Scientists have found that the plant hormone auxin governs the change from cell division at shoot tips to the development of female parts of a flower. Auxin levels are themselves controlled by the ...

Yannick M. Staedler, Peter H. Weston and Peter K. Endress Calycanthaceae, sister to all other Laurales, are the most distinct family of the order in their gynoecium structure (lateral placentation, ...

(Nara, Japan) Many human and animal foodstuffs, such as grains and fruits, derive from flowering plants. Flowers are formed from groups of dividing stem cells at the ends of shoots, and the division ...