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Meristems and Plant Growth
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2026
Plants grow throughout their lives; this is called indeterminate growth, and it distinguishes plants from most animals. Although certain parts of plants stop growing (e.g., leaves and flowers), others grow continuously—like roots and stems. Indeterminate growth in plants is enabled by meristems, tissues containing undifferentiated cells—called meristematic cells. When meristematic cells divide, some daughter cells remain in the meristem, ensuring a steady supply of undifferentiated cells.
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Floral-dip Transformation of Arabidopsis thaliana to Examine pTSO2::β-glucuronidase Reporter Gene Expression
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2010
This article illustrates the floral-dip method of Agrobacterium tumefaciens -mediated transformation of Arabidopsis thaliana. By introducing a cell-cycle regulated promoter-reporter, pTSO2::β-glucuronidase (GUS), into Arabidopsis, we illustrates how one detects GUS reporter expression in transgenic seedlings.
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Flavonoid Content During the Growth and Floral Development of Calendula officinalis L.
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2025
Here, we present the aluminum chloride colorimetric method, a direct analytical technique to determine flavonoids in calendula quantitatively. This approach utilizes a straightforward chemical reaction involving treating the calendula extract with an aluminum chloride reagent, forming a colored complex. The color intensity, assessed using spectrophotometry, correlates with the flavonoid concentration.
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Confocal Live Imaging of Shoot Apical Meristems from Different Plant Species
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2019
This protocol presents how to live image and analyze the shoot apical meristems from different plant species using laser scanning confocal microscopy.
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AFM-based Mapping of the Elastic Properties of Cell Walls: at Tissue, Cellular, and Subcellular Resolutions
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2014
We describe a method to map mechanical properties of plant tissues using an atomic force microscope (AFM). We focus on how to record mechanical changes that take place in cell walls during plant development at wide-field mesoscale, enabling these changes to be correlated with growth and morphogenesis.
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A shoot apical meristem changes from vegetative growth to reproductive growth, establishing the developmental context for flower formation. This transition redirects the meristem’s activity toward producing floral organs rather than continuing only vegetative development. Studying the change helps explain how plants regulate flowering and how developmental programs shift during the plant life cycle.
Organ formation proceeds in concentric whorls, which establish the spatial organization of sepals, petals, stamens, and carpels. Coordinated cell division and differentiation allow each organ type to occupy its characteristic position within the flower. This arrangement is important because floral architecture depends on both the identity of each organ and its placement relative to the others.
Genetic regulators and plant hormones help establish meristem identity, control where organs form, and support the transition toward a determinate structure. Their coordinated activity links developmental signals with patterns of cell division and differentiation. Understanding these controls clarifies how plants generate consistent floral form while coordinating the onset and progression of reproductive development.
Determinate development means that the meristem follows a defined program toward producing a flower rather than maintaining indefinite growth as a vegetative shoot. This distinction helps explain how reproductive structures acquire an organized endpoint. Comparing these developmental states provides insight into how plants regulate form and redirect meristem activity during flowering.
Floral meristems connect developmental regulation with the production of reproductive structures, making them relevant to crop breeding and yield improvement. Research can examine how flowering transitions, organ formation, and meristem control contribute to plant reproduction. This knowledge supports efforts to understand and improve traits associated with flowering and the formation of crop reproductive organs.
Research on floral meristems reveals how plants coordinate cell division, differentiation, organ position, and reproductive development. It also shows how genetic regulators and hormones contribute to the final architecture of a flower. These findings provide broader insight into plant form, linking molecular and developmental regulation with visible structures that support reproduction.