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Nicholas H Battey

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PubMed2003

Plant culture: thirteen seasonal pieces. February--constructing a corymb.

According to Robert Graves' mythological interpretation of the seasonal cycle, February is associated with the rowan tree. Corymb is the systematic name for the rowan inflorescence that produces the distinctive group of orange berries. The corymb, a gently domed cluster, is related to a panicle and an anthela, differing from them in the extent of upgrowth of the inflorescence branches. Soon, molecular biology will provide a gene-driven description of each inflorescence structure. This advance illustrates the progress of science: previous issues of inflorescence classification are not resolved, but a new system, reflecting the availability of new technology, is established. The artist and poet William Blake remarked that it is better to invent a system, than be enslaved by that of another. He also railed against science for its improper restriction to the imagination.

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PubMed2002

Molecular control and variation in the floral transition.

The common controls that are involved in both vegetative and floral development are becoming apparent at the molecular level. Intriguing links are also emerging between developmental events during the juvenile/adult and floral transitions. This progress has made it possible to test the annual model of floral transition in a wide range of plant species, including those that flower perennially.

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