2. Material and Methods 2.1. Plant Material Yacon’s rhizophores were donated to the National Center for Natural Products Research by the University of Ribeirao Preto (UNAERP), Department of ...

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Explants or roots were subjected to daily stereomicroscopic observation to record the number of new emerging rhizophores and bifurcating roots. To determine root length elongation, the Petridish ...

Smilax fluminensis and S. syphilitica occur in forested areas and form thickened stems called rhizophores, following the classification proposed by Andreata and Menezes (1999) for S. quinquenervia.

Here, an overview of dichotomous branching is presented, occurring in structurally different apices of phylogenetically distant plants, and in various organs (e.g., shoots, roots, rhizophores).

In order to evaluate the involvement of fructans in drought tolerance, experiments were conducted using intact plants and excised rhizophores of Vernonia herbacea. The water content in rhizophores of ...

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