A new liana species of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae (Leguminosae), namely Bauhinia nakhonphanomensis, collected from the Phulangkha National Park, Nakhon Pranom Province, Thailand, is described and illustrated. It is easily recognized by the following combination of characters: tendrilled liana, entire leaves, acuminate or caudate leaf apices, oblong or elliptic floral bud, floral bud 25-35 m...

The common pistachio psyllid, Agonoscena pistaciae Burckhardt and Lauterer (Hemiptera: Aphalaridae) is the key pest of pistachio trees in Iran. Nowadays, pistachio growers use detergents widely to control this pest in pistachio orchards. Consequently, the study was carried out to investigate the effects of applying liquid soap (Jonobgan®) 3500 ppm, dishwashing deter...

Abstract Background Abscission is an active, organized, and highly coordinated cell separation process enabling the detachment of aerial organs through modification cell-to-cell adhesion breakdown walls at specific sites on plant body known as abscission zones. In Arabidopsis thaliana , floral cauline leaves regulated by interaction hormonal peptide INFLORESCENCE DEFICIENT IN ABSCISSION (IDA), ...

primary bud necrosis in grapevine is a physiological disorder observed in the compound buds. this study was conducted to investigate the anatomical changes in cv. askari grapevine in winter dormant buds. bud samples were taken from askari grapevine at sisakht vineyards, south-western of iran. compound buds were dissected and assessed under a binocular microscope at 10-40x magnification and a di...

Basic questions regarding the origin and evolution of grass (Poaceae) inflorescence morphology remain unresolved, including the developmental genetic basis for evolution of the highly derived outer spikelet organs. To evaluate homologies between the outer sterile organs of grass spikelets and inflorescence structures of nongrass monocot flowers, we describe expression patterns of APETALA1/FRUIT...

In order to determine effect salicylic acid and Zn on characteristics of pistachio nut (Pistacia vera L. cv. Owhadi), the experiment was carried out as factorial in the framework of CRD design with three replications. The results showed that salicylic acid and Zn increased nut fresh weight and decreased blank nut percentage. The application of salicylic acid decreased splitting percentage and k...

atures near optimal for vegetative growth. This lack of heat tolerance restricts broccoli production to maritime High temperature causes unevenly-sized flower buds climates lacking extreme temperatures. The alteration in on broccoli inflorescences. This deformity limits prothe inflorescence structure has been described primarily duction of broccoli to areas where summer temperin terms of the ma...