Morphological studies of rose prickles provide new insights
Horticulture Research, 2021 Prickles are common structures in plants that play a key role in defense against herbivores. In the Rosa genus, prickles are widely present with great diversity in terms of form and density. For cut rose production, prickles represent an important issue,
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Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura, 2021 Approximately 55% of the Rubus glaucus Benth (Andean blackberry) produced in Colombia is sold fresh and 10% is used in agroindustry. There are two types of cultivars for this species: Andean blackberries with prickles and ones without prickles.
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Deep Learning Based Tongue Prickles Detection in Traditional Chinese Medicine. [PDF]
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2022 Tongue diagnosis is a convenient and noninvasive clinical practice of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), having existed for thousands of years. Prickle, as an essential indicator in TCM, appears as a large number of red thorns protruding from the tongue.
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The morphology and sculpture of ossicles in the Cyclopteridae and Liparidae (Teleostei) of the Baltic Sea [PDF]
Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2010 Small to very small bones (ossicles) in one species each of the families Cyclopteridae and Liparidae (Cottiformes) of the Baltic Sea are described and for the first time illustrated with SEM images. These ossicles, mostly of dermal origin, include dermal
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RrTTG1 promotes fruit prickle development through an MBW complex in Rosa roxburghii [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 Fruit prickles are widely distributed on the pericarp and exhibit polymorphic traits at different developmental stages. Although they are multicellular appendages that are well-known for helping plants defend against biotic and abiotic stresses, their ...
Xiaolong Huang +13 more
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Solanum baumii (Solanaceae), a New Species From Northeastern Thailand [PDF]
The Scientific World JournalSolanum baumii Chatan and Promprom, a new species from Mukdahan Province, Phu Pha Yol National Park, northeastern Thailand, is morphologically described and illustrated.
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PE (Prickly Eggplant) encoding a cytokinin-activating enzyme responsible for the formation of prickles in eggplant. [PDF]
Hortic ResEggplant is one of the most important vegetables worldwide, with some varieties displaying prickles. These prickles, present on the leaves, stems, and fruit calyxes, posing challenges during cultivation, harvesting, and transportation, making them an ...
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Morphological Characterization of Prickled and Prickle-free Rubus Using Scanning Electron Microscopy [PDF]
HortScience, 2020 Caneberry crops (raspberry and blackberry) are globally commercialized specialty crops with a high fresh market value. Field management of canes and harvesting of fruits can be complicated by the presence of prickles (the botanically accurate term rather
Archana Khadgi , Courtney A. Weber
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Breeding Science, 2020 As prickles cause labour inefficiency during cultivation and scratches on the skin of fruits during transportation, they are considered undesirable traits of eggplant (Solanum melongena L.).
Jianzhong Wu, Yuichi Katayose
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Integrated transcriptomic and metabolomic analysis reveals the regulatory role of lignin biosynthesis in raspberry (Rubus niveus) prickle development [PDF]
BMC Plant BiologyBackground Prickles on raspberry (Rubus niveus) stems severely impede harvesting efficiency. To elucidate their formation mechanism, this study employed the thorny R.
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