Stigmatic fluid aids self-pollination in Roscoea debilis (Zingiberaceae): a new delayed selfing mechanism.

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：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:While nuclear DNA content variation and its phenotypic consequences have been well described for animals, vascular plants and macroalgae, much less about this topic is known regarding unicellular algae and protists in general. The dearth of data is especially pronounced when it comes to intraspecifi...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Čertnerová D,Škaloud P

更新日期：2020-10-30 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:Ecosystem-based flood defence including salt-marsh as a key component is increasingly applied worldwide due to its multifunctionality and cost-effectiveness. While numerous experiments have explored the wave-attenuation effects of salt-marsh plants critical to flood protection, little is known about...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Shao D,Zhou W,Bouma TJ,Asaeda T,Wang ZB,Liu X,Sun T,Cui B

更新日期：2020-02-03 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：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The persistence of plants inhabiting restricted alpine areas under climate change will depend upon many factors including levels of genetic variation in adaptive traits, population structure, and breeding system. METHODS:Using microsatellite markers, the genetic structure of populations of a relati...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Byars SG,Parsons Y,Hoffmann AA

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Opal phytoliths (microscopic silica bodies produced in and between the cells of many plants) are a very resilient, often preserved type of plant microfossil. With the exponentially growing number of phytolith studies, standardization of phytolith morphotype names and description is essential. As a first effo...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： International Committee for Phytolith Taxonomy (ICPT).

更新日期：2019-09-24 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:Tea (Camellia sinensis) is considered to be acid tolerant and prefers ammonium nutrition, but the interaction between root zone acidity and N form is not properly understood. The present study was performed to characterize their interaction with respect to growth and mineral nutrition. METHODS:Tea ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Ruan J,Gerendás J,Härdter R,Sattelmacher B

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The maize (Zea mays L.) kernel undergoes large changes in water content during its development. Whether such changes regulate the pattern of kernel development or are simply a consequence of it has not yet been established because other factors, such as assimilate supply, can also affect the rate and duration of kerne...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Borrás L,Westgate ME,Otegui ME

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The Arecoideae is the largest and most diverse of the five subfamilies of palms (Arecaceae/Palmae), containing >50 % of the species in the family. Despite its importance, phylogenetic relationships among Arecoideae are poorly understood. Here the most densely sampled phylogenetic analysis of Arecoid...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Baker WJ,Norup MV,Clarkson JJ,Couvreur TL,Dowe JL,Lewis CE,Pintaud JC,Savolainen V,Wilmot T,Chase MW

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Effects of cooling rates on bud frost hardiness have been studied but there is little information on bud responses to thawing. Since the cell wall pore size has been found to increase with boron (B) deficiency, B deficiency may affect the supercooling ability of buds in winter. METHODS:The effects of durati...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Räisänen M,Repo T,Lehto T

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Few studies have examined the dynamics of specialist plant-pollinator interactions at a geographical scale. This knowledge is crucial for a more general evolutionary and ecological understanding of specialized plant-pollinator systems. In the present study, variations in pollinator activity, assembl...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Cosacov A,Nattero J,Cocucci AA

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Grasslands are a major part of the global ecosystem, covering 37 % of the earth's terrestrial area. For a variety of reasons, mostly related to overgrazing and the resulting problems of soil erosion and weed encroachment, many of the world's natural grasslands are in poor condition and showing signs of degra...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： O'Mara FP

更新日期：2012-11-01 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：:Tylosema esculentum is a long-lived perennial species endemic to arid areas of southern Africa. Its potential as a crop species has long been recognized as a result of the high oil and protein content of its seeds. The reproductive biology and breeding systems of the species were investigated in wild and experimental ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Hartley ML,Tshamekeng E,Thomas SM

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Winter-flowering plants outside the tropics may experience a shortage of pollinator service, given that insect activity is largely limited by low temperature. Birds can be alternative pollinators for these plants, but experimental evidence for the pollination role of birds in winter-flowering plants...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Fang Q,Chen YZ,Huang SQ

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:A standardized methodology to assess the impacts of land-use changes on vegetation and ecosystem functioning is presented. It assumes that species traits are central to these impacts, and is designed to be applicable in different historical, climatic contexts and local settings. Preliminary results ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Garnier E,Lavorel S,Ansquer P,Castro H,Cruz P,Dolezal J,Eriksson O,Fortunel C,Freitas H,Golodets C,Grigulis K,Jouany C,Kazakou E,Kigel J,Kleyer M,Lehsten V,Leps J,Meier T,Pakeman R,Papadimitriou M,Papanastasis VP

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Archaeological evidence has revealed that barley (Hordeum vulgare) is one of the oldest crops used by ancient farmers. Studies of the time and place of barley domestication may help in understanding ancient human civilization. SCOPE:The studies of domesticated genes in crops have uncovered the mechanisms wh...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Pourkheirandish M,Komatsuda T

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:A meta-analysis of global change experiments in arctic tundra sites suggests that plant productivity and the cover of shrubs, grasses and dead plant material (i.e. litter) will increase and the cover of bryophytes will decrease in response to higher air temperatures. However, little is known about w...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Eckstein RL,Pereira E,Milbau A,Graae BJ

更新日期：2011-07-01 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:Under predicted climate change scenarios, increased temperatures are likely to predispose trees to leaf and other tissue damage, resulting in plant death and contraction of already narrow distribution ranges in many relictual species. The effects of predicted upward temperatures may be further exace...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Offord CA

更新日期：2011-08-01 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：: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:Grapevine (Vitis spp.) cold hardiness varies dynamically throughout the dormant season, primarily in response to changes in temperature. The development and possible uses of a discrete-dynamic model of bud cold hardiness for three Vitis genotypes are described. METHODS:Iterative methods were used t...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Ferguson JC,Tarara JM,Mills LJ,Grove GG,Keller M

更新日期：2011-03-01 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：AIMS AND BACKGROUND:While the temperature response of soil respiration (R(S)) has been well studied, the partitioning of heterotrophic respiration (R(H)) by soil microbes from autotrophic respiration (R(A)) by roots, known to have distinct temperature sensitivities, has been problematic. Further complexity stems from t...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Graham SL,Millard P,Hunt JE,Rogers GN,Whitehead D

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Backgrounds and Aims:Gain or loss of floral nectar, an innovation in floral traits, has occurred in diverse lineages of flowering plants, but the causes of reverse transitions (gain of nectar) remain unclear. Phylogenetic studies show multiple gains and losses of floral nectar in the species-rich genus Pedicularis. Her...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Tong ZY,Wang XP,Wu LY,Huang SQ

更新日期：2019-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Population and environmental pressure have imposed a great challenge on agriculture in China to explore innovative and effective solutions to its pressing plant nutritional problems. Plant nutriomics is a new frontier in plant biology that can provide innovative solutions for improving plant nutrient efficie...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Yan X,Wu P,Ling H,Xu G,Xu F,Zhang Q

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:According to the air-seeding hypothesis, embolism vulnerability in xylem elements is linked directly to bordered pit structure and functioning. To elucidate the adaptive potential of intervessel pits towards fluctuating environmental conditions, two mangrove species with a distinct ecological distri...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Schmitz N,Jansen S,Verheyden A,Kairo JG,Beeckman H,Koedam N

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00