J. L. STODDART 1 states that floral initiation in red clover begins by the enlargement of the shoot apex. The following observations show that the actual shoot apex is absorbed by an adjoining lateral ...

1. The epiphyllous inflorescence in Turnera ulmifolia is axillary in origin and through subsequent growth in the foliar buttress is displaced to a petiolar position. Vascular attachment between the ...

Scientists are interested in understanding genetic control of grass inflorescence architecture because seeds of cereal grasses (e.g. rice, wheat, maize) provide most of the world's food. Grass seeds ...

Two new species of Monopyle Benth. are described from the pluvial lowland forests of northwestern Ecuador in the province of Esmeraldas. They are both locally endemic and are of conservation concern.

Maize as we know it only became suitable for food after the tiny, hard, inedible ears of teosinte, the ancestor of corn, evolved, with the help of the first Mexican farmers, into the large, luscious ...