Rosary Pea is a plant famous for its bright red seeds with a black spot, often used in jewelry. However, these seeds are highly poisonous because they contain a toxin called abrin. If the seeds ...

Fam­i­ly mem­bers share more than just sim­i­lar looks. You may recog­nise that you have your fa­ther’s nose or your moth­er’s eyes, but there are some traits that may have been passed along to you ...

Agriculture is the cultivation of plants, animals, and some other organisms, such as fungi, for the production of food, fibre, fuel, and medicines used by society. There is interest in methods to ...

Traits investigated included the number of fruits per plant and soluble solids. Factor regression and principal component analysis were employed to quantify the influence of maximum and minimum ...

As a classic model plant and the second most important grain legume, pea (Pisum sativum L., 2n = 14) has been widely used in genetics and developmental biology studies since Mendel (Kreplak et al., ...