An organismal concept for Sengelia radicans gen. et sp. nov. - morphology and natural history of an Early Devonian lycophyte.

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：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The ability to detect and respond to the impending threat of shade can confer significant selective advantage to plants growing in natural communities. This Botanical Briefing highlights (a) the regulation of shade-avoidance responses by endogenous and exogenous factors and (b) current understanding...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Franklin KA,Whitelam GC

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Genome size is known to be correlated with a number of phenotypic traits associated with cell sizes and cell-division rates. Genome size was therefore used as a proxy for them in order to assess how common plant traits such as height, specific leaf area and seed size/number predict species regional ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Herben T,Suda J,Klimesová J,Mihulka S,Ríha P,Símová I

更新日期：2012-11-01 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：:A procedure is described for obtaining allometric regression equations to estimate non-destructively and in a cost-effective manner the current year's above-ground vegetative and reproductive biomass of Vitis vinifera L. Merlot' throughout the growing season. Significant relationships were obtained over a 3-year perio...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Castelan-Estrada M,Vivin P,Gaudillère JP

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sweet melons, Cucumis melo, are a widely grown and highly prized crop. While melons were familiar in antiquity, they were grown mostly for use of the young fruits, which are similar in appearance and taste to cucumbers, C. sativus. The time and place of emergence of sweet melons is obscure, but they are gene...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Paris HS,Amar Z,Lev E

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 'Oxalis tuberosa alliance' is a group of Andean Oxalis species allied to the Andean tuber crop O. tuberosa Molina (Oxalidaceae), commonly known as 'oca'. As part of a larger project studying the origins of polyploidy and domestication of cultivated oca, flow cytometry was used to survey DNA ploidy levels among Bol...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Emshwiller E

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Introgression of crop genes into populations of wild relatives has important implications for germplasm conservation as well as for the persistence of novel transgenes in wild populations. Studies of hybrid fitness can be used to evaluate the potential for introgression to occur following episodes o...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Song ZP,Lu BR,Wang B,Chen JK

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Archaeological evidence has revealed that barley (Hordeum vulgare) is one of the oldest crops used by ancient farmers. Studies of the time and place of barley domestication may help in understanding ancient human civilization. SCOPE:The studies of domesticated genes in crops have uncovered the mechanisms wh...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Pourkheirandish M,Komatsuda T

更新日期：2007-11-01 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:When green coffee is stored for a prolonged time the coffee quality decreases distinctively. Apart from well-known 'off-notes' that arise from undesired oxidations of lipids, a typical 'flattening' of the cup quality is detectable. In order to elucidate the biological causes for this phenomenon, dif...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Selmar D,Bytof G,Knopp SE

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The diploid cytotype of Paspalum rufum (Poaceae) reproduces sexually and is self-sterile; however, recurrent autopolyploidization through 2n + n fertilization and the ability for reproduction via apomixis have been documented in one genotype of the species. The objectives of this work were to analys...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Delgado L,Galdeano F,Sartor ME,Quarin CL,Espinoza F,Ortiz JP

更新日期：2014-06-01 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: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:During sexual reproduction in higher angiosperms, the pollen tubes are directed to the ovules in the pistil to deliver sperm cells. This pollen tube attraction is highly species specific, and a group of small secreted proteins, TfCRPs, are necessary for this process in Torenia fournieri. METHODS:A ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Kanaoka MM,Kawano N,Matsubara Y,Susaki D,Okuda S,Sasaki N,Higashiyama T

更新日期：2011-09-01 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 AND AIMS:While nuclear DNA content variation and its phenotypic consequences have been well described for animals, vascular plants and macroalgae, much less about this topic is known regarding unicellular algae and protists in general. The dearth of data is especially pronounced when it comes to intraspecifi...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Čertnerová D,Škaloud P

更新日期：2020-10-30 00:00:00

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：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The genus Olea (Oleaceae) includes approx. 40 taxa of evergreen shrubs and trees classified in three subgenera, Olea, Paniculatae and Tetrapilus, the first of which has two sections (Olea and Ligustroides). Olive trees (the O. europaea complex) have been the subject of intensive research, whereas li...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Besnard G,Rubio de Casas R,Christin PA,Vargas P

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The thermoregulatory flower of the Asian sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) can maintain a relatively stable temperature despite great variations in ambient temperature during anthesis. The thermoregulation has been hypothesized to offer a direct energy reward for pollinators in lotus flowers. This stu...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Li JK,Huang SQ

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:BACKGROUND AND AIMS; This study is an investigation into the floral development and anatomy of two genera of the small family Salvadoraceae, which belongs to the Brassicales in a clade with Batis and Koeberlinia. Salvadoraceae remains little known, despite its wide distribution in arid areas of the globe. Fl...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Ronse De Craene L,Wanntorp L

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Genome size and chromosome numbers are important cytological characters that significantly influence various organismal traits. However, geographical representation of these data is seriously unbalanced, with tropical and subtropical regions being largely neglected. In the present study, an investig...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Leong-Skornicková J,Sída O,Jarolímová V,Sabu M,Fér T,Trávnícek P,Suda J

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background and Aims:The nitrogen (N) to phosphorus (P) ratio (N:P) has been widely used as a threshold for identifying nutrient limitations in terrestrial plants; however, the associated reliability has not been well assessed. Methods:The uncertainty of nutrient limitations caused by the N:P threshold was evaluated us...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Yan Z,Tian D,Han W,Tang Z,Fang J

更新日期：2017-11-28 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:Understanding the fate and dynamics of cells during callus formation is essential to understanding totipotency and the mechanisms of somatic embryogenesis. Here, the fate of leaf explant cells during the development of embryogenic callus was investigated in the model legume Medicago truncatula. MET...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Wang XD,Nolan KE,Irwanto RR,Sheahan MB,Rose RJ

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The initiation of DNA replication is a very important and highly regulated step in the cell division cycle. It is of interest to compare different groups of eukaryotic organisms (a) to identify the essential molecular events that occur in all eukaryotes, (b) to start to identify higher-level regulatory mecha...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Bryant JA,Aves SJ

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The gorgeous frescoes organized by the master Renaissance painter Raphael Sanzio (1483-1520) and illustrating the heavenly adventures of Cupid and Psyche were painted between 1515 and 1518 to decorate the Roman villa (now known as the Villa Farnesina) of the wealthy Sienese banker Agostino Chigi (1466-1520)....

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Janick J,Paris HS

更新日期：2006-02-01 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:Stigmatic receptivity plays a clear role in pollination dynamics; however, little is known about the factors that confer to a stigma the competence to be receptive for the germination of pollen grains. In this work, a developmental approach is used to evaluate the acquisition of stigmatic receptivit...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Losada JM,Herrero M

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in cell number during the early period of tomato fruit development were analysed by means of a deterministic model of cell multiplication. The period commenced at the seed stage with one theoretical cell undergoing intensive cell division, and ended when the cell number became nearly constant. The model takes ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Bertin N,Genard M,Fishman S

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00