A new species of Asteraceae from Taiwan, Senecio kuanshanensis C.-I Peng & S.W. Chung, a distinct member of sect. Crociseris (Reichenb.) Hall. & Wohlf. ser. Nemorenses Gagnidze, is described and illustrated. Senecio kuanshanensis is apparently rare, presently known only from mountain ridges of Kuanshan, at (2,500-)3,000-3,300 m elevation in the southern part of the Central Mountain Range of Tai...

Background and objectives: Safflower (Carthamus tinctorious L.) florets contain valuable red and yellow pigments and are used in food, textile dying, and pharmaceutical industries. Red carthamine pigment is formed from a yellow precursor, precarthamine, through an oxidation reaction at the end of flowers' maturation stage. The present study was conducted to find out the most effective ...

An experiment was conducted at the Floriculture Research Field of Horticulture Research Centre (HRC), Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Gazipur, Bangladesh during April, 2015 to February, 2017 to find out the suitable planting materials for specific tuberose genotype for growth, flowering and bulb production of tuberose. Individually both genotypes showed better performances for some ...

Many studies on broccoli have analyzed the functional components and their functionality in terms of antioxidant and anticancer activities; however, these studies have focused on the florets of different varieties. Investigation of the functionality of broccoli by-products such as leaves, stems, and leaf stems from different cultivars and harvest dates might be valuable for utilizing waste mate...

The maize sex determination pathway results in the arrest of stamen in ear spikelets and the abortion of pistils in both the tassel spikelets and in the secondary florets of ear spikelets. Arrested stamen cells showed no signs of DNA fragmentation, an absence of CYCLIN B expression, and an accumulation of the negative cell cycle regulator WEE1 RNA.

Microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) to obtain phenolics from vegetable wastes has been of recent interest. Broccoli is one the most globally produced vegetables, and around 43% harvest considered waste. Thus, given significant quantity broccoli waste generated, objective this work was optimize MAE, maximize total phenolic content (TPC) by-products (leaves stems) florets. The Response Surface An...

Stunting (kondisi gagal tumbuh pada anak usia di bawah lima tahun) merupakan salah satu permasalahan yang saat ini masih dihadapi oleh Indonesia. Kondisi disebabkan kekurangan gizi kronis, infeksi berulang, dan stimulasi psikososial tidak memadai, terutama 1.000 Hari Pertama Kehidupan (HPK). Masalah stunting hanya mempengaruhi fisik, tetapi bisa kesehatan, kognitif, kinerja masa depan. kesehata...

To cite this article: Judith A. Irwin, Paul A. Ashton, Francois Bretagnolle & Richard J. Abbott (2016): The long and the short of it: long-styled florets are associated with higher outcrossing rate in Senecio vulgaris and result from delayed self-pollen germination, Plant Ecology & Diversity, DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2016.1181116 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17550874.2016.118...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS The inflorescence of grass species such as wheat, rice and maize consists of a unique reproductive structure called the spikelet, which is comprised of one, a few, or several florets (individual flowers). When reproductive growth is initiated, the inflorescence meristem differentiates a spikelet meristem as a lateral branch; the spikelet meristem then produces a floret meris...