Lily species (Lilium spp.) are highly appreciated for their aesthetic value as cut flowers or pot plants and have been among the most important ornamental species worldwide for a long time. Numerous lily breeding programs aim at the establishment of novel phenotypes with higher market values. Until now these programs are based mainly on segregation and selection of natural variants and interspe...

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A study has been made of developmental variations in anthers of Lilium longiflorum with respect to the deamination of deoxycytidine and 5-methyldeoxycytidine. Although a periodicity of enzymatic activities surrounding the mitotic cycle has been found, the over-all evidence is against the significance of such periodicity to chromosome duplication. On the basis of evidence obtained a distinction ...

Compatible and incompatible pollen tubes growing on detached Lilium longiflorum pistils which had been prelabeled with myoinositol-U-(14)C take up a portion of the label and utilize it for biosynthesis of tube wall substance. The label is transferred from pistil to pollen tubes apparently via the secretion products (exudate) of the pistil. The exudate thus appears to have a major nutritional ro...

Lilium brownii var. colchesteri has been widely cultivated for long time by its perfect flower shape with its colour arrangement and fragrance. However, it did not receive enough attention in recent lily research programs, and information on the history and culture is lacking. An overall research project on this species including breeding, flowering control, propagation, virus-free bulb product...

Bunium persicum (Apiaceae) is a wild herbaceous plant growing in dry temperate region of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh (18003300 m). Seed is used as a prized condiment for flavoring dishes and as a carminative in ayurvedic medicines. The plant propagates by seeds and has been reported to have becomes a rare in its natural habitat because of excessive seed collection for co...

The multiplication efficacy by bulb is low and the plantlets are more susceptible to disease, therefore, there a need develop protocol for its propagation. Lilium candidum listed in saitma prefecture Red Data Book as critically endangered plant rescuing information regarding micro-propagation rather limited. On this regard, application of vitro micropropagtion procedure might help obtain large ...

Little is known about geographic variation in the local composition of South American assemblages of mammals or the factors that may produce such variation. This is particularly unfortunate in Paraguay because it occurs at the interface of a number of phytogeographic regions (e.g., Cerrado, Chaco, Interior Atlantic Rainforest, and Pantanal) and is the point at which many temperate species reach...