Showing posts with label Plant Research. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Plant Research. Show all posts

Saturday, October 11, 2014

Role of Gibberellins in Dormancy and Germination

A hormone balance theory has been invoked in which ABA and GA act antagonistically to control both dormancy breakage and germination...

Friday, April 22, 2011

Diagnostic Tools for Plant Disease in Africa

Diagnostic tools, particularly for viruses in crops such as yams, cassava and plantain/banana, and for pathogen strain-fingerprinting were developed...

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Rice Research

From the 1950s to 1970s, in an effort to combat world hunger, plant breeders at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in the Philippines...