Background Obtaining an optimal flower temperature can be crucial for plant reproduction
because temperature mediates flower growth and development, pollen and ovule viability …

Since the publication of the third edition of the Handbook of Plant and Crop Stress,
continuous discoveries in the fields of plant and crop environmental stresses and their …

Plants are constantly exposed to a multitude of external signals, including light. The
information contained within the full spectrum of light is perceived by a battery of …

Phalaenopsis is an important ornamental pot plant for the global horticultural market. The
inflorescences of Phalaenopsis horticultural hybrids require support from a stick during plant …

In the course of evolution, plants have developed mechanisms that orient their organs
toward the incoming light. At the seedling stage, positive phototropism is mainly regulated by …

There is a growing realization that ecological interactions take place at many scales, from
acorns to forests, and that formerly overlooked community members, particularly microbes …

Many plant species orient their flowers to the Sun. Such orientations may be dynamic
(heliotropism or solar tracking) or static, adopting fixed non-random azimuths to points on …

Inflorescence movements in response to natural gradients of sunlight are frequently
observed in the plant kingdom and are suggested to contribute to reproductive success …

E-mail: etikhmenev@ bk. ru temperature regimes within flowers and stems show that
insolation (solar) warming results in tempera-flowers and stems show that insolation (solar) …

Heliotropism of flowers is thought to provide a reproductive advantage to individuals of many
species; yet, there are few clear demonstrations of a fitness advantage provided by …