Its main applications may remain in the study of fossil leaves, where poorly resolved vein networks are often all that is preserved, but it could also prove useful in field botany, where vegetative characters for quick taxonomic identification are important.
During preparation of a nomenclatural review of the genus, we found that some species of Argyreia are quite similar in their vegetative morphology leading to confusion in identification when only leaf and stem characters are available.
We hypothesize that more extensive sequencing of the vegetative libraries would lead to the identification of homologs of CTB genes such as those identified in C. nicotianae.
The two groups are distinguished by contrasting floral morphology associated with different pollination syndromes, but within each group vegetative features are more useful for species recognition and identification (Sandral et al. 2006).
A study on miRNA control of vegetative phase change in the gymnosperm Sequoia sempervirens and the identification of sRNAs also provide evidence supporting our results [ 1, 18].
Identification of genotypes with higher survival rate at vegetative stages can help to overcome yield reduction caused by stunted plant growth.
This study reports the identification and characterization of potato miRNAs in three different vegetative tissues and four stages of tuber development by high throughput sequencing.
For the identification of specifically expressed genes during anther development, five vegetative stages (mature leaf, Y leaf, root, 7 day old seedling and SAM) and five stages of seed development (S1, S2, S3, S4, S5) were compared with anther stages.
Comparison of these transcriptome profiles to an in-house generated microarray-based transcriptomics database comprising of 10 stages/tissues of vegetative as well as reproductive development in rice resulted in the identification of 1,000 genes specifically expressed in anther stages.
The vegetative parameter and variables extracted from remotely sensed images helps in the identification of subsurface manifest.
