Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.), of the Solanaceae family ... new eggplant varieties with high-yielding and improved agronomic traits such as optimum plant architecture and fruit shape, minimum risk ...

An eggplant cultivar, its wild relative Solanum insanum, and their interspecific hybrid were grown under 200-mM and 400-mM NaCl doses. The hybrid exhibited more tolerance than either of two parents in ...

My particular focus of research is the taxonomy of the nightshade family Solanaceae, focusing on the megadiverse genus Solanum, which contains potatoes, tomatoes and eggplants and is one of only a ...

The rare plant – scientific name amorphophallus titanum, but also known as “Titan Arum” or “bunga bangkai” in Indonesia where it grows wild – began to bloom on Thursday, giving off an ...

Plant genetics deals with heredity in plants, specifically mechanisms of hereditary transmission and variation of inherited characteristics. Plant genetics differs from animal genetics in a number ...

The acid growth theory states that the auxin-induced acidification of plant cell walls causes their expansion. A model now suggests that excessive acidification leads to growth inhibition ...

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- South American shrub or small tree widely cultivated in the tropics; not a true potato ...

Feb. 20, 2025 — Biologists have discovered a new type of RNA-splicing regulation that helps to determine which protein-coding exons will be included in messenger RNA ...

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