§Present address: Department of Pomology, National School of Agriculture, Meknes, BP S/40, Morocco Article Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both ...

Vanilla is a spice derived from orchids, writes Joanne Howdle. The orchid family is a sprawling conglomeration of 25,000 distinct species native to South and Central America and the Caribbean. The ...

Caffeine inheritance was investigated in F2 and BC1F1 generations between Coffea arabica var. Bourbon Vermelho (BV) and Coffea canephora var. Robusta 4x (R4x). The caffeine content of seeds and leaves ...

Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8198 – Evo-Eco-Paleo, F-59000 Lille, France Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Benátská 2, CZ-128 01 Prague, Czechia ...

In the present study, the correlation and presence of genetic interactions were studied in the F 3 and F 5 generations of two groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) crosses. Most of the characters studied ...

SAO PAULO, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Plant genetics company GDM has applied for registration in South Africa of 13 soy plant varieties after the country approved the use of a new GMO seed technology, ...

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Along with the pages of this volume, the reader will meet many more challenges than solutions, which we hope will motivate new studies and development of innovative approaches to improve coffee ...

The flowers of some species of orchids produce nectar as a reward for pollination, the process of transferring pollen from flower to flower. Epipactis albensis is an obligatory autogamous species, ...

Plant breeding is a decision-making discipline based on understanding project objectives. Genetic improvement projects can have two competing objectives: maximize the rate of genetic improvement and ...