Evaluation of Alpaca Yarns Dyed with Buddleja Coriaceous Dye and Metallic Mordants by Arturo Quispe-Quispe, Franklin Lozano, Luz María Pinche-Gonzales, Fulgencio Vilcanqui-Perez

“…In conclusion, <i>Buddleja coriacea</i> flowers provide an effective yellow dye, and when combined with various mordants, they allow for a variety of shades and hues in alpaca fiber yarns.…”
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Assessment of Chickpea (Cicer Arietinum L.) Growth and Yield Component by Application of Local Granular Organic Fertilizer, Peat and Inorganic Fertilizer: Comparative Study by Shara Salih Ali, Tara Salih Ali

“…The growth characteristics included the height of plant, number of branches, days to 50% flowering (days), days to physiological maturity (days) and yield components were:  pods number /plant, seed number/plant, seeds weight/plant (g), hundred seed weight (g) and grain yield (kg/ha. …”
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Bioactive compounds in blackberry fruits under the conditions of Central Russia by М. A. Мakarkina, О. A. Vetrova, L. A. Gruner, B. B. Kornilov

“…Blackberry is becoming increasingly popular in Russia for its rapid early-fruiting, high self-fertility and late flowering, contributing to longer consumption of fresh berries, a source of antioxidant compounds. …”
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Floral Calendar of Honeybee Plants in Kellem and West Wollega Zone, Western Ethiopia by Ofijan Tesfaye, Etenesh Mekonnen

“…This study was conducted targeting the identification and documentation of major honeybee floras and their flowering calendar. Midland and lowland agroecologies were purposively selected. …”
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The expression of powdery mildew resistance in spring bread wheat cultivars from the VIR collection of plant genetic resources by T. V. Lebedeva, E. V. Zuev, A. N. Brykova

“…The plants were inoculated at the seedlings, heading and flowering stages of plant development. The population of fungus was virulent to Pm1, Pm2, Pm3a-d, Pm4a-b, Pm5a, Pm6, Pm7, Pm8, Pm9, Pm16, Pm19 and avirulent to Pm12. …”
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Phytosanitary monitoring of the narrow-leaved lupine collection of VIR in the northwest of Russia by R. A. Abdullaev, M. A. Vishnyakova, G. P. Egorova, E. E. Radchenko

“…The degree of damage to plants by diseases and infestation by pests was assessed during the period of flowering, fruit formation and ripening using point scales.Results and conclusions. …”
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Comparative gametogenesis and genomic signatures associated with pollen sterility in the seedless mutant of grapevine by Siddhi Chavan, Satish Phalake, Sujata Tetali, Vitthal T. Barvkar, Ravindra Patil

“…Transcriptomic comparisons were performed during three developmental stages, including pre-flowering stage E-L 15, anthesis stage E-L 23, and berry formation E-L 31, to study altered developmental processes in the seedless mutant and ARI 516. …”
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Variability of morphological features and nuclear DNA content in haploids and doubled haploids of androgenic callus lines of rice (<I>Oryza sativa</I> L.) by M. V. Ilyushko, M. V. Skaptsov, M. V. Romashova

“…The number of panicles on a plant and the number of flowers on a panicle on two callus lines in the second or third group were increased. …”
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Outplanting Performance of the Bornean Tropical Indigenous Species Shorea macrophylla (de Vriese) P. S. Ashton in relation to Seedling Age by Mugunthan Perumal, Mohd Effendi Wasli, Soo Ying Ho

“…The 24-month-old seedlings will also be useful, especially during irregular flowering and unpredictable fruiting intervals. A further experimental study on other environmental factors that could influence the outplanting performance of the seedlings in the tropical forest restoration area of Sarawak, Malaysia, is necessary.…”
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Analysis of the VERNALIZATION-A1 exon-4 polymorphism in polyploid wheat by A. F. Muterko, E. A. Salina

“…In recent studies, an association of missense mutations within VERNALIZATION-A1 exon-4 with modulation of quantitative values of such agronomically valuable traits as frost tolerance, vernalization requirement duration and flowering time of wheat was shown. However, these investigations were carried out exclusively in T. aestivum varieties and have not covered other species of polyploid wheat and different VRN-A1 alleles. …”
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IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE GROWTH, YIELD, AND SUNFLOWER CULTIVAR PERFORMANCE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF PLANT DENSITY. by Sinan A. Abas, Zeyad A. Abdulhamed, Nihad M. Abood

“…The results indicated the superiority of the cultivar "Flami" with the shortest flowering duration at 66.78 and 62.51 days for the spring and autumn seasons, respectively. …”
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Assessment of drought resistance in sorghum CMS lines based on various sterility sources by O. P. Kibalnik, T. V. Larina, O. B. Kameneva, D. S. Semin

“…The indicators of the leaf water regime that reflected differentiated responses of the CMS-line plants to the prevailing water and temperature stressors during the critical flowering period for sorghum were analyzed. Four CMS lines were identified according to the chosen set of indicators: they manifested 71.13–72.02% of total water content, 5.26–9.08% of water deficit, and 57.40–83.17% of water retention capacity on average for the two years of research. …”
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On three cultivated subspecies of pea (Pisum sativum L.) by O. E. Kosterin

“…The subspecies P. sativum subsp. asiaticum practically misses diagnostic characters which are limited to small flowers with presence of some flavonoid pigmentation in the corolla. …”
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ABIOTIC STRESSORS AND THEIR EFFECT ON THE ACCUMULATION OF ASSIMILATES BY PLANTS AND THE YIELD OF VEGETABLE PEA by O. V. Putina, A. G. Besedin

“…Dry matter content was measured by drying the aerial parts of plants (axial organs, foliar apparatus [leaf, stipules], flowers, unripe beans, pod valves, grain) to constant dry matter at 105°C. …”
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Ecogeographic assessment of mung bean (<i>Vigna radiata</i> (L.) R. Wilczek) from the collection of the Vavilov Institute (VIR) by M. O. Burlyaeva, M. V. Gurkina, M. G. Samsonova, M. A. Vishnyakova

“…The genotypes with short periods from sprouting to flowering and from sprouting to maturation were the most resistant to environmental changes. …”
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Tomato Production under Synergistic Application of Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria and Phosphate Amendments by Dereje Haile, Bizuayehu Tesfaye, Fassil Assefa

“…PSB isolates showed positive interaction and achieved significant plant assays including plant height, leaves, branches, flowers, and fruit development. Isolate K-10-41 significantly promoted tomato plant height, floral development, and fruit yield, Mk-20-7 enhanced height and fruit weight whereas K-10-27 induced tomato fruit numbers. …”
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The Effects of Calcium Fertilizer Sprays during Fruit Development Stage on Pineapple Fruit Quality under Humid Tropical Climate by Supriyono Loekito, null Afandi, Auliana Afandi, Naomasa Nishimura, Hiroyuki Koyama, Masateru Senge

“…Four sources of calcium, chelated calcium, calcium nitrate (Ca(NO3)2), calcium chloride (CaCl2), each in 75 kg ha−1, and calcium boron (calcibor) of 10 L ha−1 mixed with 2000 L water, were directly sprayed onto individual fruit and crown, 75, 85, 95, and 105 days after forced flowering induction (forcing). The Smooth Cayenne “MD-2” pineapple cultivar was utilized for the experiment in a randomized complete block design with four replications and conducted at two different times. …”
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<i>In vitro</i> clonal micropropagation of selected <i>Malus niedzwetzkyana</i> Dieck forms demonstrating high resilience when introduced into urban environments by A. P. Belanova, Yu. G. Zaytseva, E. M. Lyakh

“…It was shown for M. niedzwetzkyana that the most favorable time for taking its plant material for introduction into in vitro culture is the beginning of the active growth of vegetative shoots after flowering. The most optimal sterilization technique for such plant material was a stepwise regime using alcohol, sodium hypochlorite, and silver nitrate: it provided from 50 to 70% of sterile explants and the maximum percentage of meristem proliferation. …”
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Biological peculiarities and cultivation of groundnut (a review) by N. V. Kishlyan, V. D. Bemova, T. V. Matveeva, V. A. Gavrilova

“…Special biological features of all peanut varieties are the presence of chasmogamous and cleistogamous flowers and the development of pods only underground (geocarpy). …”
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Life Stage‐ and Sex‐Specific Sensitivity to Nutritional Stress in a Holometabolous Insect by Leon Brueggemann, Pragya Singh, Caroline Müller

“…Larvae of the holometabolous turnip sawfly, Athalia rosae, consume leaves and flowers, while the adults take up nectar. We examined the effects of starvation experienced at different life stages on life‐history, adult behavioural and metabolic traits to determine which stage may be more sensitive and how specific these traits respond. …”
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