A research team has made significant strides in understanding the mechanisms of fruit abscission in woody fruit crops, an essential process affecting fruit yield and economic value. This review ...

The dose—response and time relationship of red and far-red light in the inhibition and promotion, respectively, of dark-induced leaf abscission was quantified using cuttings of coleus (Coleus Blumei ...

Plant abscission represents a finely orchestrated developmental process whereby plants shed organs such as leaves, flowers or fruit. This process is mediated by a specialised layer of cells, known as ...

Researchers have uncovered the genetic pathway that controls abscission in the plant species Arabidopsis thaliana. The ability to control abscission in plants is of special interest to those in the ...

Abscission is the consequence of a specialized layer of cells undergoing a complex series of molecular and biochemical events. Analysis of the specific molecular changes associated with abscission is ...

During the final stage of cell division, the future daughter cells are physically separated through abscission. This process requires coordination of many molecular machines, including endocytic and ...

Whether it's beautiful red and yellow leaves falling during the autumn months, or a ripened fruit dropping from a tree, this natural process is called abscission. In the fall, as days shorten and ...