The activity of chlorophyllase in wild type (WT) was higher than in ethylene insensitive mutant (eti 5) of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh plants during the vegetative period. Chlorophyll content in eti 5 leaves was higher ...

Chlorophyll (chl) breakdown during senescence is an integral part of plant development and leads to the accumulation of colorless catabolites. The loss of green pigment is due to an oxygenolytic opening of the porphyrin ...

The identity of the wild progenitor of one of the most important oil crop species, Carthamus tinctorius (2n = 2x = 24), commonly known as safflower, has been the subject of numerous studies at morphological, biochemical, ...

Image segmentation is a fundamental yet challenging step during image analysis. In this paper we propose a novel method for choosing the number of labels during automatic image segmentation. It minimizes an objective ...

Recurrent combined phenotypic and family selection within restricted diploid breeding populations continues to be effective in combining improved dry matter yield (DMY) with increased water-soluble carbohydrate (WSC) content ...

B chromosomes (Bs) can be described as 'passengers in the genome', a term that has been used for the repetitive DNA which comprises the bulk of the genome in large genome species, except that Bs have a life of their own ...

The impact of climate change and other environmental changes on population health poses radical challenges to scientists. A fundamental characteristic of this topic is the pervasive combination of complexity and uncertainty. ...