Researchers at CU are teasing out the modern-day sunflower's genetic history. Humans and sunflowers go way back. American Indians first domesticated the plant — prized for its seeds, oil and beauty — ...
Sunflowers deliver a boatload of happiness with their sunny faces and there are many different varieties to try. Who doesn’t love a sunflower? Endlessly cheerful, radiating optimism, each flower is an ...
The domesticated sunflower, Helianthus annuus, is an important economic crop, yet molecular data regarding its evolution are limited. Here we review morphological, geographical, archaeological, and ...
A new CU Boulder-led study sheds light on the genetic mechanisms that allowed sunflowers to undergo a relatively rapid evolutionary transition from wild to domesticated in just over 5,000 years.
A variety of questions in population and evolutionary biology are studied using chloroplast DNA (cpDNA). The presumed maternal inheritance in angiosperms allows for certain assumptions and ...
Implementing solutions to climate change will require big ideas and an even bigger mobilization of resources, but high technology doesn’t always have the answers. Plant physiologist Laura Marek and ...
This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Abstract The yield, oil content and oil yield of sunflower is determined by the interactive relationship of crop year, hybrid and crop density ...
SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – Every fall, the North Shore of Lake Jesup transforms into a stunning sea of yellow as the “swamp sunflower” blooms in expansive shallow water marshes. This native wildflower, ...
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