Foliar nectar enhances plant-mite mutualisms: the effect of leaf sugar on the control of powdery mildew by domatia-inhabiting mites.

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:Plants respond to the spatial and temporal heterogeneity of a resource supply. However, their responses will depend on intraspecific competition for resource acquisition. Although plants are subject to various intensities of intraspecific competition, most studies of resource heterogeneity have been...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Hagiwara Y,Kachi N,Suzuki J

更新日期：2010-07-01 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: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: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:Bromus tectorum (cheatgrass or downy brome) is an exotic annual grass that is dominant over large areas of former shrubland in western North America. To flower in time for seed production in early summer, B. tectorum plants generally require vernalization at winter temperatures, either as imbibed se...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Meyer SE,Nelson DL,Carlson SL

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most of the water on Earth is seawater, each kilogram of which contains about 35 g of salts, and yet most plants cannot grow in this solution; less than 0·2% of species can develop and reproduce with repeated exposure to seawater. These 'extremophiles' are called halophytes. SCOPE:Improved knowledge of halo...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Flowers TJ,Colmer TD

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Wetlands are impacted by changes in hydrological regimes that can lead to periods of low water levels. During these periods, aquatic plants experience a drastic change in the mechanical conditions that they encounter, from low gravitational and tensile hydrodynamic forces when exposed to flow under ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Hamann E,Puijalon S

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Myrmecochory is a conspicuous feature of several sclerophyll ecosystems around the world but it has received little attention in the semi-arid areas of South America. This study addresses the importance of seed dispersal by ants in a 2500-km(2) area of the Caatinga ecosystem (north-east Brazil) and ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Leal IR,Wirth R,Tabarelli M

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background and Aims:Interstitial telomeric repeat (ITR) sites, consisting of tandem repeats of telomeric motifs localized at intrachromosomal sites, have been reported in a few unrelated organisms including plants. However, the causes for the occurrence of ITRs outside of the chromosomal termini are not fully understoo...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Rosato M,Álvarez I,Feliner GN,Rosselló JA

更新日期：2018-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The origin of new species and of new forms is one of the fundamental characteristics of evolution. However, the mechanisms that govern the diversity and disparity of lineages remain poorly understood. Particularly unclear are the reasons why some taxa are vastly more species-rich than others and the manner i...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Melzer R,Theißen G

更新日期：2016-04-01 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:The study of soil biota in the context of exotic plant invasions has led to an explosion in our understanding of the ecological roles of many different groups of microbes that function in roots or at the root-soil interface. Part of this progress has been the emergence of two biogeographic patterns involving...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Rout ME,Callaway RM

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Despite their toxicity, reactive oxygen species (ROS) play important roles in plant cell signalling pathways, such as mediating responses to stress or infection and in programmed cell death, at lower levels. Although studies have indicated that hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) promotes seed germination ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Ishibashi Y,Koda Y,Zheng SH,Yuasa T,Iwaya-Inoue M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:There are a number of disparate models predicting variation in plant chemical defences between species, and within a single species over space and time. These can give conflicting predictions. Here we review a number of these theories, before assessing their power to predict the spatial-temporal var...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Martinez-Swatson K,Kjøller R,Cozzi F,Simonsen HT,Rønsted N,Barnes C

更新日期：2020-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate crown development patterns, branch architecture, branch-level light interception, and leaf and branch dynamics were studied in saplings of a plagiotropically branching tree species, Polyalthia jenkinsii Hk. f. & Thoms. (Annonaceae) in a Malaysian rain forest. Lengths of branches and parts of the branche...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Osada N,Takeda H

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Photosystem II (PSII) is the light-driven water:plastoquinone oxidoreductase of oxygenic photosynthesis and is found in the thylakoid membrane of chloroplasts and cyanobacteria. Considerable attention is focused on how PSII is assembled in vivo and how it is repaired following irreversible damage by visible ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Nixon PJ,Michoux F,Yu J,Boehm M,Komenda J

更新日期：2010-07-01 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

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Light interception is closely related to canopy architecture. Few studies based on multi-view photography have been conducted in a field environment, particularly studies that link 3-D plant architecture with a radiation model to quantify the dynamic canopy light interception. In this study, we comb...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Zhu B,Liu F,Xie Z,Guo Y,Li B,Ma Y

更新日期：2020-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Biotic and abiotic stressors can cause different defoliation patterns within trees. Foliar pathogens of conifers commonly prefer older needles and infection with defoliation that progresses from the bottom crown to the top. The functional role of the lower crown of trees is a key question to address...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Gomez-Gallego M,Williams N,Leuzinger S,Scott PM,Bader MK

更新日期：2020-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Reproductive assurance through autonomous selfing is thought to be one of the main advantages of self-fertilization in plants. Floral mechanisms that ensure autonomous seed set are therefore more likely to occur in species that grow in habitats where pollination is scarce and/or unpredictable. METH...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Brys R,Jacquemyn H

更新日期：2011-05-01 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: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：: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：:This study describes the successive stages of development of branches from axillary buds in fully rooted plants of Trifolium repens grown in near optimal conditions, and the way in which this developmental pathway differs when nodal root formation is prevented as plants grow out from a rooted base. Cuttings of a singl...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Thomas RG,Hay MJ,Newton PC

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The angiosperm family Myrtaceae comprises 17 tribes with more than half of the estimated 5500 species being referred to the fleshy-fruited and predominantly rainforest associated Syzygieae and Myrteae. Previous studies suggest that fleshy fruits have evolved separately in these lineages, whereas gen...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Biffin E,Lucas EJ,Craven LA,Ribeiro da Costa I,Harrington MG,Crisp MD

更新日期：2010-07-01 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：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Floral development is remarkably robust in terms of the identity and number of floral organs in each whorl, whereas vegetative development can be quite plastic. This canalization of flower development prevents the phenotypic expression of cryptic genetic variation, even in fluctuating environments. ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Monniaux M,Pieper B,Hay A

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The time at which plants are transferred to floral inductive conditions affects the onset of flowering and plant morphology, due to juvenility. Plants of Brunonia australis and Calandrinia sp. were used to investigate whether Australian native ephemeral species show a distinct juvenile phase that ca...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Cave RL,Birch CJ,Hammer GL,Erwin JE,Johnston ME

更新日期：2011-07-01 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