New terms in PO

[Adamse, Paulien]

For describing Arabidopsis it is quite relevant. Not just for mutants, but I needed it a lot to describe Arabidopsis mutants in my database.

Paulien

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Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 04:59
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Subject: Re: New terms in PO


At 9:15 PM -0500 9/2/04, Felipe Zapata wrote:
>Rosette leaf:
>Once again, from the definition, it looks like it refers to a 
>regular (normal) leaf growing in certain arrangement, not to a 
>different type of leaf.  If the internodes between leaves elongate 
>or not, that's a different issue.  Some plants grow 
>characteristically as rosette plants (e.g. plants in the high 
>peaks), nonetheless the leaves are "normal leaves".  If rosette leaf 
>is introduced to POC, why not alternate leaf? opposite leaf?

Maize folks use the term 'Rosette leaf' to describe the appearance of 
mutants defective in Gibberellic Acid synthesis or response.

	-Marty