This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In higher plants, seed germination is followed by postgerminative growth. One of the key developmental events during postgerminative growth is ...

Root formation on excised mustard cotyledons was found to be determined by cotyledon age at excision and by light. Light treatment after excision enhanced root production in cotyledons excised 6 hours ...

Developmental biologists have long strived to understand how organisms acquire shape and form. The architecture of the mature plant is established during embryogenesis. They have learned much about ...

Microgreens are small, nutrient-rich plants harvested soon after germination. Microgreens can be easily grown indoors year-round with minimal equipment. As a newly minted Master Gardener trying to ...

It’s the time of year when farmers look around and see cotyledons everywhere. Cotyledons are a plant’s first “leaves.” These baby leaves are the plant’s first source of energy and look markedly ...

THE September number of the American Naturalist (vol. 1., No. 597) iS devoted to studies of inheritance in plants. Dr. H. H. Bartlett writes on “The Status of the Mutation Theory, with especial ...

It is spinach-planting time in the spring garden. Spinach is a cold hardy, super nutritious green crop. Spinach plants survive temperatures as low as 20°F. Seedlings started now will be at the ...