Plants regularly have unprotected sex. How do they avoid unwanted infections?
Tag - Nicotiana
Alun Salt
Where in the epidermis would you find chloroplasts?
There are several answers to this question. I expect all of you to say guard cells. Those of you who’ve read the previous item about chlorophagy might also be tempted to say plant vacuoles – presumably of guard cells...
Nigel Chaffey
Floral colour evolution in Nicotiana polyploids
Do floral colour shifts accompany allopolyploidy (interspecific hybridization and genome multiplication) in the genus Nicotiana (Solanaceae)?
botanyone
Reactions of Nicotiana species to inoculation with begomoviruses
The inability of begomoviruses to systemically infect several Nicotiana species is likely due to inhibition of virus movement rather than replication and provides a novel model to study virus-host interactions in...
annbot
S-RNase-based self-incompatibility (Review)
S-RNase-based self-incompatibility (SI) occurs in the Solanaceae, Rosaceae and Plantaginaceae, with S-RNases determining the specificity of pollen rejection in the pistil and S-locus F-box proteins fulfilling this...
Plant cell biology in the frame!
Notwithstanding the centuries we’ve spent peering at, poking, prodding and penetrating the inner workings of plant cells with various types of microscopes and decades undertaking investigations at the sub-cellular...
