Forisomes are specialized structural phloem proteins that mediate sieve element occlusion after wounding exclusively in papilionoid legumes, but most studies of their structure and function have focused on the Old World...
Tag - Medicago truncatula
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Ontogeny and responses to apical damage
Plants can tolerate tissue loss through vigorous branching, often triggered by release from apical dominance and activation of lateral meristems. In the annual plant Medicago truncatula, Gruntman and Novoplansky show...
Modelling germination and emergence of Medicago
Modelling germination and emergence of <i>Medicago</i> Germination and early heterotrophic growth are the crucial steps in plant establishment. Brunel et al. phenotype several Medicago truncatula genotypes...
