Plant nitrogen dynamics and nitrogen-use strategies under altered nitrogen seasonality and competition.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Mongolian Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica) is one of the principal species used for windbreak and sand stabilization in arid and semi-arid areas in northern China. A model-assisted analysis of its canopy architectural development and functions is valuable for better understanding its beh...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Wang F,Kang M,Lu Q,Letort V,Han H,Guo Y,de Reffye P,Li B

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An important function of the seed coat is to deliver nutrients to the embryo. To relate this function to anatomical characteristics, the developing seed coat of pea (Pisum sativum L.) was examined by light- and cryo-scanning electron microscopy (cryo-SEM) from the late pre-storage phase until the end of seed filling. ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Van Dongen JT,Ammerlaan AM,Wouterlood M,Van Aelst AC,Borstlap AC

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUNDS AND AIMS:Nitrogen nutrition of legumes, which relies both on atmospheric N2 and soil mineral N, remains a major limiting factor of growth. A decade ago, breeders tried to increase N uptake through hypernodulation. Despite their high nodule biomass, hypernodulating mutants were never shown to accumulate more...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Voisin AS,Bourion V,Duc G,Salon C

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Successful cryopreservation of bryophytes is linked to intrinsic desiccation tolerance and survival can be enhanced by pre-treatment with abscisic acid (ABA) and sucrose. The pioneer moss Ditrichum plumbicola is naturally subjected to desiccation in the field but showed unexpectedly low survival of ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Rowntree JK,Duckett JG,Mortimer CL,Ramsay MM,Pressel S

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Musa L. (Musaceae) is currently separated into five sections (Musa. Rhodochlamys, Callimusa, Australimusa and Ingentimusa) based on chromosome numbers and morphological characters. However, the validation of this classification system is questioned due to the common occurrence of hybridizations across sections and the...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Wong C,Kiew R,Argent G,Set O,Lee SK,Gan YY

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a recent paper, we described for the first time the effects of fruit on the expression of putative homologues of genes involved in flowering pathways. It was our aim to provide insight into the molecular mechanisms underlying alternate bearing in citrus. However, a bioinformatics-based critique of our and other rel...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Muñoz-Fambuena N,Mesejo C,González-Mas MC,Primo-Millo E,Agustí M,Iglesias DJ

更新日期：2013-03-01 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:Species in plant communities segregate along fine-scale hydrological gradients. Although this phenomenon is not unique to fynbos, this community regenerates after fire and therefore provides an opportunity to study the ecological genesis of hydrological niche segregation. METHODS:Following wildfire...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Silvertown J,Araya YN,Linder HP,Gowing DJ

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The regrowth dynamics after defoliation of the invasive grass Calamagrostis epigejos were studied. As nitrogen (N) reserves have been shown to play an important role during plant regrowth, the identity, location and relative importance for regrowth of N stores were determined in this rhizomatous gra...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Kavanová M,Gloser V

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The palm tribe Chamaedoreeae displays flowers arranged in a complex partial inflorescence called an acervulus. This type of partial inflorescence has so far not been reported elsewhere in the largest palm subfamily Arecoideae, which is traditionally characterized by flowers predominantly arranged in...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Ortega-Chávez N,Stauffer FW

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Synorganisation of floral organs, an important means in angiosperm flower evolution, is mostly realized by congenital or post-genital organ fusion. Intimate synorganisation of many floral organs without fusion, as present in Geranium robertianum, is poorly known and needs to be studied. Obdiplostemo...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Endress PK

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This Botanical Briefing reviews how the integration of palaeontology, geochemistry and developmental biology is providing a new mechanistic framework for interpreting the 40- to 50-million-year gap between the origination of vascular land plants and the advent of large (megaphyll) leaves, a long-standing puzzle in...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Beerling DJ

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:GPT2, a glucose 6-phosphate/phosphate translocator, plays an important role in environmental sensing in mature leaves of Arabidopsis thaliana. Its expression has also been detected in arabidopsis seeds and seedlings. In order to examine the role of this protein early in development, germination and ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Dyson BC,Webster RE,Johnson GN

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Kip-related-proteins (KRPs), negative regulators of cell division, have recently been discovered in plants but their in planta function is as yet unclear. In this study the spatial expression of all seven KRP genes in shoot apices of Arabidopsis thaliana were compared. METHODS:In situ hybridization...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Ormenese S,de Almeida Engler J,De Groodt R,De Veylder L,Inzé D,Jacqmard A

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The aim of this study was to investigate the importance of pyrophosphate (PPi) for plant metabolism and survival under low oxygen stress. Responses of roots of wild-type potato plants were compared with roots of transgenic plants containing decreased amounts of PPi as a result of the constitutive ex...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Mustroph A,Albrecht G,Hajirezaei M,Grimm B,Biemelt S

更新日期：2005-09-01 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:The optimal period for seedling emergence depends on factors such as habitat preference, life cycle and geographical distribution. This research was performed to clarify the role of temperature in regulating processes leading to seedling emergence of the European continental Scilla bifolia and the A...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Vandelook F,Van Assche JA

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 'Oxalis tuberosa alliance' is a group of Andean Oxalis species allied to the Andean tuber crop O. tuberosa Molina (Oxalidaceae), commonly known as 'oca'. As part of a larger project studying the origins of polyploidy and domestication of cultivated oca, flow cytometry was used to survey DNA ploidy levels among Bol...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Emshwiller E

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Fodder provision in species-rich grasslands, i.e. herbage growth, proportion of leaf, and leaf and stem digestibility, is difficult to predict for short periods of time, such as between two defoliations or less. The value of two methods based on plant traits for evaluating these agronomic properties...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Ansquer P,Duru M,Theau JP,Cruz P

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Afromontane forests host a unique biodiversity distributed in isolated high-elevation habitats within a matrix of rain forests or savannahs, yet they share a remarkable flora that raises questions about past connectivity between currently isolated forests. Here, we focused on the Podocarpus latifoli...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Migliore J,Lézine AM,Hardy OJ

更新日期：2020-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Seagrasses are marine, flowering plants with a hydrophilous pollination strategy. In these plants, successful mating requires dispersal of filamentous pollen grains through the water column to receptive stigmas. Approximately 40 % of seagrass species are monoecious, and therefore little pollen movem...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Sinclair EA,Gecan I,Krauss SL,Kendrick GA

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Different populations of the Mediterranean xerohalophyte species Atriplex halimus exhibit different levels of resistance to salt and osmotic stress depending on the nature of the osmocompatible solute they accumulate. There is, however, no conclusive description of the involvement of abscisic acid (...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Ben Hassine A,Ghanem ME,Bouzid S,Lutts S

更新日期：2009-10-01 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: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: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: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：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Global climate models predict decreases in leaf stomatal conductance and transpiration due to increases in atmospheric CO2. The consequences of these reductions are increases in soil moisture availability and continental scale run-off at decadal time-scales. Thus, a theory explaining the differentia...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Katul G,Manzoni S,Palmroth S,Oren R

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Transgene introgression from crops into wild relatives may increase the resistance of wild plants to herbicides, insects, etc. The chance of transgene introgression depends not only on the rate of hybridization and the establishment of hybrids in local wild populations, but also on the metapopulatio...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Rong J,Xu S,Meirmans PG,Vrieling K

更新日期：2013-11-01 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: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