A study co-authored by Tom Brutnell has identified a gene in the carotenoid pathway that helps determine the levels of provitamin A in corn seeds.
Maize seedlings were grown for three days under monochromatic red light. The lights were switched off and unidirectional blue light was given from the right. The time course of the movie is approximately 6 hours. Images by Keith Williams, a graduate student in the Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics.
Patrice Dubois is PhD candidate, Plant Breeding Department, Cornell University.
This image was composed using a fish eye photographic lens and stitching techniques with Adobe Photoshop.