[EN] Seed longevity is crucial for agriculture and plant genetic diversity, but it is limited by cellular damage during storage. Seeds are protected against aging by cellular defenses and by structures such as the seed ...
Carrera Bergua, Esther; Ruiz Rivero, Omar José; PERES, LÁZARO EUSTAQUIO; Atarés Huerta, Alejandro; Garcia Martinez, Jose L(American Society of Plant Biologists, 2012-11)
Procera (pro) is a tall tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) mutant carrying a point mutation in the GRAS region of the gene encoding SlDELLA, a repressor in the gibberellin (GA) signaling pathway. Consistent with the SlDELLA ...
Schiop, Sorin T.; Al Hassan, Mohamad; Sestras, Adriana F.; Boscaiu Neagu, Mónica Tereza; Sestras, Radu E.; Vicente Meana, Óscar(Public Library of Science, 2015-08-19)
The Norway spruce (Picea abies), the most important tree species in European forests, is
relatively sensitive to salt and does not grow in natural saline environments. Yet many trees
are actually exposed to salt stress ...
Berbel Tornero, Ana; Ferrandiz Maestre, Cristina; Hecht, Valerie; Dalmais, Marion; Lund, Ole S.; Sussmilch, Frances C; Taylor, Scott A.; Bendahmane, Abdelhafid; Ellis, T. H. Noel; Beltran Porter, Jose Pio; Weller, James L.; Madueño Albi, Francisco(Nature Publishing Group, 2012-04)
[EN] Unravelling the basis of variation in inflorescence architecture is important to understanding how the huge diversity in plant form has been generated. Inflorescences are divided between simple, as in Arabidopsis, ...