The cucurbit images (1515-1518) of the Villa Farnesina, Rome.

abstract：:Background and Aims Morphological variation in light-foraging strategies potentially plays important roles in efficient light utilization and carbon assimilation in spatially and temporally heterogeneous environments such as tropical moist forest understorey. By considering a suite of morphological traits at various h...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Laurans M,Vincent G

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Nitric oxide (NO) has been demonstrated to stimulate the activity of nitrate reductase (NR) in plant roots supplied with a low level of nitrate, and to affect proteins differently, depending on the ratio of NO to the level of protein. Nitrate has been suggested to regulate the level of NO in plants....

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Jin CW,Du ST,Zhang YS,Lin XY,Tang CX

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Land-use changes and associated extinction/colonization dynamics can have a large impact on population genetic diversity of plant species. The aim of this study was to investigate genetic diversity in a founding population of the self-incompatible forest herb Primula elatior and to elucidate the pro...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Jacquemyn H,Vandepitte K,Roldán-Ruiz I,Honnay O

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:During sexual reproduction in higher angiosperms, the pollen tubes are directed to the ovules in the pistil to deliver sperm cells. This pollen tube attraction is highly species specific, and a group of small secreted proteins, TfCRPs, are necessary for this process in Torenia fournieri. METHODS:A ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Kanaoka MM,Kawano N,Matsubara Y,Susaki D,Okuda S,Sasaki N,Higashiyama T

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Sarcocornia comprises about 28 species of perennial succulent halophytes distributed worldwide, mainly in saline environments of warm-temperate and subtropical regions. The genus is characterized by strongly reduced leaves and flowers, which cause taxonomic difficulties; however, species in the genu...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Steffen S,Ball P,Mucina L,Kadereit G

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Genome size (DNA C-value) data are key biodiversity characters of fundamental significance used in a wide variety of biological fields. Since 1976, Bennett and colleagues have made scattered published and unpublished genome size data more widely accessible by assembling them into user-friendly compi...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Zonneveld BJ,Leitch IJ,Bennett MD

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The pericarp weight comprises <17 % of wheat grain weight at harvest. The pericarp supports the hydration and nutrition of both the embryo and endosperm during early grain filling. However, studies of the pericarp and its association with final grain weight have been scarce. This research studied th...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Herrera J,Calderini DF

更新日期：2020-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Aluminium is toxic in acid soils because the soluble Al(3+) inhibits root growth. A mechanism of Al(3+) tolerance discovered in many plant species involves the release of organic anions from root apices. The Al(3+)-activated release of citrate from the root apices of Al(3+)-tolerant genotypes of bar...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Zhou G,Delhaize E,Zhou M,Ryan PR

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Xylem flows into most fruits decline as the fruit develop, with important effects on mineral and carbohydrate accumulation. It has been hypothesized that an increase in xylem hydraulic resistance (RT) contributes to this process. This study examined changes in RT that occur during development of the...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Mazzeo M,Dichio B,Clearwater MJ,Montanaro G,Xiloyannis C

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Buzz pollination involves explosive pollen release in response to vibration, usually by bees. The mechanism of pollen release is poorly understood, and it is not clear which component of vibration (acceleration, frequency, displacement or velocity) is critical; the role of buzz frequency has been pa...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Corbet SA,Huang SQ

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The ability of plant lineages to reach all continents contributes substantially to their evolutionary success. This is exemplified by the Poaceae, one of the most successful angiosperm families, in which most higher taxa (tribes, subfamilies) have global distributions. Due to the old age of the ocea...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Linder HP,Barker NP

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Brachypodium distachyon (Brachypodium) is a model system for studying cereal, bioenergy, forage and turf grasses. The genetic and evolutionary basis of the adaptation of this wild grass species to drought stress is largely unknown. Peroxidase (POD) may play a role in plant drought tolerance, but whe...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Luo N,Yu X,Nie G,Liu J,Jiang Y

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background and Aims:Within-plant spatial heterogeneity in the production of and demand for assimilates may have major implications for the formation of fruits. Spatial heterogeneity is related to organ age, but also to position on the plant. This study quantifies the variation in local carbohydrate availability for the...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Gu S,Zhang L,Yan Z,van der Werf W,Evers JB

更新日期：2018-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Global warming is gaining significance as a threat to natural and managed ecosystems since temperature is one of the major environmental factors affecting plant productivity. Hence, the effects of moderate temperature increase on the growth and development of the tomato plant (Lycopersicon esculentu...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Sato S,Kamiyama M,Iwata T,Makita N,Furukawa H,Ikeda H

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUNDS AND AIMS:The rhizosphere priming effect (RPE) has been explained from the perspective of microbial responses to root exudates and nutrient availability. This study introduced a chemical process that could also contribute to RPE: root exudates (organic acid ligands) could liberate mineral-protected carbon (C...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Xu Q,Wang X,Tang C

更新日期：2019-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Mating system is a primary determinant of the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of wild plant populations. Pollen limitation and loss of self-incompatibility genotypes can both act independently to reduce seed set and these effects are commonly observed in fragmented landscapes. This study used a...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Young AG,Broadhurst LM,Thrall PH

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transgene in Agrobacterium-mediated Cry1A(b)-transgenic rice plants has been detected and its chromosomal location determined by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Eight of the nine transgenic lines tested showed hybridization signals. Signals were located on regions of the chromosome in which fraction len...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Jin WW,Li ZY,Fang Q,Altosaar I,Liu LH,Song YC

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The cuticle of a limited number of plant species contains cutan, a chemically highly resistant biopolymer. As yet, the biosynthesis of cutan is not fully understood. Attempting to further unravel the origin of cutan, we analysed the chemical composition of enzymatically isolated cuticular membranes ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Leide J,Nierop KGJ,Deininger AC,Staiger S,Riederer M,de Leeuw JW

更新日期：2020-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The role of flower specialization in plant speciation and evolution remains controversial. In this study the evolution of flower traits restricting access to pollinators was analysed in the bifid toadflaxes (Linaria sect. Versicolores), a monophyletic group of ~30 species and subspecies with highly ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Fernández-Mazuecos M,Blanco-Pastor JL,Gómez JM,Vargas P

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The broomrapes, Orobanche sensu lato (Orobanchaceae), are common root parasites found across Eurasia, Africa and the Americas. All species native to the western hemisphere, recognized as Orobanche sections Gymnocaulis and Nothaphyllon, form a clade that has a centre of diversity in western North Ame...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Schneider AC,Colwell AE,Schneeweiss GM,Baldwin BG

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:and Aims Nassella trichotoma is an unpalatable perennial grass weed that invades disturbed native grasslands in temperate regions of south-eastern Australia. This experiment investigated whether elevated N levels, often associated with disturbance, increases the competitiveness of N. trichotoma relative to C...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Badgery WB,Kemp DR,Michalk DL,King WM

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Induction of dehydration tolerance is a key to achieving high survival rates in cryopreservation of plant specimens. It has been reported previously that two-step preculturing with sucrose effectively increased desiccation tolerance in axillary buds of gentian (Gentiana scabra), which allow the buds...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Suzuki M,Ishikawa M,Okuda H,Noda K,Kishimoto T,Nakamura T,Ogiwara I,Shimura I,Akihama T

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The sedge genus Carex, the most diversified angiosperm genus of the northern temperate zone, is renowned for its holocentric chromosomes and karyotype variability. The genus exhibits high variation in chromosome numbers both among and within species. Despite the possibility that this chromosome evol...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Escudero M,Weber JA,Hipp AL

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This light and electron microscope study revealed that leptosporangiate ferns have highly distinctive gametophyte-sporophyte junctions characterized by sporophytic haustoria, the absence of intraplacental spaces and degenerating cells, and the early appearance of wall ingrowths in both generations. Other notable cytol...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Duckett JG,Ligrone R

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Floral development is a powerful tool to infer homologies of floral organs and to understand floral evolution. Caryophyllaceae is a major family of core Caryophyllales that possesses petal-like structures (petaloids) with a great diversity in shape. The main purpose of this study is to determine the...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Wei L,Craene LR

更新日期：2019-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Bristol rock cress is among the few plant species in the British Isles considered to have a Mediterranean-montane element. Spatiotemporal patterns of colonization of the British Isles since the last interglacial and after the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) from mainland Europe are underexplored and have...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Koch MA,Möbus J,Klöcker CA,Lippert S,Ruppert L,Kiefer C

更新日期：2020-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Macaranga (Euphorbiaceae) is a large genus of dioecious trees with approx. 260 species. To date, only one pollination study of the genus has reported brood-site pollination by thrips in M. hullettii. In this study, the pollination system of Macaranga tanarius is reported. METHODS:The study was cond...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Ishida C,Kono M,Sakai S

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many areas throughout the world are simultaneously contaminated by high concentrations of soluble salts and by high concentrations of heavy metals that constitute a serious threat to human health. The use of plants to extract or stabilize pollutants is an interesting alternative to classical expensive decont...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Lutts S,Lefèvre I

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The study of soil biota in the context of exotic plant invasions has led to an explosion in our understanding of the ecological roles of many different groups of microbes that function in roots or at the root-soil interface. Part of this progress has been the emergence of two biogeographic patterns involving...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Rout ME,Callaway RM

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Pollination is a critical stage in plant reproduction and thus in the maintenance and evolution of species and communities. The Caatinga is the fourth largest ecosystem in Brazil, but despite its great extent and its importance few studies providing ecological information are available, with a notab...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Machado IC,Lopes AV

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00