Mature seed coats of representatives of all three genera of Musaceae were analysed for macromolecular composition with various mass spectrometric techniques and compared with scanning electron ...

Large areas of desert grasslands in the southwestern United States have shifted to sparse shrublands dominated by drought-tolerant woody species over the last 150 yr, accompanied by accelerated soil ...

A number of plants disperse their seeds in a rather artistic way: the seed capsules of the ice plant Delosperma nakurense, for instance, unfold lids over the seed compartments in the manner of a ...