The common potato, Solanum tuberosum L., is the third most important food crop and is
grown and consumed worldwide. Indigenous cultivated (landrace) potatoes and wild potato …

Flower pollination algorithm (FPA) is a computational intelligence metaheuristic that takes its
metaphor from flowers proliferation role in plants. This paper provides a comprehensive …

Although the potential genetic risks associated with rare or endangered plants and small
populations have been discussed previously, the practical role of population genetics in …

This comprehensive textbook is illustrated with electron micrographs as well as many
photographs and line drawings and deals with the anatomy of a wide range of plants …

Phenological Patterns of Terrestrial Plants Page 1 Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 1985. 16:179-214
Copyright ? 1985 by Annual Reviews Inc. All rights reserved PHENOLOGICAL PATTERNS OF …

Global pollinator declines and land-use change can lead to pollination limitation with
implications for agricultural productivity. Hand pollination is used in agricultural production …

A chapter on trials and multiplication outlines the steps required for the accurate assessment
of varietal performance in designed experiments. Attention is drawn to the erroneous …

Dioecy, characterized by the presence of distinct male and female plants, is widespread in
angiosperms, being known in 37 out of Engler & Prantl's 51 orders (132). Yet botanists have …

Apart from their agronomic importance in hybrid seed production, mutations that encode
cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) provide a means to probe the role of the mitochondrion in …

Progress in studies of Cucurbitaceae since 1964 is reviewed, particular attention being paid
to the roles of seed-coat anatomy, palynology and phytochemistry in elucidating the …