Generally, when plants are wounded, they protect their inner tissues by forming a rigid protective layer composed of lignin and suberin. The team investigated why, in the abscission zone, plants ...

"Abscission is the process by which plants shed their organs -- petals, flowers, leaves, and fruit," said O. Rahul Patharkar, a postdoctoral fellow in the Division of Biological Sciences and lead ...

Environmental and hormonal physiology of postharvest needle abscission in Christmas trees. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences 35: 1-17. MacDonald MT and Rajasekaran L.R. 2015. Understanding the ...

Fruit abscission is pivotal for the vegetative and reproductive growth of fruit crop species and has been a focus of plant biology research from historical to modern times.

Mentor: Deidra Jacobsen, Ph.D. Plants must allocate a limited amount of resources among growth, reproduction, and defense. Resources devoted to flowers and fruits can depend on the relative benefit of ...

One thing fruit, flowers and leaves have in common is abscission. This word describes the way a plant gets rid of a part it no longer wants. Think of it like a dog or other animal that sheds its ...