Yes Ushadi Arabidopsis thaliana, the Drossophila of Plant kingdom, a model organism.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 2:02 AM, ushadi Micromini <[email protected]>wrote: > > why do I know the name arabidopsis so well.... > I walked around trying to remember... > and gave up, googling reminded me right away most studied plant for genome > .. > > > thanks > Usha di > > > dont seem to remember? > On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 6:03 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> *Olimarabidopsis pumila* (Celak.) Al-Shehbaz, O'Kane & R.A.Price, Novon >> 9: 303 1999. >> Syn: *Arabidopsis* *pumila* (Celak.) N.Busch; *Sisymbrium* *pumilum* >> Stephan; *Stenophragma* *pumilum* Celak. >> >> Distinctive species with small yellow flowers. Annual herb usually >> branched from base with suberect branches with small rigid hairs; basal >> leaves obovate-oblong, coarsely toothed, up to 5 cm long, short-petioled >> orsubsessile; upper few sessile, sagittate-amplexicaul; flowers yellow, >> barely 2.5 mm across, in up to 40 flowered racemes, elongating up to about >> 22 cm in fruit; pedicels 6-9 mm long, ascending; fruit linear, up to 2.5 cm >> long, hardly 1.5 mm or less broad, slightly upcurved, scabrous; seeds >> usually more than 30, 1 mm. >> >> Photographed from Balgarden, Srinagar, Kashmir in May, 2012. >> >> >> -- >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > > --
