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Cover Caption: Special Issue: Leaf Senescence
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of integrative plant biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.734
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1744-7909
pISSN - 1672-9072
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2012.01151.x
Subject(s) - senescence , cover (algebra) , biology , ginkgo biloba , yield (engineering) , botany , microbiology and biotechnology , engineering , mechanical engineering , materials science , metallurgy
What controls the length of life? This fundamental question is perhaps even more complex in plants than in animals. This special issue focuses on leaf senescence, which is considered to be a model for the study of aging in plants. Regulation of leaf senescence is tightly linked to crop yield and bio‐energy development. The cover photo shows the leaf senescence in Ginkgo biloba (cover photo: Chun‐Ming Liu).