Differential resistance among host and non-host species underlies the variable success of the hemi-parasitic plant Rhinanthus minor.

abstract：:Adventitious root development in lamina and midrib-petiole junction expiants of sugar beet cv. Primo was investigated using scanning electron microscopy and light microscopy. Primordia developed close to the vascular strands and areas of newly dividing cells (meristematic centres) were seen adjacent to the intrafascic...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Gürel E,Wren MJ

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Roots of Allium cepa L. grown in aerated water elongate rapidly, but are not graviresponsive. These roots (1) possess extensive columella tissues comprised of cells containing numerous sedimented amyloplasts, (2) lack mucilage on their tips, and (3) are characterized by a weakly polar movement of calcium (Ca) across ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Moore R,Fondren WM

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:X-ray fluorescence microscopy (XFM) is a powerful technique to elucidate the distribution of elements within plants. However, accumulated radiation exposure during analysis can lead to structural damage and experimental artefacts including elemental redistribution. To date, acceptable dose limits ha...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Jones MWM,Kopittke PM,Casey L,Reinhardt J,Blamey FPC,van der Ent A

更新日期：2020-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The aim of this paper was to verify the variation in the loss of seed dormancy during after-ripening and the interspecific and interpopulation variability in the degree of dormancy of seven wild and two cultivated rice species comprising 21 populations and two cultivars. METHODS:Four wild rice spec...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Veasey EA,Karasawa MG,Santos PP,Rosa MS,Mamani E,Oliveira GC

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The tam (tardy asynchronous meiosis) mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana, which exhibits a modified cytokinesis with a switch from simultaneous to successive cytokinesis, was used to perform a direct test of the implication of cytokinesis in aperture-pattern ontogeny of angiosperm pollen grains. The aper...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Albert B,Raquin C,Prigent M,Nadot S,Brisset F,Yang M,Ressayre A

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The diploid cytotype of Paspalum rufum (Poaceae) reproduces sexually and is self-sterile; however, recurrent autopolyploidization through 2n + n fertilization and the ability for reproduction via apomixis have been documented in one genotype of the species. The objectives of this work were to analys...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Delgado L,Galdeano F,Sartor ME,Quarin CL,Espinoza F,Ortiz JP

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:AmapSim is a tool that implements a structural plant growth model based on a botanical theory and simulates plant morphogenesis to produce accurate, complex and detailed plant architectures. This software is the result of more than a decade of research and development devoted to plant architecture. ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Barczi JF,Rey H,Caraglio Y,de Reffye P,Barthélémy D,Dong QX,Fourcaud T

更新日期：2008-05-01 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:Natural selection and genetic drift are important evolutionary forces in determining genetic and phenotypic differentiation in plant populations. The extent to which these two distinct evolutionary forces affect locally adaptive quantitative traits has been well studied in common plant and animal sp...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Ye Q,Tang F,Wei N,Yao X

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Watermelons, Citrullus species (Cucurbitaceae), are native to Africa and have been cultivated since ancient times. The fruit flesh of wild watermelons is watery, but typically hard-textured, pale-coloured and bland or bitter. The familiar sweet dessert watermelons, C. lanatus, featuring non-bitter, ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Paris HS

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:BACKGROUND AND AIMS Habitats in mountains are often isolated. Plants growing in these sites face severe dispersal limitations, but also difficulties for recruitment. The focus was laid on the magnitude of genetic differences among populations but also on the size of potentially occurring clones. METHODS:RAP...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Wesche K,Hensen I,Undrakh R

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The angiosperm family Myrtaceae comprises 17 tribes with more than half of the estimated 5500 species being referred to the fleshy-fruited and predominantly rainforest associated Syzygieae and Myrteae. Previous studies suggest that fleshy fruits have evolved separately in these lineages, whereas gen...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Biffin E,Lucas EJ,Craven LA,Ribeiro da Costa I,Harrington MG,Crisp MD

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Plants are expected to maximize their net photosynthetic gains and efficiently use available resources, but the fundamental principles governing trade-offs in suites of traits related to resource-use optimization remain uncertain. This study investigated whether Acer saccharum (sugar maple) saplings...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Posada JM,Sievänen R,Messier C,Perttunen J,Nikinmaa E,Lechowicz MJ

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Covalent linkages between xyloglucan and rhamnogalacturonan-I (RG-I) have been reported in the primary cell walls of cultured Rosa cells and may contribute to wall architecture. This study investigated whether this chemical feature is general to angiosperms or whether Rosa is unusual. * METHODS:Xyl...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Popper ZA,Fry SC

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:A reduction in offspring fitness resulting from mating between neighbours is interpreted as biparental inbreeding depression. However, little is known about the relationship between the parents' genetic relatedness and biparental inbreeding depression in their progeny in natural populations. This st...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Hirao AS

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background and Aims:How functional traits vary with environmental conditions is of fundamental importance in trait-based community ecology. However, how intraspecific variability in functional traits is connected to species distribution is not well understood. This study investigated inter- and intraspecific variation ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： He D,Chen Y,Zhao K,Cornelissen JHC,Chu C

更新日期：2018-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Species of the Nepenthaceae family are under-represented in studies of leaf traits and the consequent view of mineral nutrition and limitation in carnivorous plants. This study is aimed to complement existing data on leaf traits of carnivorous plants. METHODS:Physico-chemical properties, including ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Osunkoya OO,Daud SD,Di-Giusto B,Wimmer FL,Holige TM

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The aims of this study were to set up proliferation conditions for hairy roots of Coffea arabica regenerated after transformation by Agrobacterium rhizogenes strain A4-RS, and to carry out the morphological and molecular characterization of hairy root clones maintained over the long term. METHODS:A...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Alpizar E,Dechamp E,Lapeyre-Montes F,Guilhaumon C,Bertrand B,Jourdan C,Lashermes P,Etienne H

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND SCOPE:Models of nectar formation and exudation in multilayered nectaries with modified stomata or permeable cuticle are evaluated. In the current symplasmic model the pre-nectar moves from terminal phloem through the symplasm into the apoplasm (cell walls and intercellular spaces) with nectar formation b...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Vassilyev AE

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments were carried out at IGER, Aberystwyth, UK to investigate traits of direct relevance to the processes of overwintering and spring growth in white clover (Trifolium repens L.). The plant material used was derived from baseline populations of the cultivar AberHerald and survivor populations generated after 2-...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Collins RP,Helgadóttir A,Fothergill M,Rhodes I

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Late-acting self-incompatibility (LSI), in which selfed flowers fail to form fruits despite apparently successful growth of the pollen tubes to the ovules, is a contentious and still poorly understood phenomenon. Some studies have indicated pollen tube-pistil interactions, and major gene control. Ot...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Gibbs P,Bianchi MB,Taroda Ranga N

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:In a range of plant species, the distribution of individual mean fecundity is skewed and dominated by a few highly fecund individuals. Larger plants produce greater seed crops, but the exact nature of the relationship between size and reproductive patterns is poorly understood. This is especially cl...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Bogdziewicz M,Szymkowiak J,Calama R,Crone EE,Espelta JM,Lesica P,Marino S,Steele MA,Tenhumberg B,Tyre A,Żywiec M,Kelly D

更新日期：2020-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Water is an increasingly scarce resource that limits crop productivity in many parts of the world, and the frequency and severity of drought are predicted to increase as a result of climate change. Improving tolerance to drought stress is therefore important for maximizing future crop yields. The ai...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Marquez-Garcia B,Shaw D,Cooper JW,Karpinska B,Quain MD,Makgopa EM,Kunert K,Foyer CH

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Lomatium dissectum (Apiaceae) is a perennial, herbaceous plant of wide distribution in Western North America. At the time of dispersal, L. dissectum seeds are dormant and have under-developed embryos. The aims of this work were to determine the requirements for dormancy break and germination, to cha...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Scholten M,Donahue J,Shaw NL,Serpe MD

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The thermoregulatory flower of the Asian sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) can maintain a relatively stable temperature despite great variations in ambient temperature during anthesis. The thermoregulation has been hypothesized to offer a direct energy reward for pollinators in lotus flowers. This stu...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Li JK,Huang SQ

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Tillering has a significant effect on canopy development and, hence, on resource capture, crop growth and grain yield in sorghum. However, the physiological basis of tillering and its regulation by environmental effects are not fully understood. The objective of this study was to understand and quan...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Kim HK,van Oosterom E,Dingkuhn M,Luquet D,Hammer G

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Submerged plants composed of charophytes (green algae) and angiosperms develop dense vegetation in small, shallow lakes and in littoral zones of large lakes. Many small, oligotrophic plant species have declined due to drainage and fertilization of lakes, while some tall, eutrophic species have increased. Alt...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Sand-Jensen K,Andersen MR,Martinsen KT,Borum J,Kristensen E,Kragh T

更新日期：2019-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND SCOPE:Over more than 120 years of scientific study since Schimper's seminal work, the recognized categories of structurally dependent plants have changed several times. Currently, ignoring parasitic mistletoes, it is usual to distinguish four functional groups: (1) true epiphytes; (2) primary hemiepiphyt...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Zotz G

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Since the proposal of the cohesion theory there has been a paradox that the lumenal surface of vessels is rich in hydrophobic lignin, while tension in the rising sap requires adhesion to a hydrophilic surface. This study sought to characterize the strength of that adhesion in maize (Zea mays), the w...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： McCully M,Canny M,Baker A,Miller C

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Cypripedium flavum is a rare, endemic alpine slipper orchid of China, which is under threat from excessive collection and habitat changes. Conservation and re-introduction of C. flavum is restricted by lack of knowledge of the plant's photosynthesis and how that affects reproductive success. The hyp...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Zhang S,Hu H,Zhou Z,Xu K,Yan N,Li S

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00