Duration of various stages of inflorescence differentiation and hormone levels in apical buds eventually decide the harvest time, flower uniformity and quality of ornamental plants. The progress in inflorescence differentiation process in the chrysanthemum cultivar ‘Jingyun’ can be divided into nine stages. Following short day induction, it took 4d to reach the growing point hypertrophy stage, ...

Gladiolus is very popular and highly demanded cut flower worldwide however imbalance nutrition reduces its production, additionally irrational combination of nutrient further kindled the situation. The current study was conducted to ascertain the effects of different combinations of N, P and K on growth, floral development, and N, P and K uptake by gladiolus leaves. N, P and K was applied as; w...

Broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var. italica) is a globally popular vegetable because of its nutrient richness, especially glucosinolates (GSLs). The content GSLs in different organs broccoli varies greatly. However, few studies have focused on the differences biosynthesis-related genes organs. In this study, we selected extreme individuals from an F2 population and mixed them to form low high g...

mass showing “cellular components with mucoid material consistent with pleomorphic adenoma.” The gland was removed, revealing a 2.9 x 2.4 x 2.0 cm well circumscribed tan-grey opaque mass with a myxoid appearance on cut surface (Figure 1). The frozen section slides demonstrated mixed epithelial and myxoid areas. The extensive myxoid stroma contained characteristic red to pink crystalloid deposit...

Abstract. Based on the material collected during fieldwork seasons from 1996 to 2007 in amount of 223 specimens, we studied phenetic relationships and taxonomic structure genus Cyphocottus. Two valid species, C. megalops eurystomus, within boundaries established by D.N. Taliev (1955) were confirmed Interspecific differences eurystomus are manifested greater values interorbital distance, height ...

The spikelet is a unique inflorescence structure of grass. The molecular mechanism that controls the development of the spikelet remains unclear. In this study, we identified a rice (Oryza sativa) spikelet mutant, multi-floret spikelet1 (mfs1), that showed delayed transformation of spikelet meristems to floral meristems, which resulted in an extra hull-like organ and an elongated rachilla. In a...

GH3 proteins control auxin homeostasis by inactivating excess auxin as conjugates of amino acids and sugars and thereby controlling cellular bioactive auxin. Since auxin regulates many aspects of plant growth and development, regulated expression of these genes offers a mechanism to control various developmental processes. OsMGH3/OsGH3-8 is expressed abundantly in rice florets and is regulated ...