• Fragmentary Blue: Resolving the Rarity Paradox in Flower Colors 

      Dyer, Adrian G.; Jentsch, Anke; Burd, Martin; Garcia, Jair E.; Giejsztowt, Justyna; Camargo, Maria G. G.; Tjørve, Even; Tjørve, Kathleen M. C,; White, Peter; Shrestha, Mani (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Blue is a favored color of many humans. While blue skies and oceans are a common visual experience, this color is less frequently observed in flowers. We first review how blue has been important in human culture, and thus ...
    • Long-Term Storage and Longevity of Orthodox Seeds: A Systematic Review 

      Solberg, Svein Øivind; Yndgaard, Flemming; Andreasen, Christian; von Bothmer, Roland; Loskutov, Igor; Asdal, Åsmund (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      As part of conservation of plant genetic resources, long-term storage of seeds is highly relevant for genebanks. Here we present a systematic review and a meta-analysis of studies on seed longevity focusing on half-life ...
    • Membrane-anchored calpains – hidden regulators of growth and development beyond plants? 

      Safranek, Martin; Shumbusho, Alain; Johansen, Wenche; Sarkanova, Julia; Vosko, Stanislav; Bokor, Boris; Jasik, Jan; Demko, Viktor (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Calpains are modulatory proteases that modify diverse cellular substrates and play essential roles in eukaryots. The best studied are animal cytosolic calpains. Here, we focus on enigmatic membrane-anchored calpains, their ...
    • World Vegetable Center Eggplant Collection: Origin, Composition, Seed Dissemination and Utilization in Breeding 

      Taher, Dalia; Solberg, Svein Øivind; Prohens, Jaime; Chou, Yu-yu; Rakha, Mohamed; Wu, Tien-hor (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Eggplant is the fifth most economically important solanaceous crop after potato, tomato, pepper, and tobacco. Apart from the well-known brinjal eggplant (Solanum melongena L.), two other under-utilized eggplant species, ...