Abstract Angiosperms may be distinguished from their gymnosperm peers by flowers, and thus a flower is good proxy of fossil angiosperms. However, flowers parts are usually too frail to preserved in the record. This makes origin angiosperms foci controversy botany. Eliminating such botanical controversies can only achieved studying related plant fossils. Applying routine scanning electron micros...

Microscopic observation of bi-weekly sampled terminal buds revealed that most flower buds of R. mucronatum were formed between late-July and mid-August and differentiation of specific floral organs was completed before mid-October. Flower buds continued to enlarge through the winter. When flower buds on two-yearold plants from rooted cuttings were allowed to grow at day / night temperature of 1...

Flower induction in apple (Malus domestica Borkh.) is regulated by complex gene networks that involve multiple signal pathways to ensure flower bud formation in the next year, but the molecular determinants of apple flower induction are still unknown. In this research, transcriptomic profiles from differentiating buds allowed us to identify genes potentially involved in signaling pathways that ...

In many commercial cut flowers, particularly those with spike or compound inflorescences, postharvest life and quality are highly dependent on the continued development of small buds to open blooms. Buds may be separated into two major types – those enclosed by a calyx, where petal growth is largely complete before the calyx opens or is shed, and those where the petals are naked and expand rapi...

Investigation was done to find out the effect of different polyamines viz., spermine and spermidine (5, 10, 20 mg/l) biostimulants 2 % Novel (banana pseudostem sap) 2% cow urine as foliar spray on growth parameters rose var. Top Secret.
 Plant height, number branches leaves were found be significantly higher with biostimulants. Maximum plant height in plants treated mg/l while maximum sper...

Ziziphus jujuba Mill. is one of the most important fruit crops and has been cultivated in China for more than 4000 years. Z. jujuba fruit is rich in nutritional and medicinal values. Compared to other wood fruits, Z. jujuba is unique in its flowering and fruiting characteristics. Floral buds differentiation and formation of Z. jujuba is an essential process that affects yield. Z. jujuba ‘Jinsi ...