Seeds are the reproductive organs of higher plants, and provide major sources of food for humans. The growth and development of seed determine seed number and yield, and involve many fundamental events including cell fate determination, cell division and differentiation, cell-cell communication, primordia identity and initiation, and so on. Therefore, research on seed development has both scientific significance and potential application. I have been consistently working on hormone regulation of plant growth and development for more than ten years. In current years, my research group has focused on the regulatory mechanism of seed development using Arabidopsis and rice as working materials, aiming to provide new insights on seed development and effective solutions towards crop yield improvement. In the following, I summarize the research highlights of my group and briefly envision the future perspective of my research.
