Sentences with phrase «tomato as a model system»

Thus, the focus of research in the Giovannoni lab is molecular and genetic analysis of fruit ripening and related signal transduction systems, using tomato as the model system.

Much of the research uses tomato as a model system and the research aims to bridge basic science and practical applications geared towards enhancing fruit quality traits and food security.

Molecular and genetic analysis of fruit ripening and related signal transduction systems, using tomato as the model system

Map - based cloning in crop plants: tomato as a model system II.

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However, the modeling study showed that the mutually beneficial relationship between the flowering tomato plant and its bee pollinators — as well as the overall system — can persist through higher rates of herbivory than researchers had previously believed.

Tomatoes are an excellent model system for teaching concepts of genetics because of their vast diversity in traits such as color, size, shape, and flavor; their familiarity as a food; and their importance as an agricultural species.

tomato as this process results in bacterial speck, an economically important disease, and also serves as a powerful model system for understanding fundamental mechanisms involved in plant - pathogen interactions.

If you look around our school on a typical afternoon, you will see sixth graders studying botany and history by planting tomatoes in our garden and building models of ancient aqueduct systems, third graders using research to design proposals for more diverse books in our libraries, and kindergartners buzzing as they return from interviewing local business owners in downtown Durham.