One thing fruit, flowers and leaves have in common is abscission. This word describes the way a plant gets rid of a part it no longer wants. Think of it like a dog or other animal that sheds its hair.

Wild cherry and other spring flowering trees are covered with white or pink blossoms. This has been a great spring for their ...

Trees create zones that “scissor” the leaf from the tree Shedding leaves starts when the tree forms an “abscission zone” where the leaf attaches to the twig or branch. The abscission layer ...

Plant growth regulators (PGRs) are natural or synthetic compounds that can influence various aspects of plant growth and ...

In other columns I’ve written about abscission, the botanical process that makes deciduous trees drop their dead leaves. But when something interferes with the natural process of a tree’s cell ...

As winter approaches, ethylene levels rise as auxin levels drop. The ethylene acts upon a thin layer of cells near the base of the leaf called the abscission zone, triggering the production of enzymes ...

Cytokinesis occurs after nuclear division and is the process that divides the cytoplasm to give rise to two new cells, each with one set of chromosomes. Cytokinesis begins with the contraction of ...

Professor Lada’s research is focused on Seed, Plant, Tree, Stress and Ecophysiology of various horticultural ecosystems (vegetables, fruits, siliviculture, medicinal aromatic plants, spices and ...

With the Faculty of Agriculture as a lead institution and the University of New Brunswick (UNB) as a partner in this initiative, several researchers began working on various projects, including tree ...

Dubrovsky, J.G., Ewing, N.N. 2000. The Promoter of Tomato Plasma Membrane H+-ATPase LHA2 Is Auxin-Responsive in Roots and Shoots and Drives Expression During Lateral Root Initiation and in Abscission ...