Museomics resolve the systematics of an endangered grass lineage endemic to north-western Madagascar.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Plant growth, the increase of organ dimensions over time, and development, the change in plant structure, are often studied as two separate processes. However, there is structural and functional evidence that these two processes are strongly related. The aim of this study was to investigate the co-o...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Dambreville A,Lauri PÉ,Normand F,Guédon Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 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:Recent studies of reproductive biology in ancient angiosperm lineages are beginning to shed light on the early evolution of flowering plants, but comparative studies are restricted by fragmented and meagre species representation in these angiosperm clades. In the present study, the progamic phase, f...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Lora J,Hormaza JI,Herrero M

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Evolutionary and ecological roles of the chloroplast small heat shock protein (CPsHSP) have been emphasized based on variations in protein contents; however, DNA sequence variations related to the evolutionary and ecological roles of this gene have not been investigated. In the present study, a basa...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Wu ML,Lin TP,Lin MY,Cheng YP,Hwang SY

更新日期：2007-03-01 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:Digestive structures of carnivorous plants produce external digestive enzymes, and play the main role in absorption. In Lentibulariaceae, the ultrastructure of digestive hairs has been examined in some detail in Pinguicula and Utricularia, but the sessile digestive hairs of Genlisea have received ve...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Płachno BJ,Kozieradzka-Kiszkurno M,Swiatek P

更新日期：2007-08-01 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:In this review we report on recent literature concerned with studies of gynodioecy, or the co-occurrence of female and hermaphrodite individuals in natural plant populations. Rather than review this literature in its entirety, our focus is on the interplay between theoretical and empirical approaches to the ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： McCauley DE,Bailey MF

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Despite extensive study of polyploidy, its origin, and ecogeographical differences between polyploids and their diploid progenitors, few studies have addressed ploidy-level structure and patterns of ecogeographical differentiation at various spatial scales using detailed sampling procedures. The pat...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Duchoslav M,Safárová L,Krahulec F

更新日期：2010-05-01 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 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:The reconstruction of biological processes and human activities during the last glacial cycle relies mainly on data from biological remains. Highly abundant tissues, such as wood, are candidates for a genetic analysis of past populations. While well-authenticated DNA has now been recovered from various fossi...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Liepelt S,Sperisen C,Deguilloux MF,Petit RJ,Kissling R,Spencer M,de Beaulieu JL,Taberlet P,Gielly L,Ziegenhagen B

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Tillering has a significant effect on canopy development and, hence, on resource capture, crop growth and grain yield in sorghum. However, the physiological basis of tillering and its regulation by environmental effects are not fully understood. The objective of this study was to understand and quan...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Kim HK,van Oosterom E,Dingkuhn M,Luquet D,Hammer G

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The process of vascular development in plants results in the formation of a specific array of bundles that run throughout the plant in a characteristic spatial arrangement. Although much is known about the genes involved in the specification of procambium, phloem and xylem, the dynamic processes and...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Cartenì F,Giannino F,Schweingruber FH,Mazzoleni S

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:GPT2, a glucose 6-phosphate/phosphate translocator, plays an important role in environmental sensing in mature leaves of Arabidopsis thaliana. Its expression has also been detected in arabidopsis seeds and seedlings. In order to examine the role of this protein early in development, germination and ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Dyson BC,Webster RE,Johnson GN

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An important function of the seed coat is to deliver nutrients to the embryo. To relate this function to anatomical characteristics, the developing seed coat of pea (Pisum sativum L.) was examined by light- and cryo-scanning electron microscopy (cryo-SEM) from the late pre-storage phase until the end of seed filling. ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Van Dongen JT,Ammerlaan AM,Wouterlood M,Van Aelst AC,Borstlap AC

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background and Aims:Enzymes belonging to the RNase T2 family are essential for normal rRNA turnover in eukaryotes. In Arabidopsis thaliana, this function is performed by RNS2. The null mutant rns2-2 has increased rRNA half-life and constitutive autophagy. The aim of this work was to determine the molecular changes that...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Morriss SC,Liu X,Floyd BE,Bassham DC,MacIntosh GC

更新日期：2017-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Bromeliaceae is a species-rich neotropical plant family that uses a variety of pollinators, principally vertebrates. Tillandsia is the most diverse genus, and includes more than one-third of all bromeliad species. Within this genus, the majority of species rely on diurnal pollination by hummingbirds...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Aguilar-Rodríguez PA,MacSwiney G MC,Krömer T,García-Franco JG,Knauer A,Kessler M

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The pseudometallophyte Noccaea caerulescens is an excellent model to study evolutionary processes, as it grows both on normal and on heavy-metal-rich, toxic soils. The evolution and demography of populations are critically impacted by mating system and, yet, information about the N. caerulescens mat...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Mousset M,David P,Petit C,Pouzadoux J,Hatt C,Flaven É,Ronce O,Mignot A

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Understanding the evolutionary and ecological forces contributing to the emergence of biodiversity hotspots is of outstanding importance to elucidate how they may withstand current climate changes. Here we explored patterns of phylogenetic and non-phylogenetic plant endemism in a Mediterranean biodi...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Molina-Venegas R,Aparicio A,Lavergne S,Arroyo J

更新日期：2017-01-01 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: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: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 high light (HL) and high temperature (HT) stresses have been extensively investigated, a global analysis of their combined effects on the transcriptome of any plant species has not yet been described. Sunflower is an agronomically important oil crop frequently subjected to these stress fact...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Hewezi T,Léger M,Gentzbittel L

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous phylogenetics studies of Asparagales, although extensive and generally well supported, have left several sets of taxa unclearly placed and have not addressed all relationships within certain clades thoroughly (some clades were relatively sparsely sampled). One of the most important of these is sampl...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Kim JH,Kim DK,Forest F,Fay MF,Chase MW

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUNDS AND AIMS:Thermogenesis in reproductive organs is known from several plant families, including the Araceae. A study was made of the relationship between temperature increase and spadix size in the subfamily Aroideae in order to determine whether the quantitative variation of heat production among species and...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Gibernau M,Barabé D,Moisson M,Trombe A

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Exogenous ethylene has recently gained commercial interest as a sprouting inhibitor of onion bulbs. The role of ethylene in dormancy and sprouting of onions, however, is not known. METHODS:A cultivar (Allium cepa 'Copra') with a true period of dormancy was used. Dormant and sprouting states of onio...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Bufler G

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The actual number of domestications of a crop is one of the key questions in domestication studies. Answers to this question have generally been based on relationships between wild progenitors and domesticated descendants determined with anonymous molecular markers. In this study, this question was ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Kwak M,Toro O,Debouck DG,Gepts P

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SF21 was originally described as a pollen- and pistil-expressed protein from sunflower and tobacco. In pistils excised from these species, transcripts were detected in the stigma and in the transmitting tissue where they accumulated in an ovary-oriented increasing concentration gradient. We studied the cellular locali...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Kräuter-Canham R,Bronner R,Steinmetz A

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:A reliable protocol for flowering and fruiting in cuttings was developed with the aim of (a) studying inflorescence and flower development in grapevine cuttings and field plants, and (b) assisting haploid plant production. METHODS:Inflorescence and flower development was studied in 'Gewurztraminer'...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Lebon G,Duchêne E,Brun O,Clément C

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00