Brassinosteroids represent a class of plant hormones with high-growth promoting activity. They are found at low levels in pollen, anthers, seeds, leaves, stems, roots, flowers, grain, and young vegetative tissues throughout ...

Calcium ions, calcium ionophores A23187 and ionomycin, as well as caffeine, stimulated the flowering of Pharbitis nil when applied just before and 2 h after starting a subinductive, 14-h long dark period. Effectiveness of ...

As overweight and obesity are a growing problem in industrialized societies, they become a main focus of many studies. The aim of this study was to determine whether there is an association between the occurrence of ...

The regulation of cytosolic Ca2+ has been investigated in growing root-hair cells of Sinapis alba L. with special emphasis on the role of the plasmamembrane Ca2+-ATPase. For this purpose, erythrosin B was used to inhibit ...