Cherry trees do not simply bloom and fruit at random. This study shows that two ornamental cherry species use a layered ...

A research team has made significant strides in understanding the mechanisms of fruit abscission in woody fruit crops, an essential process affecting fruit yield and economic value. This review ...

A falling leaf often catches a poet's eye, but scientists also wonder about the phenomenon that causes leaves to fall, or abscission in plants. Abscission is the physiological process plants use to ...

During the final stage of cell division, the future daughter cells are physically separated through abscission. This process requires coordination of many molecular machines, including endocytic and ...

During ethylene-promoted leaflet abscission in Sambucus nigra a 7-fold increase in expansin activity was detected specifically in tissues undergoing cell separation, whilst only low levels of activity ...

Ethylene-induced abscission in flower pedicels of Nicotiana tabacum L. cv. Little Turkish causes a progressive increase in peroxidase activity during the first 4 hours of a 5-hour time course ethylene ...

Researchers have uncovered the genetic pathway that controls abscission in the plant species Arabidopsis thaliana. The ability to control abscission in plants is of special interest to those in the ...