Plant evolution: landmarks on the path to terrestrial life

Localisation and substrate specificities of transglycanases in charophyte algae relate to development and morphology

(2017) Klaus Herburger et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

The plant perceptron connects environment to development

(2017) Ben Scheres et al.   NATURE

Why we need more non-seed plant models

(2017) Stefan A. Rensing   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Enhanced Desiccation Tolerance in Mature Cultures of the Streptophytic Green Alga Zygnema circumcarinatum Revealed by Transcriptomics

(2017) Martin Rippin et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

How Embryophytic is the Biosynthesis of Phenylpropanoids and their Derivatives in Streptophyte Algae?

(2017) Jan de Vries et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Primitive Auxin Response without TIR1 and Aux/IAA in the Charophyte Alga Klebsormidium nitens

(2017) Kinuka Ohtaka et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Terrestrial adaptation of green algae Klebsormidium and Zygnema (Charophyta) involves diversity in photosynthetic traits but not in CO2 acquisition

(2017) Mattia Pierangelini et al.   PLANTA

Learning the Languages of the Chloroplast: Retrograde Signaling and Beyond

(2016) Kai Xun Chan et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Field Guide to Plant Model Systems

(2016) Caren Chang et al.   CELL

Diversification of a Transcription Factor Family Led to the Evolution of Antagonistically Acting Genetic Regulators of Root Hair Growth

(2016) Holger Breuninger et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The Stepwise Increase in the Number of Transcription Factor Families in the Precambrian Predated the Diversification of Plants On Land

(2016) Bruno Catarino et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Transcriptome Profiling of the Green Alga Spirogyra pratensis (Charophyta) Suggests an Ancestral Role for Ethylene in Cell Wall Metabolism, Photosynthesis, and Abiotic Stress Responses

(2016) Bram Van de Poel et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

A transcription factor hierarchy defines an environmental stress response network

(2016) L. Song et al.   SCIENCE

Streptophyte Terrestrialization in Light of Plastid Evolution

(2016) Jan de Vries et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Why Plants Were Terrestrial from the Beginning

(2016) Jesper Harholt et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

The Evolution of Cell Division: From Streptophyte Algae to Land Plants

(2016) Henrik Buschmann et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

The Evolutionary Origin of a Terrestrial Flora

(2015) Charles Francis Delwiche et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Microbiomes of Streptophyte Algae and Bryophytes Suggest That a Functional Suite of Microbiota Fostered Plant Colonization of Land

(2015) J. J. Knack et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES

Plants, fungi and oomycetes: a 400-million year affair that shapes the biosphere

(2015) Marc-André Selosse et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The early evolution of land plants, from fossils to genomics: a commentary on Lang (1937) ‘On the plant-remains from the Downtonian of England and Wales'

(2015) Dianne Edwards et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Algal ancestor of land plants was preadapted for symbiosis

(2015) Pierre-Marc Delaux et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Symbiotic options for the conquest of land

(2015) Katie J. Field et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Conservation of ethylene as a plant hormone over 450 million years of evolution

(2015) Chuanli Ju et al.   Nature Plants

The fitness of the environments of air and water for photosynthesis, growth, reproduction and dispersal of photoautotrophs: An evolutionary and biogeochemical perspective

(2014) Stephen C. Maberly   AQUATIC BOTANY

Green algae in alpine biological soil crust communities: acclimation strategies against ultraviolet radiation and dehydration

(2014) Ulf Karsten et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

From algae to angiosperms–inferring the phylogeny of green plants (Viridiplantae) from 360 plastid genomes

(2014) Brad R Ruhfel et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Phylogenetic position ofZygogonium ericetorum(Zygnematophyceae, Charophyta) from a high alpine habitat and ultrastructural characterization of unusual aplanospores

(2014) Rosalina Stancheva et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Fungal associations inHorneophyton lignerifrom the Rhynie Chert (c. 407 million year old) closely resemble those in extant lower land plants: novel insights into ancestral plant-fungus symbioses

(2014) Christine Strullu-Derrien et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Phylotranscriptomic analysis of the origin and early diversification of land plants

(2014) Norman J. Wickett et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Klebsormidium flaccidum genome reveals primary factors for plant terrestrial adaptation

(2014) Koichi Hori et al.   Nature Communications

Tolerance of resting cells of freshwater and terrestrial benthic diatoms to experimental desiccation and freezing is habitat-dependent

(2013) Caroline Souffreau et al.   PHYCOLOGIA

Stable transformation and reverse genetic analysis ofPenium margaritaceum: a platform for studies of charophyte green algae, the immediate ancestors of land plants

(2013) Iben Sørensen et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Evolution of the plant–microbe symbiotic ‘toolkit’

(2013) Pierre-Marc Delaux et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Desiccation stress and tolerance in green algae: consequences for ultrastructure, physiological and molecular mechanisms

(2013) Andreas Holzinger et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Polar auxin transport: an early invention

(2012) K. J. M. Boot et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Origin of strigolactones in the green lineage

(2012) Pierre-Marc Delaux et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Broad Phylogenomic Sampling and the Sister Lineage of Land Plants

(2012) Ruth E. Timme et al.   PLoS One

Aeroterrestrial Coleochaete (Streptophyta, Coleochaetales) models early plant adaptation to land

(2011) Linda E. Graham et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Evolution and Diversity of Plant Cell Walls: From Algae to Flowering Plants

(2011) Zoë A. Popper et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Origin of land plants: Do conjugating green algae hold the key?

(2011) Sabina Wodniok et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Transcriptional analysis of cell growth and morphogenesis in the unicellular green alga Micrasterias (Streptophyta), with emphasis on the role of expansin

(2011) Katrijn Vannerum et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Stable Nuclear Transformation of the Closterium peracerosum–strigosum–littorale Complex

(2011) Jun Abe et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

The charophycean green algae provide insights into the early origins of plant cell walls

(2011) Iben Sørensen et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Genome-Wide Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis of Plant Transcriptional Regulation: A Timeline of Loss, Gain, Expansion, and Correlation with Complexity

(2010) Daniel Lang et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Streptophyte algae and the origin of embryophytes

(2009) Burkhard Becker et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

The Earliest Land Plants

(2008) Patricia G. Gensel   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Arbuscular mycorrhiza: the mother of plant root endosymbioses

(2008) Martin Parniske   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY