Biological rhythms are ubiquitous. They can be generated by circadian oscillators, which produce daily rhythms in physiology and behavior, as well as by developmental oscillators such as the segmentation clock, which ...

Lignocellulosic biomass from fast-growing plantation trees is composed of carbohydrate-rich materials deposited into plant cell walls in a coordinated manner during wood formation. The diversity and evolution of the ...

The increasing focus on plantation forestry as a renewable source of cellulosic biomass has emphasized the need for tools to study the unique biology of woody genera such as Eucalyptus, Populus and Pinus. The domestication ...

The anticipated climate change in South Africa is of great concern as Southern Africa appears to be warming at twice that of the global average, limiting maize production in the country and threatening food security in the ...