<HTML dir=ltr><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=unicode">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16825" name=GENERATOR></HEAD>
<BODY>
<DIV id=idOWAReplyText87585 dir=ltr>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>I need to think about these as synonyms. Particularly sprout development which is no more then and axillary bud released from dormancy.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dennis</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV id=idSignature19625 dir=ltr><PRE>Dennis Wm. Stevenson
Vice President for Botanical Science
Editor, Botanical Review
Associate Editor, FLORA
Editor-in-Chief, Cladistics
New York Botanical Garden
2900 Southern Blvd. Bronx, NY 10458
Telephone: 718-817-8632 email: dws@nybg.org
http://www.plantsystematics.org/
http://plantnet.rbgsyd.gov.au/PlantNet/cycad/ http://www.nybg.org/science/scientist_profile.php?id_scientist=21
</PRE></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><BR>
<HR tabIndex=-1>
<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> po-dev-bounces@plantontology.org on behalf of Naama Menda<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thu 6/25/2009 10:29 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Chih-Wei Tung<BR><B>Cc:</B> Anuradha Pujar; po-dev@plantontology.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Po-dev] tuber developmental stages<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV>hi Chih-Wei,<BR><BR>I have a bunch of potato genes which are expressed in different tuber developmental stages (e.g. the potato pmt gene is expressed in small sprouts only <A href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16088399">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16088399</A>).<BR>These terms are not in PO.<BR><BR>how's:<BR>-sprout development<BR>-tuber initiation<BR>-tuber growth <BR>-tuber maturation<BR><BR><BR><A href="http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:wR_-xdH4-ykJ:www.ag.uidaho.edu/potato/PotatoProductionSystems/Topics/Growth%26Development.pdf+potato+tuber+growth+stages&cd=7&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a">http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:wR_-xdH4-ykJ:www.ag.uidaho.edu/potato/PotatoProductionSystems/Topics/Growth%26Development.pdf+potato+tuber+growth+stages&cd=7&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a</A><BR><BR>thanks! <BR>-Naama<BR><BR><BR clear=all>Naama Menda<BR>Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research<BR>Tower Rd<BR>Ithaca NY 14853<BR>USA<BR><BR>(607) 254 3569<BR>Sol Genomics Network<BR><A href="http://www.sgn.cornell.edu/">http://www.sgn.cornell.edu</A><BR><A href="mailto:nm249@cornell.edu">nm249@cornell.edu</A><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>