As a plant shoot matures, it transitions through a series of growth phases in which successive aerial organs undergo distinct developmental changes. This process of phase change is known to be influenced by gibberellins (GAs). We report the identification of a putative transcription factor, GLABROUS INFLORESCENCE STEMS (GIS), which regulates aspects of shoot maturation in Arabidopsis thaliana. ...

Differential organ growth during gravitropic response is caused by differential accumulation of auxin, that is, relative higher auxin concentration in lower flanks than in upper flanks of responding organs. Auxin responsive reporter systems such as DR5::GUS and DR5::GFP have usually been used as indicators of gravitropic response in roots and hypocotyls of Arabidopsis. However, in the infloresc...

BACKGROUND Pollination has a great effect on the yield of fruit trees. Blow flies are considered as an effective pollinator compared to hand pollination in fruit orchards. Therefore, this study was designed to evaluate the effect of different pollination methods in mango orchards. METHODOLOGY The impact of pollination on quantity and quality of mango yield by blow flies was estimated by using...

Reproductive success (RS) in orchids in general, and in non-rewarding species specifically, is extremely low. RS is pollinator and pollination limited in food deceptive orchids, but this has rarely been studied in sexually deceptive orchid species. Here, we tested the effects of several individual (plant height, inflorescence size, nearest neighbour distance and flower position) and population ...

The Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) compact inflorescence (cif) genotype causes altered adult vegetative development and a reduction in elongation of inflorescence internodes resulting in formation of floral clusters. The cif trait requires both a recessive mutation, cif1, and the activity of a naturally occurring dominant allele of an unlinked gene, CIF2(D). We show here that the pseudovert...

Development in higher plants depends on the activity of meristems, formative regions that continuously initiate new organs at their flanks. Meristems must maintain a balance between stem cell renewal and organ initiation. In fasciated mutants, organ initiation fails to keep pace with meristem proliferation. The thick tassel dwarf1 (td1) mutation of maize affects both male and female inflorescen...

The study of variability morphological features in red-colored varieties amaranth and their correlations at different stages the conditions Moscow region makes it possible to identify that affect productivity, amount amaranthine other biologically active substances. After analyzing vegetative characteristics, varietal plants were proved have a smaller impact on root length, plant height number ...

The experiment was carried out during the year 2017-18 and 2018-19 at Horticultural Research Farm, Department of Horticulture, B. A. College Agriculture, AAU, Anand to study “Effect post shooting spray covering material on bunch for yield, yield attributes banana (Musa paradisiaca L.) cv. Grand Naine”. comprises involving six levels sprays namely; control, humic acid 2 %, 2, 4-D 30 mg/l, gibber...

This paper presents the results obtained by INMA Bucharest, following a research project, in which technology for harvesting and storing industrial hemp was developed. The equipment green stalks intended this tested an experimental plot grown with Dacia - Secuieni hemp. Operating indices (actual torque at power take-off, traction force drawbar, total effective to operate equipment, working spee...