Mathematical model of fructan biosynthesis and polymer length distribution in plants.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Recent developments in DNA sequencing, so-called next-generation sequencing (NGS) methods, can help the study of rare lineages that are known from museum specimens. Here, the taxonomy and evolution of the Malagasy grass lineage Chasechloa was investigated with the aid of NGS. METHODS:Full chloropla...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Silva C,Besnard G,Piot A,Razanatsoa J,Oliveira RP,Vorontsova MS

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Hordeum marinum is a species complex that includes the diploid subspecies marinum and both diploid and tetraploid forms of gussoneanum. Their relationships, the rank of the taxa and the origin of the polyploid forms remain points of debate. The present work reports a comparative karyotype analysis o...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Carmona A,Friero E,de Bustos A,Jouve N,Cuadrado A

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Litter is a key factor in structuring plant populations, through positive or negative interactions. The litter layer forms a mechanical barrier that is often strongly selective against individuals lacking hypocotyle plasticity. Litter composition also interacts with plant growth by providing benefic...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Baltzinger M,Archaux F,Dumas Y

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Despite concerns about the impact of rising sea levels and storm surge events on coastal ecosystems, there is remarkably little information on the response of terrestrial coastal plant species to seawater inundation. The aim of this study was to elucidate responses of a glycophyte (white clover, Tri...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： White AC,Colmer TD,Cawthray GR,Hanley ME

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Seeds of epiphytes must land on branches with suitable substrates and microclimates to germinate and for the resulting seedlings to survive. It is important to understand the fate of seeds and seedlings in order to model populations, but this is often neglected when only established plants are inclu...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Winkler M,Hülber K,Hietz P

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Nothoscordum gracile is an apomitic tetraploid widely distributed throughout the Americas and naturalized in many temperate regions of other continents. It has been suggested to form a species complex with sexual and apomictic N. nudicaule and N. macrostemon. Tetraploids of these species also share ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Souza LG,Crosa O,Speranza P,Guerra M

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

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:Initial release height and settling speed of diaspores are biologically controlled components which are key to modelling wind dispersal. Most Sphagnum (peat moss) species have explosive spore liberation. In this study, how capsule and spore sizes affect the height to which spores are propelled were ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Sundberg S

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Mikania micrantha, a climbing perennial weed of the family Asteraceae, is native to Latin America and is highly invasive in the tropical belt of Asia, Oceania and Australia. This study was framed to investigate the population structure of M. micrantha at a large spatial scale in Asia and to identify...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Banerjee AK,Hou Z,Lin Y,Lan W,Tan F,Xing F,Li G,Guo W,Huang Y

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) has indeterminate growth. The growth regulator mepiquat chloride (MC) is used worldwide to restrict vegetative growth and promote boll formation and yield. The effects of MC are modulated by complex interactions with growing conditions (nutrients, weather) and plant popul...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Gu S,Evers JB,Zhang L,Mao L,Zhang S,Zhao X,Liu S,van der Werf W,Li Z

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The balance between stochastic forces and negative frequency-dependent selection largely determines style morph frequencies in heterostylous populations. Investigation of morph frequencies at geographical range limits can provide insights into the forces maintaining the floral polymorphism, and the ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Costa J,Castro S,Loureiro J,Barrett SC

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Models assessing the prospects of plant species at the landscape level often focus primarily on the relationship between species dynamics and landscape structure. However, the short-term prospects of species with slow responses to landscape changes depend on the factors affecting local population dy...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Hemrová L,Cervenková Z,Münzbergová Z

更新日期：2012-11-01 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：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Mixed reproductive strategies may have evolved as a response of plants to cope with environmental variation. One example of a mixed reproductive strategy is dimorphic cleistogamy, where a single plant produces closed, obligately self-pollinated (CL) flowers and open, potentially outcrossed (CH) flow...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Munguía-Rosas MA,Parra-Tabla V,Ollerton J,Cervera JC

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants adjust their sink-organ growth rates, development and distribution of dry matter in response to whole-plant photosynthate status. To advance understanding of these processes, potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) plants were subjected to CO(2) and light flux treatments, and early tuber growth was assessed. Atmospheric ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Chen CT,Setter TL

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different gravity environments have been shown to significantly affect leaf-plantlet formation and asexual reproduction in Kalanchoë daigremontiana Ham. and Perr. In the present work, we investigated the effect of gravity at tissue and cell levels. Leaves and leaf-plantlets were cultured for different periods of time ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Pedroso MC,Durzan DJ

更新日期：2000-11-01 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: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：AIMS:The objective of the study was to characterize variations in proline, arginine, histidine, vegetative storage proteins, and cold-inducible gene expression in overwintering roots of field-grown alfalfa, in response to autumn defoliation, and in relation to spring regrowth and winter survival. METHODS:Field trials,...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Dhont C,Castonguay Y,Nadeau P,Bélanger G,Drapeau R,Laberge S,Avice JC,Chalifour FP

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Recent biodiversity research has focused on ecosystem processes, but less is known about responses of populations of individual plant species to changing community diversity and implications of genetic variation within species. To address these issues, effects of plant community diversity on the per...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Roscher C,Schumacher J,Weisser WW,Schulze ED

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Seeds of Grevillea linearifolia germinate following fire, and have seed-coat dormancy broken by smoke and heat shock. Smoke breaks seed coat dormancy in Emmenanthe penduliflora by altering the permeability of the seed coat to an internal germination inhibitor, which subsequently escapes. This model ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Briggs CL,Morris EC

更新日期：2008-04-01 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: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:Proteins containing the SPX (SYG1/Pho81/XPR1) domain are vital components in the phosphorus (P) signalling pathway, and regulate phosphate (Pi) homeostasis in plants. However, the characteristics and functions of GmSPX members in soybean (Glycine max) remain largely unknown. METHODS:BLAST searching...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Yao Z,Tian J,Liao H

更新日期：2014-09-01 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：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:White clover (Trifolium repens) is, due to nitrogen (N) fixation, important to the N dynamics of several northern temperate agroecosystems. This study aimed at monitoring growth and death of major white clover plant organs to assess their potential contribution to within-season N input and risk of o...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Sturite I,Henriksen TM,Breland TA

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The use of microarrays to characterize the transcript profile of Arabidopsis under various experimental conditions is rapidly expanding. This technique provides a huge amount of expression data, requiring bioinformatics tools to allow the proposal of working hypotheses. The aim of this study was to ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Gonzali S,Loreti E,Novi G,Poggi A,Alpi A,Perata P

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Despite a recent new classification, a stable phylogeny for the cycads has been elusive, particularly regarding resolution of Bowenia, Stangeria and Dioon. In this study, five single-copy nuclear genes (SCNGs) are applied to the phylogeny of the order Cycadales. The specific aim is to evaluate sever...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Salas-Leiva DE,Meerow AW,Calonje M,Griffith MP,Francisco-Ortega J,Nakamura K,Stevenson DW,Lewis CE,Namoff S

更新日期：2013-11-01 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:Organisms occupying the edges of natural geographical ranges usually survive at the extreme limits of their innate physiological tolerances. Extreme and prolonged fluctuations in environmental conditions, often associated with climate change and exacerbated at species' geographical range edges, are ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Sinclair EA,Statton J,Hovey R,Anthony JM,Dixon KW,Kendrick GA

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00