Open AccessProgrammed Cell Death in Floral Organs: How and Why do Flowers Die?
Author(s) -
Hilary J. Rogers
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
annals of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 1095-8290
pISSN - 0305-7364
DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcj051
Subject(s) - biology , programmed cell death , microbiology and biotechnology , senescence , vacuole , petal , botany , apoptosis , genetics , cytoplasm
Flowers have a species-specific, limited life span with an irreversible programme of senescence, which is largely independent of environmental factors, unlike leaf senescence, which is much more closely linked with external stimuli.
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