Node, internode, and leaf explants of Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh. × Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh. hybrid poplar clone (89 M 066) tissue culture regenerated plantlets were used for direct and indirect somatic embryogenesis. Direct somatic embryos were differentiated on node, internode and leaf explants on Murashige and Skoog basal medium (MS) supplemented with N 6 -Benzyladenine (BA)...

Expansins are primary agents inducing cell wall extension, and are therefore obvious targets in biotechnological applications aimed at the modification of cell size in plants. In trees, increased fibre length is a goal of both breeding and genetic engineering programmes. We used an alpha-expansin PttEXPA1 that is highly abundant in the wood-forming tissues of hybrid aspen (Populus tremula L. x ...

The interacting effects of different environmental cues in determining a plant's phenotype and performance are poorly understood aspects of phenotypic plasticity. We examined the interacting effects of shading and mechanical stress (MS) on growth, reproduction, and mechanical stability. We subjected 10 grassland genotypes and 10 forest genotypes of Impatiens capensis to two levels of spectral s...

In plants, Lewisa type N-glycans may be involved in cell-to-cell communication and recognition. N-glycoproteins harboring Lewisa glycotopes are mainly found in plasma membranes and cell walls. Some can be also involved in cell wall synthesis or the loosening process, and subsequently in cell elongation. In order to determine the potential role(s) of the alpha4-fucosylation during vegetative dev...

Crop height not only determines plant resistance to lodging and crowding, but also affects crop architecture, apical dominance, biomass, mechanical harvesting. Plant is determined by the internode elongation, regulated genes involved in gibberellin (GA) brassinosteroid (BR) biosynthesis or related signaling networks. Plants’ genetic inability synthesize respond GAs BRs induce dwarfness. However...

The genus Pelargonium (Geraniaceae) exhibits tremendous variation in growth form. We apply a broadly defined concept of Bauplan in our study of growth form, architectural and anatomical features of early seedling development in the type subgenus. We analyze variation in these features within a phylogenetic framework based on sequence comparisons of internal transcribed spacer regions (ITS) of n...

Mutations in the BREVIPEDICELLUS (BP) gene of Arabidopsis thaliana condition a pleiotropic phenotype featuring defects in internode elongation, the homeotic conversion of internode to node tissue, and downward pointing flowers and pedicels. We have characterized five mutant alleles of BP, generated by EMS, fast neutrons, x-rays, and aberrant T-DNA insertion events. Curiously, all of these mutag...