American Journal of Botany, Vol. 102, No. 7 (July 2015), pp. 1040-1049 (10 pages) PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Yield in sweetpotato is determined by the number of storage roots produced per plant. Storage ...

The effects of flooding, flooding with aeration, and no flooding of the root system on shoot growth was studied in sunflower plants. The responses of shoots appear to be brought about by: (1) The ...

ON November 6, 1937, by invitation of the Director, a meeting to discuss the use of chemicals for stimulating the formation of roots on cuttings was held at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It is well ...

Adventitious roots are roots that originate from nonstandard locations on a plant such as the stems or leaves. They can occur as part of a plant’s normal growth and development or they can arise due ...

IN an attempt to elucidate the contradicting views concerning the nature and properties of Fusaria metabolic products responsible for cotton and tomato wilts, certain substances (stimulating for ...

Recently, a team led by Professor Dong Zhang from the College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, published a research article entitled “Transcriptome analysis reveals the regulatory mechanism ...