The Five Percent Fig Leaf

Seasonality of Leaf and Fig Production in Ficus squamosa, a Fig Tree with Seeds Dispersed by Water

The phenology of plants reflects selection generated by seasonal climatic factors and interactions with other plants and animals, within constraints imposed by their phylogenetic history. Fig trees (Ficus) need to produce figs year-round to support their short-lived fig wasp pollinators, but this requirement is partially de-coupled in dioecious species, where female trees only develop seeds, no...

Commentary: Life-course and social epidemiology, the biological fig leaf and Bob Dylan.

The life-course approach to adult disease is highlighted in epidemiological research these years, and, although life-course thinking covers much more than social epidemiology, social and demographic factors as early life exposures are prominent in this focus. Prospective studies of life-course influences on adult disease rely on the data available. Luckily, our predecessors set up a few large-s...

Ninety - five percent of the universe has gone missing . Or has it ?

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Physicochemical changes of leaf in different position and fruit in four edible fig cultivars

Fig is one of the first plants cultivated by humans that has global expansion. This study was conducted to investigate the physicochemical changes in different position of leaf (2 year cutting, Leaf next to immature syconium, Leaf next to ripe fruit, Leaf next to overripe fruit, Leaf next to fallen fruit) and fruit in four edible cultivars (Matti, Shah-Anjir, Sabz, Siah) as factorial experiment...