Modelling leaf spectral properties in a soybean functional-structural plant model by integrating the prospect radiative transfer model.

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：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:Buzz pollination involves explosive pollen release in response to vibration, usually by bees. The mechanism of pollen release is poorly understood, and it is not clear which component of vibration (acceleration, frequency, displacement or velocity) is critical; the role of buzz frequency has been pa...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Corbet SA,Huang SQ

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Brachypodium distachyon (Brachypodium) is a model system for studying cereal, bioenergy, forage and turf grasses. The genetic and evolutionary basis of the adaptation of this wild grass species to drought stress is largely unknown. Peroxidase (POD) may play a role in plant drought tolerance, but whe...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Luo N,Yu X,Nie G,Liu J,Jiang Y

更新日期：2016-08-01 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:Concomitant increases in O(2) and irradiance upon de-submergence can cause photoinhibition and photo-oxidative damage to the photosynthetic apparatus of plants. As energy and carbohydrate supply from photosynthesis is needed for growth, it was hypothesized that post-submergence growth recovery may r...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Luo FL,Nagel KA,Zeng B,Schurr U,Matsubara S

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Pollinator specificity facilitates reproductive isolation among plants, and mechanisms that generate specificity influence species boundaries. Long-range volatile attractants, in combination with morphological co-adaptations, are generally regarded as being responsible for maintaining extreme host s...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Wang G,Compton SG,Chen J

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most angiosperms present flowers in inflorescences, which play roles in reproduction, primarily related to pollination, beyond those served by individual flowers alone. An inflorescence's overall reproductive contribution depends primarily on the three-dimensional arrangement of the floral canopy and its dyn...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Harder LD,Prusinkiewicz P

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:There are many unresolved issues concerning the biochemistry of fructan biosynthesis. The aim of this paper is to address some of these by means of modelling mathematically the biochemical processes. METHODS:A model has been constructed for the step-by-step synthesis of fructan polymers. This is ru...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Rasmussen S,Thornley JH,Parsons AJ,Harrison SJ

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:As angiosperms became one of the megadiverse groups of macroscopic eukaryotes, they forged modern ecosystems and promoted the evolution of extant terrestrial biota. Unequal distribution of species among lineages suggests that diversification, the process that ultimately determines species richness, ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Magallón S,Sánchez-Reyes LL,Gómez-Acevedo SL

更新日期：2019-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Floral nectar concentration and chemical composition of 26 plant species native to the temperate forest of southern South America are reported and the relationships with the flower type are evaluated. METHODS:Nectar concentration was measured with a hand refractometer and sugar composition was anal...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Chalcoff VR,Aizen MA,Galetto L

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Helichrysum bracteatum is called an 'eternal flower' and has large, coloured, scarious bracts. These maintain their aesthetic value without wilting or discoloration for many years. There have been no research studies of cell death or cell morphology of the scarious bract, and hence the aim of this w...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Nishikawa K,Ito H,Awano T,Hosokawa M,Yazawa S

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The coastal plain of Israel hosts the last few remaining populations of the endemic Iris atropurpurea (Iridaceae), a Red List species of high conservation priority. The flowers offer no nectar reward. Here the role of night-sheltering male solitary bees, honey-bees and female solitary bees as pollin...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Watts S,Sapir Y,Segal B,Dafni A

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background and Aims:Fossil plants are found as fragmentary remains and understanding them as natural species requires assembly of whole-organism concepts that integrate different plant parts. Such concepts are essential for incorporating fossils in hypotheses of plant evolution and phylogeny. Plants of the Early Devoni...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Matsunaga KKS,Tomescu AMF

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gynodioecy is a reproductive system of interest for evolutionary biologists, as it poses the question of how females can be maintained while competing with hermaphrodites that possess both male and female functions. One necessary condition for the maintenance of this polymorphism is the occurrence of a femal...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Dufay M,Billard E

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Land-use changes and associated extinction/colonization dynamics can have a large impact on population genetic diversity of plant species. The aim of this study was to investigate genetic diversity in a founding population of the self-incompatible forest herb Primula elatior and to elucidate the pro...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Jacquemyn H,Vandepitte K,Roldán-Ruiz I,Honnay O

更新日期：2009-03-01 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：:Orchidaceae, one of the largest families of flowering plants, present particular challenges for conservation, due in great part to their often complex interactions with mycorrhizal fungi, pollinators and host trees. In this Highlight, we present seven papers focusing on orchids and their interactions and other factors...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Fay MF,Pailler T,Dixon KW

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) seedlings develop a peg on the concave side of the gravitropically bending transition zone between the hypocotyl and the root after seed germination. Peg initiation occurs in response to auxin when its levels in the concave side of the transition zone exceed a particular t...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Saito Y,Yamasaki S,Fujii N,Takahashi H

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Epipogium aphyllum is a Eurasian achlorophyllous, mycoheterotrophic forest orchid. Due to its rarity, it is often protected, and its biology is poorly known. The identity and pattern of colonization of fungal associates providing carbon to this orchid have not been studied previously. METHODS:Using...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Roy M,Yagame T,Yamato M,Iwase K,Heinz C,Faccio A,Bonfante P,Selosse MA

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Drought is a major environmental constraint affecting growth and production of Coffea canephora. Selection of C. canephora clones has been largely empirical as little is known about how clones respond physiologically to drought. Using clones previously shown to differ in drought tolerance, this stud...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Pinheiro HA,Damatta FM,Chaves AR,Loureiro ME,Ducatti C

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:By the year 2100, atmospheric CO2 concentration ([CO2]a) could reach 800 ppm, having risen from ~200 ppm since the Neogene, beginning ~24 Myr ago. Changing [CO2]a affects plant carbon-water balance, with implications for growth, drought tolerance and vegetation shifts. The evolution of C4 photosynth...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Quirk J,Bellasio C,Johnson DA,Beerling DJ

更新日期：2019-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Seeds of epiphytes must land on branches with suitable substrates and microclimates to germinate and for the resulting seedlings to survive. It is important to understand the fate of seeds and seedlings in order to model populations, but this is often neglected when only established plants are inclu...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Winkler M,Hülber K,Hietz P

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Global climate models predict decreases in leaf stomatal conductance and transpiration due to increases in atmospheric CO2. The consequences of these reductions are increases in soil moisture availability and continental scale run-off at decadal time-scales. Thus, a theory explaining the differentia...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Katul G,Manzoni S,Palmroth S,Oren R

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Although plant distribution patterns are well documented, our understanding of the ecophysiological mechanisms that control the geographical ranges of plant species remains poor. We used a largely ignored method, the performance of the male gametophyte in vitro, to assess whether the thermal range o...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Rosbakh S,Poschlod P

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The mangrove Rhizophora mucronata has previously been reported to lack annual growth rings, thus barring it from dendrochronological studies. In this study the reported absence of the growth rings was reconsidered and the periodic nature of light and dark brown layers visible on polished stem discs ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Verheyden A,Kairo JG,Beeckman H,Koedam N

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background and Aims:Forage quality for herbivores and litter quality for decomposers are two key plant properties affecting ecosystem carbon and nutrient cycling. Although there is a positive relationship between palatability and decomposition, very few studies have focused on larger vertebrate herbivores while conside...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Bumb I,Garnier E,Coq S,Nahmani J,Del Rey Granado M,Gimenez O,Kazakou E

更新日期：2018-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The sedge genus Carex, the most diversified angiosperm genus of the northern temperate zone, is renowned for its holocentric chromosomes and karyotype variability. The genus exhibits high variation in chromosome numbers both among and within species. Despite the possibility that this chromosome evol...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Escudero M,Weber JA,Hipp AL

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Mineral elements have many essential and beneficial functions in plants. Phosphorus (P) deficiency can result in changes in the ionomes of plant organs. The aims of this study were to characterize the effects of P supply on the ionomes of shoots and roots, and to identify chromosomal quantitative tr...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Wang W,Ding G,White PJ,Wang M,Zou J,Xu F,Hammond JP,Shi L

更新日期：2020-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Mongolian Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica) is one of the principal species used for windbreak and sand stabilization in arid and semi-arid areas in northern China. A model-assisted analysis of its canopy architectural development and functions is valuable for better understanding its beh...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Wang F,Kang M,Lu Q,Letort V,Han H,Guo Y,de Reffye P,Li B

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00