Against the odds: complete outcrossing in a monoecious clonal seagrass Posidonia australis (Posidoniaceae).

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Latewood formation in conifers occurs during the later part of the growing season, when the cell division activity of the cambium declines. Changes in temperature might be important for wood formation in trees. Therefore, the effects of a rapid decrease in temperature on cellular morphology of trach...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Begum S,Nakaba S,Yamagishi Y,Yamane K,Islam MA,Oribe Y,Ko JH,Jin HO,Funada R

更新日期：2012-09-01 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:Plants usually compete with neighbouring plants for resources such as light as well as defend themselves against herbivorous insects. This requires investment of limiting resources, resulting in optimal resource distribution patterns and trade-offs between growth- and defence-related traits. A plant...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： de Vries J,Poelman EH,Anten N,Evers JB

更新日期：2018-04-18 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:Differences in the mating systems and the mechanisms of reproductive isolation between Chamaecrista desvauxii var. graminea and C. desvauxii var. latistipula were examined in the Chapada Diamantina, Brazil. These taxa occur sympatrically, and their populations demonstrate marked morphological differ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Costa CB,Lambert SM,Borba EL,de Queiroz LP

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Water deficit and salinity stresses are often experienced by plants concurrently; however, knowledge is limited about the effects of combined salinity and water deficit stress in plants, and especially in C4 bioenergy crops. Here we aim to understand how diverse drought tolerance traits may deliver ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Stavridou E,Webster RJ,Robson PRH

更新日期：2019-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Brassicaceae, with nearly 340 genera and more than 3350 species, anchors the low range of angiosperm genome sizes. The relatively narrow range of DNA content (0.16 pg < 1C < 1.95 pg) was maintained in spite of extensive chromosomal change. The aim of this study was to erect a cytological and molecul...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Johnston JS,Pepper AE,Hall AE,Chen ZJ,Hodnett G,Drabek J,Lopez R,Price HJ

更新日期：2005-01-01 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

abstract：:Experiments were carried out at IGER, Aberystwyth, UK to investigate traits of direct relevance to the processes of overwintering and spring growth in white clover (Trifolium repens L.). The plant material used was derived from baseline populations of the cultivar AberHerald and survivor populations generated after 2-...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Collins RP,Helgadóttir A,Fothergill M,Rhodes I

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The Marantaceae (550 spp.) is the most derived family in the order Zingiberales and exhibits a complex explosive pollination mechanism. To understand the evolutionary significance of this unique process of pollen transfer, comparative morphological and ecological studies were conducted in Gabon. ME...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Ley AC,Classen-Bockhoff R

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The role of flower specialization in plant speciation and evolution remains controversial. In this study the evolution of flower traits restricting access to pollinators was analysed in the bifid toadflaxes (Linaria sect. Versicolores), a monophyletic group of ~30 species and subspecies with highly ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Fernández-Mazuecos M,Blanco-Pastor JL,Gómez JM,Vargas P

更新日期：2013-12-01 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：Background and Aims:During the growing season, the cambium of conifer trees produces successive rows of xylem cells, the tracheids, that sequentially pass through the phases of enlargement and secondary wall thickening before dying and becoming functional. Climate variability can strongly influence the kinetics of morp...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Castagneri D,Fonti P,von Arx G,Carrer M

更新日期：2017-04-01 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:The wild progenitors of the Near Eastern legumes have low germination rates mediated by hardseededness. Hence it was argued that cultivation of these wild legumes would probably result in no yield gain. Based on the meagre natural yield of wild lentil and its poor germination, it was suggested that ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Abbo S,Rachamim E,Zehavi Y,Zezak I,Lev-Yadun S,Gopher A

更新日期：2011-06-01 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：:Roots of Allium cepa L. grown in aerated water elongate rapidly, but are not graviresponsive. These roots (1) possess extensive columella tissues comprised of cells containing numerous sedimented amyloplasts, (2) lack mucilage on their tips, and (3) are characterized by a weakly polar movement of calcium (Ca) across ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Moore R,Fondren WM

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The coexistence of forest tree species has often been linked to differences among species in terms of their response to light availability during the regeneration stage. From this perspective, species coexistence results from growth-growth or mortality-growth trade-offs along spatial light gradients...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Van Couwenberghe R,Gégout JC,Lacombe E,Collet C

更新日期：2013-11-01 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:Most Neotropical species of Malpighiaceae produce floral fatty oils in calyx glands to attract pollinating oil-collecting bees, which depend on this resource for reproduction. This specialized type of pollination system tends to be lost in members of the family that occur outside the geographic dist...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Cappellari SC,Haleem MA,Marsaioli AJ,Tidon R,Simpson BB

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The oomycete Aphanomyces euteiches causes up to 80 % crop loss in pea (Pisum sativum). Aphanomyces euteiches invades the root system leading to a complete arrest of root growth and ultimately to plant death. To date, disease control measures are limited to crop rotation and no resistant pea lines ar...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Cannesan MA,Gangneux C,Lanoue A,Giron D,Laval K,Hawes M,Driouich A,Vicré-Gibouin M

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Xylem flows into most fruits decline as the fruit develop, with important effects on mineral and carbohydrate accumulation. It has been hypothesized that an increase in xylem hydraulic resistance (RT) contributes to this process. This study examined changes in RT that occur during development of the...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Mazzeo M,Dichio B,Clearwater MJ,Montanaro G,Xiloyannis C

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Insufficient pollination is a function of quantity and quality of pollen receipt, and the relative contribution of each to pollen limitation may vary with intrinsic plant traits and extrinsic ecological properties. Community-level studies are essential to evaluate variation across species in quality...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Alonso C,Navarro-Fernández CM,Arceo-Gómez G,Meindl GA,Parra-Tabla V,Ashman TL

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudovivipary is an asexual reproductive strategy exhibited by some arctic/alpine grasses in which leafy plantlets are produced in place of seeds, with genetic conservation an advantage for stress tolerators in these nutrient-poor habitats. Photosynthetic metabolism and the development of this reproductive system wer...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Pierce S,Stirling CM,Baxter R

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Species and hybrids of the genus Miscanthus contain attributes that make them front-runners among current selections of dedicated bioenergy crops. A key trait for plant biomass conversion to biofuels and biomaterials is cell-wall quality; however, knowledge of cell-wall composition and biology in Mi...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： da Costa RM,Lee SJ,Allison GG,Hazen SP,Winters A,Bosch M

更新日期：2014-10-01 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：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: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:A brief review is given of Peter W. Barlows' contributions to research on gravity tide-related phenomena in plant biology, or 'selenonastic' effects as he called them, including his early research on root growth. Also, new results are presented here from long-term recordings of spontaneous ultra-weak light e...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Gallep CM,Viana JF,Cifra M,Clarke D,Robert D

更新日期：2018-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low phosphorus (P) availability is a major constraint to soybean growth and production. Developing P-efficient soybean varieties that can efficiently utilize native P and added P in the soils would be a sustainable and economical approach to soybean production. SCOPE:This review summarizes the possible mech...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Wang X,Yan X,Liao H

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00