‘Translational research’ became an increasingly common term when it was realised that much agriculturally inspired basic research failed to contribute to the improvement of crops.

The steady-state mRNA abundance is an outcome of transcript synthesis counter-balanced by turnover.

Slow wave potentials propagate from sites of damage to distal leaves in wounded plants.

In plants, Rubisco is responsible for the assimilation of CO2 during photosynthesis.

Plant biotechnology predominantly relies on a restricted set of genetic parts with limited capability to customize spatiotemporal and conditional expression patterns.

As sessile organisms, plants have evolved a multitude of mechanisms to acclimate to their environment enabling the plant to optimise development and reproduction, and fight off or resist both biotic and abiotic stresses they may encounter through their life cycle.