Feast or famine?
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The yields of rice which feeds more than half the people in the world are leveling out, as the demand for it is increasing rapidly with the growing population. No solutions have been found, despite the efforts on a variety of fronts, for improved nutrition and growth.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2004
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Plant development: the flowers that bloom in the spring
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To decide when to flower is of acute importance to plants and when plant species adopt different strategies, Sibum Sung and Richard M. Amasino investigated how such decisions are made at the molecular level.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2004
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Leaves by number
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The arrangement of the leaves and seeds occurs in Fibonacci series in many plant organs. Leaves originate at the tips of growing shoots in a self- renewing region known as shoot apical meristem.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2003
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