There seems little doubt that nutritional changes due to disturbances in the growth-hormone relationships in a plant play an important role in fasciation. |
In all, with the exception of the first-named, the fasciation occurred in the inflorescence. |
In some species of Artabotrys, indeed, fasciation and curvation of the inflorescence are common. |
Fasciation is a term that has been used to describe a series of abnormal growth phenomena resulting from many different causes, all of which result in flattening of the main axis of the plant. |
The list which is appended is intended to show those plants in which fasciation has been most frequently observed. |
With classical methods, it took Devine 8 years to map a gene that makes soybean stems grow in a flattened, almost inside-out manner called fasciation. |