to environmental stresses and its nutritional value.

LncRNAs: the art of being influential without protein.

The plant long noncoding (lnc)RNA field is on the brink of transitioning from large-scale identification of lncRNAs to their functional characterization. Due to the cross-kingdom conservation of interaction types and molecular functions, there is much to be learned from mammalian lncRNA research. Here, we discuss the different molecular processes involving lncRNAs from the regulation of chromatin to splicing.

Potato CYCLING DOF FACTOR 1 and its lncRNA counterpart StFLORE link tuber development and drought response.

Plants regulate their reproductive cycles under the influence of environmental cues, such as day length, temperature and water availability. In Solanum tuberosum (potato), vegetative reproduction via tuberization is known to be regulated by photoperiod, in a very similar way to flowering. The central clock output transcription factor CYCLING DOF FACTOR 1 (StCDF1) was shown to regulate tuberization.