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Exploring the versatility of lotus: a comprehensive review of utilisation patterns, genetics and agronomy aspects Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.) is an indigenous, aquatic-perennial with rhizomes that grow in the mud at the bottom of rivers, lakes and marshes...

Exploring the versatility of #lotus: a comprehensive #review of utilisation patterns, #genetic diversity, #crop improvement, & scientific aspects of cultivation.
To read this article in JHSB 100:6, visit: doi.org/10.1080/1462...

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Lotus seed heads and flowers 😍😎🌱

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A pink lotus flower surrounded by leaves

Exploring the versatility of #lotus: a comprehensive #review of utilisation patterns, #genetic diversity, #crop improvement, and scientific aspects of cultivation.

To read this new article in JHSB, visit: doi.org/10.1080/1462...

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A bright pink Nelumbo flower on the cover of the November issue of AJB.

The November issue of #AJB is available! Just look at the beautiful #Nelumbo flower on the cover! #SocietyJournal #PlantJoy #IAmABotanist bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15372197...

Lotus photographs from the ponds in my wildlife habitat areas. #lotus #flowers #gardening #nature #wildlifehabitat #nelumbo #Pittsburghgardener #riparian #ponds #photography #nelumbolutea

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Lotus photographs from the ponds in my wildlife habitat areas. #lotus #flowers #gardening #nature #wildlifehabitat #nelumbo #Pittsburghgardener #riparian #ponds #photography

Nelumbo flowers on the second day of flowering Nelumbo flowers open early in the morning and close before noon. This opening and closing movement is normally repeated for three days, after which all the petals fall off when the flower opens on the fourth day.Detailed observations of Nelumbo flower movement are limited. In “Structural changes in Nelumbo flower petals during opening and closing” in this issue, Ishizuna et al. carried out observation of petal cells during Nelumbo flowering. They found the Nelumbo petals opened and closed repeatedly as they elongated during the 4-day flowering period. The epidermal cells in the basal region of the inner petals on both axes, gradually increased in cell size during the flowering period through cycles of repeated increases as the petals opened and decreases as they closed.

Structural changes in #Nelumbo flower petals during opening & closing

New #AJB research by Fumiko Ishizuna, Ukin Yo, Natsumi Yoshimura, Atsushi Shirai, Toshihiro Aono, Nobuhiro Tsutsumi, Shin-Ichi Arimura & Hideki Takanashi

doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #lotus