International Association of Sexual Plant Reproduction Research
@iasprr.bsky.social
Spreading research, lab news and scie tific resources, from flower induction to seed/fruit development 🌺🍎
Pinned
Hi everybody! We are happy to announce that we are creating an official account also in this social platform!🌍🌎🌏. New papers, congress, workshops, and news from our plant reproduction labs around the world coming soon! 🌱🔬🧬🌺 #PlantReproduction #PlantReproJobs #SciFamily
And the winner picture of the Plant Reproduction Cover Image Contest is... 🥁🥁🥁🥁
@nickdesnoyer.bsky.social !
It will be featured soon as the new cover for our Plant Reproduction journal!
Thank you to all the contestants for your great contributions!🙏📸
@nickdesnoyer.bsky.social !
It will be featured soon as the new cover for our Plant Reproduction journal!
Thank you to all the contestants for your great contributions!🙏📸
February 4, 2026 at 9:04 AM
And the winner picture of the Plant Reproduction Cover Image Contest is... 🥁🥁🥁🥁
@nickdesnoyer.bsky.social !
It will be featured soon as the new cover for our Plant Reproduction journal!
Thank you to all the contestants for your great contributions!🙏📸
@nickdesnoyer.bsky.social !
It will be featured soon as the new cover for our Plant Reproduction journal!
Thank you to all the contestants for your great contributions!🙏📸
A staging framework to study rice female gametophyte development | Plant Reproduction | Springer Nature Link share.google/9kBC5Bzv4YTv...
A staging framework to study rice female gametophyte development - Plant Reproduction
Female gametophyte (FG) development is essential for plant reproduction since it is necessary for pollen tube guidance, fertilization, and maternal control of seed development. FG development entails ...
share.google
February 2, 2026 at 9:22 AM
A staging framework to study rice female gametophyte development | Plant Reproduction | Springer Nature Link share.google/9kBC5Bzv4YTv...
Bridging the gaps: advanced techniques to unlock lipid function in plant reproductive development | Plant Reproduction | Springer Nature Link share.google/tKI1h6UnUiaQ...
Bridging the gaps: advanced techniques to unlock lipid function in plant reproductive development - Plant Reproduction
In plant cells, lipids serve various roles facilitating membrane bilayer formation, energy storage and signaling molecules. Acyl lipids are the most common in distinct plant cell compartments. Lipids ...
share.google
February 2, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Bridging the gaps: advanced techniques to unlock lipid function in plant reproductive development | Plant Reproduction | Springer Nature Link share.google/tKI1h6UnUiaQ...
We are pleased to open the call for IASPRR Award nominations for:
🏅Early Career Research Award in Plant Reproduction.
🏅Plant Reproduction Medal.
🔸🔸ONLY IASPRR individual or lifetime members can nominate🔸🔸
More information?👉
www.iasprr.org/index.php?br...
🏅Early Career Research Award in Plant Reproduction.
🏅Plant Reproduction Medal.
🔸🔸ONLY IASPRR individual or lifetime members can nominate🔸🔸
More information?👉
www.iasprr.org/index.php?br...
January 30, 2026 at 7:02 PM
We are pleased to open the call for IASPRR Award nominations for:
🏅Early Career Research Award in Plant Reproduction.
🏅Plant Reproduction Medal.
🔸🔸ONLY IASPRR individual or lifetime members can nominate🔸🔸
More information?👉
www.iasprr.org/index.php?br...
🏅Early Career Research Award in Plant Reproduction.
🏅Plant Reproduction Medal.
🔸🔸ONLY IASPRR individual or lifetime members can nominate🔸🔸
More information?👉
www.iasprr.org/index.php?br...
📢UPDATE on our #ICSPR2026 📢
🔸When?: 4-8 September
🔸Where?: Chengdu, China🇨🇳
🔸Early Registration: until 1.May
🔸Abstract: until 30.June
More info? 👉 www.icspr2026.com/En/Default
See you all there! 😉
🔸When?: 4-8 September
🔸Where?: Chengdu, China🇨🇳
🔸Early Registration: until 1.May
🔸Abstract: until 30.June
More info? 👉 www.icspr2026.com/En/Default
See you all there! 😉
January 29, 2026 at 9:54 AM
📢UPDATE on our #ICSPR2026 📢
🔸When?: 4-8 September
🔸Where?: Chengdu, China🇨🇳
🔸Early Registration: until 1.May
🔸Abstract: until 30.June
More info? 👉 www.icspr2026.com/En/Default
See you all there! 😉
🔸When?: 4-8 September
🔸Where?: Chengdu, China🇨🇳
🔸Early Registration: until 1.May
🔸Abstract: until 30.June
More info? 👉 www.icspr2026.com/En/Default
See you all there! 😉
KymoTip: high‐throughput characterization of tip‐growth dynamics in plant cells - Kang - 2026 - The Plant Journal - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
KymoTip: high‐throughput characterization of tip‐growth dynamics in plant cells
Fluctuations in live imaging data hamper analyses of tip-growth dynamics. We developed KymoTip, a user-friendly tool that uses coordinate normalization and centerline-based tip detection to enable hi...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:44 AM
KymoTip: high‐throughput characterization of tip‐growth dynamics in plant cells - Kang - 2026 - The Plant Journal - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The Arabidopsis IDD14, IDD15, and IDD16 interact with DELLA proteins to negatively regulate flowering
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:37 PM
The Arabidopsis IDD14, IDD15, and IDD16 interact with DELLA proteins to negatively regulate flowering
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Pulsed evolution shaped extant angiosperm pollen disparity
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Client Challenge
www.nature.com
January 11, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Pulsed evolution shaped extant angiosperm pollen disparity
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by International Association of Sexual Plant Reproduction Research
Pre-meiotic H1.1 degradation is essential for Arabidopsis gametogenesis | The EMBO Journal share.google/XbbrdRP9nZce...
Pre-meiotic H1.1 degradation is essential for Arabidopsis gametogenesis - The EMBO Journal
Despite being evolutionary distant, plants and animals exhibit a shared phenomenon during the transition from somatic-to-reproductive cell fate marked by extensive structural and compositional changes...
share.google
January 6, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Pre-meiotic H1.1 degradation is essential for Arabidopsis gametogenesis | The EMBO Journal share.google/XbbrdRP9nZce...
Bridging the gaps: advanced techniques to unlock lipid function in plant reproductive development | Plant Reproduction share.google/9bO0rTq7rDW3...
Bridging the gaps: advanced techniques to unlock lipid function in plant reproductive development - Plant Reproduction
In plant cells, lipids serve various roles facilitating membrane bilayer formation, energy storage and signaling molecules. Acyl lipids are the most common in distinct plant cell compartments. Lipids ...
share.google
January 4, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Bridging the gaps: advanced techniques to unlock lipid function in plant reproductive development | Plant Reproduction share.google/9bO0rTq7rDW3...
Reposted by International Association of Sexual Plant Reproduction Research
Pollen sterility in wheat is induced by blocking a light signal to the growing juvenile spike
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Pollen sterility in wheat is induced by blocking a light signal to the growing juvenile spike
Light intensity plays a critical role in determining spike fertility of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) by influencing floret development. However, wheth…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Pollen sterility in wheat is induced by blocking a light signal to the growing juvenile spike
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
SPOROCYTELESS/NOZZLE cooperates with MADS-domain transcription factors to regulate an auxin-dependent network controlling Megaspore-Mother-Cell differentiation | Nature Communications share.google/a2qGGSA0RjOG...
December 20, 2025 at 11:20 AM
SPOROCYTELESS/NOZZLE cooperates with MADS-domain transcription factors to regulate an auxin-dependent network controlling Megaspore-Mother-Cell differentiation | Nature Communications share.google/a2qGGSA0RjOG...
TEK and other AHL proteins interact with TCP14/15 to regulate pollen wall formation in Arabidopsis - Xiong - 2025 - The Plant Journal - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
TEK and other AHL proteins interact with TCP14/15 to regulate pollen wall formation in Arabidopsis
This work reveals TEK and other AHL members interact with TCP14/15 to regulate nexine formation in Arabidopsis.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:53 AM
TEK and other AHL proteins interact with TCP14/15 to regulate pollen wall formation in Arabidopsis - Xiong - 2025 - The Plant Journal - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Three-dimensional visualization of tip-vesicles in growing pollen tubes by electron tomography
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Three-dimensional visualization of tip-vesicles in growing pollen tubes by electron tomography - Science China Life Sciences
The life cycle of flowering plants starts when a zygote is formed following a double fertilization event. To achieve fertilization, sperm cells are delivered to the female gametes within the embryo sa...
link.springer.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Three-dimensional visualization of tip-vesicles in growing pollen tubes by electron tomography
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
How microspores are reprogrammed into embryos
www.maxapress.com/article/doi/...
www.maxapress.com/article/doi/...
How microspores are reprogrammed into embryos
www.maxapress.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:11 AM
How microspores are reprogrammed into embryos
www.maxapress.com/article/doi/...
www.maxapress.com/article/doi/...
Reposted by International Association of Sexual Plant Reproduction Research
Pan-family pollen signals control an interspecific stigma barrier across Brassicaceae species | Science www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Pan-family pollen signals control an interspecific stigma barrier across Brassicaceae species
Pre-zygotic interspecific incompatibility prevents hybridization between species limiting interbreeding strategies for crop improvement using wild relatives. The Brassica rapa female self-incompatibil...
www.science.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Pan-family pollen signals control an interspecific stigma barrier across Brassicaceae species | Science www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Reposted by International Association of Sexual Plant Reproduction Research
TEK and other AHL proteins interact with TCP14/15 to regulate pollen wall formation in Arabidopsis - Xiong - 2025 - The Plant Journal - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
TEK and other AHL proteins interact with TCP14/15 to regulate pollen wall formation in Arabidopsis
This work reveals TEK and other AHL members interact with TCP14/15 to regulate nexine formation in Arabidopsis.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:34 AM
TEK and other AHL proteins interact with TCP14/15 to regulate pollen wall formation in Arabidopsis - Xiong - 2025 - The Plant Journal - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
CRISPR-Cas–mediated heritable chromosome fusions in Arabidopsis | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
CRISPR-Cas–mediated heritable chromosome fusions in Arabidopsis
The genome of Arabidopsis thaliana consists of 10 chromosomes. By inducing CRISPR-Cas–mediated breaks at subcentromeric and subtelomeric sequences, we fused entire chromosome arms, obtaining two eight...
www.science.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:23 AM
CRISPR-Cas–mediated heritable chromosome fusions in Arabidopsis | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Arabidopsis RabGDIs are essential for the asymmetric division of zygotes and embryonic development nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Arabidopsis RabGDIs are essential for the asymmetric division of zygotes and embryonic development
In angiosperms, the asymmetric division of the zygote establishes the plant's primary body axis. While vesicular trafficking is known to be critical for this process, its key regulators are not full.....
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Arabidopsis RabGDIs are essential for the asymmetric division of zygotes and embryonic development nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Rab5 GTPases mediate the targeting of ROP signalling to establish polarity for pollen germination
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Rab5 GTPases mediate the targeting of ROP signalling to establish polarity for pollen germination - Nature Plants
Rab5 GTPases deliver RopGEF8 from endosomes to the pollen plasma membrane, establishing polarity for germination. This crosstalk between trafficking and signalling GTPases is crucial for the reproduct...
www.nature.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Rab5 GTPases mediate the targeting of ROP signalling to establish polarity for pollen germination
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Degradation of detrimental microRNAs safeguards the fertilized egg cells to establish an ECS-dependent polytubey block in Arabidopsis
www.cell.com/developmenta...
www.cell.com/developmenta...
Degradation of detrimental microRNAs safeguards the fertilized egg cells to establish an ECS-dependent polytubey block in Arabidopsis
Shen et al. demonstrate that the miRNA degradation-related proteins SDN1–3 degrade
miRNAs targeting ECS in egg cells, thereby ensuring the normal expression of ECS1/2.
This enables the fertilized egg ...
www.cell.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Degradation of detrimental microRNAs safeguards the fertilized egg cells to establish an ECS-dependent polytubey block in Arabidopsis
www.cell.com/developmenta...
www.cell.com/developmenta...
DNA TOP1α coordinates anther morphogenesis and fertility through gene regulatory networks in arabidopsis
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
DNA TOP1α coordinates anther morphogenesis and fertility through gene regulatory networks in arabidopsis - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - DNA TOP1α coordinates anther morphogenesis and fertility through gene regulatory networks in arabidopsis
www.nature.com
October 3, 2025 at 7:26 AM
DNA TOP1α coordinates anther morphogenesis and fertility through gene regulatory networks in arabidopsis
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
An Automated Lab‐On‐A‐Chip Approach for Pollen Tube Growth Manipulation in a Controlled Chemical Environment - Zhu - Advanced Science - Wiley Online Library advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
An Automated Lab‐On‐A‐Chip Approach for Pollen Tube Growth Manipulation in a Controlled Chemical Environment
Here, a microfluidic-based robotic lab-on-a-chip (LoC) device is presented for automated, continuous-flow investigation and manipulation of single pollen tube growth under precisely controlled chemic....
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:47 AM
An Automated Lab‐On‐A‐Chip Approach for Pollen Tube Growth Manipulation in a Controlled Chemical Environment - Zhu - Advanced Science - Wiley Online Library advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Functional genetics of rice PISTILLATA genes reveals new roles and target genes in flowering time, female fertility, and parthenocarpy - Zamzam - 2025. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Functional genetics of rice PISTILLATA genes reveals new roles and target genes in flowering time, female fertility, and parthenocarpy
Rice lodicules are small fleshy floral petal homologs that enable floret opening and closing, for anthesis and seed maturation. We provide insights on OsMADS2 and OsMADS4, expanding their second and ....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Functional genetics of rice PISTILLATA genes reveals new roles and target genes in flowering time, female fertility, and parthenocarpy - Zamzam - 2025. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Plant’s developmental decision to either abort a flower or set seed
www.cell.com/trends/plant...
www.cell.com/trends/plant...
Plant’s developmental decision to either abort a flower or set seed
A significant proportion of flowers in crop plants fail to produce seeds, particularly
under heat and drought stress. This outcome reflects a regulated developmental process
of reproductive abortion, ...
www.cell.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Plant’s developmental decision to either abort a flower or set seed
www.cell.com/trends/plant...
www.cell.com/trends/plant...