Endemic plant species are usually more vulnerable to anthropogenic threats and natural
changes and, therefore, hold a higher extinction risk. The preservation of these species is a …

Worldwide, many medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) are still collected from the wild and
only a small fraction of them are exclusively sourced from cultivation. This practice when …

Age and wounding are two major determinants for regeneration. In plants, the root
regeneration is triggered by wound-induced auxin biosynthesis. As plants age, the root …

Stevia rebaudiana is a valuable medicinal plant species and it is being used for the
treatment of diabetes. Currently, there is a high demand for raw material of this medicinal …

Plant cells are totipotent and competent to regenerate from differentiated organs. It has been
shown that two phytohormones, auxin and cytokinin, play critical roles within this process. As …

Highlights•miRNA plays crucial roles in plant developmental timing.•The timing mechanism
is evolutionarily conserved among plants.•Sugar is an emerging regulator for plant …

Sages are medicinal and aromatic plants that constitute a large pool from which active
compounds of great pharmaceutical potential can be derived, while at the same time, they …

North American oak species, with their characteristic strong episodic seasonal shoot growth,
are highly problematic for clonal micropropagation, resulting in the inability to achieve a …

In vitro propagation of northern red oak (Quercus rubra) shoots was successful from
cotyledonary node explants excised from 8-wk-old in vitro grown seedlings. Initially, four …

Salvia tomentosa is a perennial sage of the maquis vegetation, strongly aromatic, with
medicinal and ornamental value. Aiming to facilitate the promotion of the species in the …