Floral polymorphism in Chamaecrista flexuosa (Fabaceae-Caesalpinioideae): a possible case of atypical enantiostyly?

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plants are sessile organisms that have the ability to integrate external cues into metabolic and developmental signals. The cues initiate specific signal cascades that can enhance the tolerance of plants to stress, and these mechanisms are crucial to the survival and fitness of plants. The adaption of plants...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Pu X,Lv X,Tan T,Fu F,Qin G,Lin H

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The endemic tree Nothofagus alessandrii (Fagaceae) has been historically restricted to the coastal range of Region VII of central Chile, and its forests have been increasingly destroyed and fragmented since the end of the 19th century. In this study, the patterns of within- and among-population gene...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Torres-Díaz C,Ruiz E,González F,Fuentes G,Cavieres LA

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background and Aims:Knowledge of thermal acclimation of physiological processes of boreal tree species is necessary to determine their ability to adapt to predicted global warming and reduce the uncertainty around the anticipated feedbacks of forest ecosystems and global carbon cycle to climate change. The objective of...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Benomar L,Lamhamedi MS,Pepin S,Rainville A,Lambert MC,Margolis HA,Bousquet J,Beaulieu J

更新日期：2018-03-05 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：:The various pollen dispersal units (PDU) found in orchids are discussed together with possible evolutionary trends and the consequences for germination and fertilization. Orchids with monad and tetrad pollen form more complex dispersal units by means of pollenkitt, elastoviscin, a callosic wall, common walls or a comb...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Pacini E,Hesse M

更新日期：2002-06-01 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

abstract：:Young trees 0.03-1.7 m high of three coexisting Betula species were investigated in four sites of varying soil fertility, but all in full daylight, to separate nutrient and plant size controls on leaf dry mass per unit area (MA), light-saturated foliar photosynthetic electron transport rate (J) and the fraction of pla...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Niinemets U,Portsmuth A,Truus L

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flowering activity and sex expression of Bischofia javanica Blume were investigated for 3 years. B. javanica is an invasive dioecious tree of subtropical forests on the Bonin Islands in the western Pacific of Japan. The sex ratio showed a significant male bias (1.25-2.33). Smaller trees were significantly male biased,...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Yamashita N,Abe T

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Data are presented from 39 species of mosses and 16 liverworts for ratios of chlorophylls and total carotenoids, and light saturation of photosynthetic electron flow or photosynthetic CO2 uptake, in relation to the postulate that bryophyte cells in general show shade-plant characteristics. METHODS:...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Marschall M,Proctor MC

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:In spite of major breakthroughs in the last three decades in the identification of root nitrate uptake transporters in plants and the associated regulation of nitrate transport activities, a simplified and operational modelling approach for nitrate uptake is still lacking. This is due mainly to the ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Le Deunff E,Malagoli P

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Oat (Avena sativa) has human health benefits when consumed as a whole-grain food, attributed to the high content of (1,3;1,4)-β-d-glucan (mixed-linkage glucan [MLG]), but little is known about the synthase genes and synthesis mechanism of MLG polysaccharides in this species. METHODS:The concentrati...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Zhang J,Yan L,Liu M,Guo G,Wu B

更新日期：2020-10-22 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：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 AND AIMS:Previous studies on grass leaf tensile properties (behaviour during mechanical stress) have focused on agricultural applications such as resistance to trampling and palatability; no investigations have directly addressed mechanical properties during water stress, and hence these are the subject of t...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Balsamo RA,Willigen CV,Bauer AM,Farrant J

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The mode of reproduction (sexual vs. asexual) is likely to have important effects on genetic variation and its spatial distribution within plant populations. An investigation was undertaken of fine-scale clonal structure and diversity within patches of Ilex leucoclada (a clone-forming dioecious shru...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Torimaru T,Tomaru N

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The growth of crops in a mixture is more variable and difficult to predict than that in pure stands. Light partitioning and crop leaf area expansion play prominent roles in explaining this variability. However, in many crops commonly grown in mixtures, including the forage species alfalfa, the sensi...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Baldissera TC,Frak E,Carvalho PC,Louarn G

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Hydration, rupture and exine opening due to the sudden and large expansion of intine are typical of taxoid-type pollen grains. A hemispheric outgrowth external to the exine was observed on Cupressus and Juniperus pollen grains before the intine swelling and exine release. However, the actual existen...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Danti R,Della Rocca G,Calamassi R,Mori B,Mariotti Lippi M

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Archipelagos are unique systems for studying evolutionary processes promoting diversification and speciation. The islands of the Mediterranean basin are major areas of plant richness, including a high proportion of narrow endemics. Many endemic plants are currently found in rocky habitats, showing v...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Mayol M,Palau C,Rosselló JA,González-Martínez SC,Molins A,Riba M

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

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:Studying a process in a new species often relies on focusing our attention to a candidate gene, encoding a protein similar to one with a known function. Not all the choices seem to be prudent. SCOPE:This Viewpoint includes an overview of issues that are encountered during research of candidate genes. Defini...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Samach A

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:During the development of an even-aged plant population, the spatial distribution of individuals often changes from a clumped pattern to a random or regular one. The development of local size hierarchies in an Abies forest was analysed for a period of 47 years following a large disturbance in 1959. ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Suzuki SN,Kachi N,Suzuki J

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Sea level rise (SLR) associated with climate change is intensifying permanent submersion and salinity in salt marshes. In this scenario, hybridization between native and invasive species may result in hybrids having greater tolerance of abiotic stress factors than their parents. Thus, understanding ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Gallego-Tévar B,Grewell BJ,Futrell CJ,Drenovsky RE,Castillo JM

更新日期：2020-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：Background and Aims:Capsella is a model genus for studying the transition from outcrossing to selfing, with or without change in ploidy levels. The genomic consequences and changes in reproductive traits (selfing syndrome) associated with these shifts have been studied in depth. However, potential ecological divergence...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Petrone Mendoza S,Lascoux M,Glémin S

更新日期：2018-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Columella cells of seedlings of Zea mays L. cv. Bear Hybrid grown in the microgravity of orbital flight allocate significantly larger relative-volumes to hyaloplasm and lipid bodies, and significantly smaller relative-volumes to dictyosomes, plastids, and starch than do columella cells of seedlings grown at 1 g. The...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Moore R

更新日期：1990-01-01 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:Refugia are island-like habitats that are linked to long-term environmental stability and, as a result, high endemism. Conservation of refugia and endemism hotspots should be based on a deep ecological and evolutionary understanding of their functioning, which remains limited. Although functional traits can ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Keppel G,Ottaviani G,Harrison S,Wardell-Johnson GW,Marcantonio M,Mucina L

更新日期：2018-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Although it was generally assumed that Maxillaria spp. do not produce nectar, in recent years, nectar has been reported for a number of these orchids. Nevertheless, our current understanding of nectary structure and nectar secretion in Maxillaria is based solely on M. coccinea (Jacq.) L.O. Williams ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Davies KL,Stpiczyńska M,Gregg A

更新日期：2005-08-01 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:Post-anthesis colour change (PACC) is widely thought to be an adaptation to signal floral suitability to pollinators. Lotus filicaulis and Lotus sessilifolius are insect-pollinated herbaceous legumes with flowers that open yellow, shift to orange and finally red. This study examines the molecular ba...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Boehm MMA,Ojeda DI,Cronk QCB

更新日期：2017-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Alterations of plasmodesma (PD) connectivity are likely to be very important for plant development. Here, the repetitive division pattern of cambial initials in Populus nigra 'italica' was studied to follow the development of the PD network during maturation. Furthermore, seasonal changes were inves...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Fuchs M,van Bel AJ,Ehlers K

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00