Large clones on cliff faces: expanding by rhizomes through crevices.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Phenolic compounds contribute to food quality and have potential health benefits. Consequently, they are an important target of selection for Citrus species. Numerous studies on this subject have revealed new molecules, potential biosynthetic pathways and linkage between species. Although polyphenol...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Durand-Hulak M,Dugrand A,Duval T,Bidel LP,Jay-Allemand C,Froelicher Y,Bourgaud F,Fanciullino AL

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Light interception is closely related to canopy architecture. Few studies based on multi-view photography have been conducted in a field environment, particularly studies that link 3-D plant architecture with a radiation model to quantify the dynamic canopy light interception. In this study, we comb...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Zhu B,Liu F,Xie Z,Guo Y,Li B,Ma Y

更新日期：2020-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Theory for optimal allocation of foliar nitrogen (ONA) predicts that both nitrogen concentration and photosynthetic capacity will scale linearly with gradients of insolation within plant canopies. ONA is expected to allow plants to efficiently use both light and nitrogen. However, empirical data gen...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Posada JM,Lechowicz MJ,Kitajima K

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Modelling plant growth allows us to test hypotheses and carry out virtual experiments concerning plant growth processes that could otherwise take years in field conditions. The visualization of growth simulations allows us to see directly and vividly the outcome of a given model and provides us with an instr...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Fourcaud T,Zhang X,Stokes A,Lambers H,Körner C

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The effects of cotyledon damage on seedling growth and survival are relatively well established, but little is known about the effects on aspects of plant fitness such as seed number and size. Here the direct and indirect mechanisms linking cotyledon damage and plant fitness in the annual species Me...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Zhang S,Zhao C,Lamb EG

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Epipogium aphyllum is a Eurasian achlorophyllous, mycoheterotrophic forest orchid. Due to its rarity, it is often protected, and its biology is poorly known. The identity and pattern of colonization of fungal associates providing carbon to this orchid have not been studied previously. METHODS:Using...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Roy M,Yagame T,Yamato M,Iwase K,Heinz C,Faccio A,Bonfante P,Selosse MA

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The recent assembly of the complete sequence of the plastid genome of the model taxon Physcomitrella patens (Funariaceae, Bryophyta) revealed that a 71-kb fragment, encompassing much of the large single copy region, is inverted. This inversion of 57% of the genome is the largest rearrangement detect...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Goffinet B,Wickett NJ,Werner O,Ros RM,Shaw AJ,Cox CJ

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Mechanical perturbation is known to inhibit elongation of the inflorescence stem of Arabidopsis thaliana. The phenomenon has been reported widely for both herbaceous and woody plants, and has implications for how plants adjust their size and form to survive in mechanically perturbed environments. Wh...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Paul-Victor C,Rowe N

更新日期：2011-02-01 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 Aims:Root architecture development determines the sites in soil where roots provide input of carbon and take up water and solutes. However, root architecture is difficult to determine experimentally when grown in opaque soil. Thus, root architecture models have been widely used and been further developed...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Schnepf A,Leitner D,Landl M,Lobet G,Mai TH,Morandage S,Sheng C,Zörner M,Vanderborght J,Vereecken H

更新日期：2018-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Experimental drought is well documented to induce a decline in photosynthetic capacity. However, if given time to acclimate to low water availability, the photosynthetic responses of plants to low soil moisture content may differ from those found in short-term experiments. This study aims to test wh...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Zhou SX,Medlyn BE,Prentice IC

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trimenia moorei (Oliv.) Philipson is an andromonoecious liane with >0.40 of the total flower buds maturing as bisexual flowers. Male and bisexual flowers are strongly scented with pollen, anther sacs and receptacle scars testing positively for volatile emissions. Scent analyses detect over 20 components. The major fat...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Bernhardt P,Sage T,Weston P,Azuma H,Lam M,Thien LB,Bruhl J

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:As angiosperms became one of the megadiverse groups of macroscopic eukaryotes, they forged modern ecosystems and promoted the evolution of extant terrestrial biota. Unequal distribution of species among lineages suggests that diversification, the process that ultimately determines species richness, ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Magallón S,Sánchez-Reyes LL,Gómez-Acevedo SL

更新日期：2019-02-15 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:Plants with crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) can be divided into two groups according to the major carbohydrates used for malic acid synthesis, either polysaccharide (starch) or monosaccharide (hexose). This is related to the mechanism and affects energy metabolism in the two groups. In Kalanchoë ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Chen LS,Nose A

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Bamboo is well known for its fast growth and excellent mechanical performance, but the underlying relationships between its structure and properties are only partially known. Since it lacks secondary thickening, bamboo cannot use adaptive growth in the same way as a tree would in order to modify the...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Wang X,Keplinger T,Gierlinger N,Burgert I

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Our aim was to understand the environmental conditions of the emergence and radiation of early angiosperms. Such a question has long remained controversial because various approaches applied in the past have drawn conflicting images of early angiosperm ecology. METHODS:We provided a new perspective...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Pouteau R,Trueba S,Isnard S

更新日期：2020-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Recent studies of reproductive biology in ancient angiosperm lineages are beginning to shed light on the early evolution of flowering plants, but comparative studies are restricted by fragmented and meagre species representation in these angiosperm clades. In the present study, the progamic phase, f...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Lora J,Hormaza JI,Herrero M

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background and Aims:Silicon has been proven to exert beneficial effects on plant growth and stress tolerance, and silicon accumulation varies among different plant species. Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) is a widely used dicot model for silicon accumulation, but little is known about the molecular mechanism of its silicon ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Sun H,Duan Y,Qi X,Zhang L,Huo H,Gong H

更新日期：2018-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The evolution of interspecific reproductive barriers is crucial to understanding species evolution. This study examines the contribution of transitions between self-compatibility (SC) and self-incompatibility (SI) and genetic divergence in the evolution of reproductive barriers in Dendrobium, one of...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Pinheiro F,Cafasso D,Cozzolino S,Scopece G

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Characteristics of current-year shoot populations were examined for three mature trees of each of three deciduous broad-leaved species. For first-order branches (branches emerging from the vertical trunk) of the trees examined, lengths or diameters of all current-year shoots were measured. Total leaf mass and total cu...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Suzuki M

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Roots of the aquatic angiosperm Limnobium spongia (Bosc) Steud. were evaluated by light and electron microscopy to determine the distribution of organelle sedimentation towards gravity. Roots of Limnobium are strongly gravitropic. The rootcap consists of only two layers of cells. Although small amyloplasts are present...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Sack FD,Kim D,Stein B

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background and Aims:Root cortical senescence (RCS) is a poorly understood phenomenon with implications for adaptation to edaphic stress. It was hypothesized that RCS in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) is (1) accelerated by exogenous ethylene exposure; (2) accompanied by differential expression of ethylene synthesis and sig...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Schneider HM,Wojciechowski T,Postma JA,Brown KM,Lynch JP

更新日期：2018-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Photosystem II (PSII) is the light-driven water:plastoquinone oxidoreductase of oxygenic photosynthesis and is found in the thylakoid membrane of chloroplasts and cyanobacteria. Considerable attention is focused on how PSII is assembled in vivo and how it is repaired following irreversible damage by visible ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Nixon PJ,Michoux F,Yu J,Boehm M,Komenda J

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:When green coffee is stored for a prolonged time the coffee quality decreases distinctively. Apart from well-known 'off-notes' that arise from undesired oxidations of lipids, a typical 'flattening' of the cup quality is detectable. In order to elucidate the biological causes for this phenomenon, dif...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Selmar D,Bytof G,Knopp SE

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The coastal plain of Israel hosts the last few remaining populations of the endemic Iris atropurpurea (Iridaceae), a Red List species of high conservation priority. The flowers offer no nectar reward. Here the role of night-sheltering male solitary bees, honey-bees and female solitary bees as pollin...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Watts S,Sapir Y,Segal B,Dafni A

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Root diameter, especially apical diameter, plays an important role in root development and function. The variation in diameter between roots, and along roots, affects root structure and thus the root system's overall foraging performance. However, the effect of diameter variation on root elongation,...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Wu Q,Pagès L,Wu J

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The amount of DNA comprising the genome of an organism (its genome size) varies a remarkable 40 000-fold across eukaryotes, yet most groups are characterized by much narrower ranges (e.g. 14-fold in gymnosperms, 3- to 4-fold in mammals). Angiosperms stand out as one of the most variable groups with genome si...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Leitch IJ,Kahandawala I,Suda J,Hanson L,Ingrouille MJ,Chase MW,Fay MF

更新日期：2009-08-01 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：:This study describes the successive stages of development of branches from axillary buds in fully rooted plants of Trifolium repens grown in near optimal conditions, and the way in which this developmental pathway differs when nodal root formation is prevented as plants grow out from a rooted base. Cuttings of a singl...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Thomas RG,Hay MJ,Newton PC

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00