Cytology of Conifers

The Hydraulic Architecture of Conifers

Conifers in the Dry Country

NAC regulation of embryo development in conifers

Background In most gymnosperms the cotyledons develop as a crown surrounding the incipient shoot apical meristem (SAM), which maintains the radial symmetry of the plant throughout embryogenesis. This is in contrast to the Arabidopsis embryo in which a symmetry-breaking event (from radial to bilateral symmetry) is associated with the emergence of the SAM and the two cotyledons [1]. We have previ...

Association genetics of complex traits in conifers.

Association studies are becoming the experimental approach of choice to dissect complex traits in many organisms from humans to model plant systems. The candidate gene based-association approach has several important advantages for complex trait dissection in many coniferous forest tree species, including random mating and unstructured populations, adequate levels of nucleotide diversity, rapid...

Hydraulic conductances of angiosperms versus conifers: similar

because of slow growth rates caused by an inefficient transport system and low leaf photosynthetic capacity, gymnosperm seedlings are weak competitors with angiosperms in productive habitats. We measured component (shoot, leaf, and root) and whole-plant hydraulic conductances of sapling-sized tropical plants growing on nitrogen-poor white sand in Borneo. After accounting for size effects, there...