Root traits benefitting crop production in environments with limited water and nutrient availability.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The use of microarrays to characterize the transcript profile of Arabidopsis under various experimental conditions is rapidly expanding. This technique provides a huge amount of expression data, requiring bioinformatics tools to allow the proposal of working hypotheses. The aim of this study was to ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Gonzali S,Loreti E,Novi G,Poggi A,Alpi A,Perata P

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Photosynthetic thermotolerance (PT) is important for plant survival in tropical and sub-tropical savannas. However, little is known about thermotolerance of tropical and sub-tropical wild plants and its association with leaf phenology and persistence. Longer-lived leaves of savanna plants may experi...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Zhang JL,Poorter L,Hao GY,Cao KF

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Although it was generally assumed that Maxillaria spp. do not produce nectar, in recent years, nectar has been reported for a number of these orchids. Nevertheless, our current understanding of nectary structure and nectar secretion in Maxillaria is based solely on M. coccinea (Jacq.) L.O. Williams ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Davies KL,Stpiczyńska M,Gregg A

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Current understanding of stomatal development in Arabidopsis thaliana is based on mutations producing aberrant, often lethal phenotypes. The aim was to discover if naturally occurring viable phenotypes would be useful for studying stomatal development in a species that enables further molecular anal...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Delgado D,Alonso-Blanco C,Fenoll C,Mena M

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Mechanical perturbation is known to inhibit elongation of the inflorescence stem of Arabidopsis thaliana. The phenomenon has been reported widely for both herbaceous and woody plants, and has implications for how plants adjust their size and form to survive in mechanically perturbed environments. Wh...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Paul-Victor C,Rowe N

更新日期：2011-02-01 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: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: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:Hordeum marinum is a species complex that includes the diploid subspecies marinum and both diploid and tetraploid forms of gussoneanum. Their relationships, the rank of the taxa and the origin of the polyploid forms remain points of debate. The present work reports a comparative karyotype analysis o...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Carmona A,Friero E,de Bustos A,Jouve N,Cuadrado A

更新日期：2013-12-01 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:In microdensitometry and flow cytometry, estimation of nuclear DNA content in a sample requires a standard with a known nuclear DNA content. It is assumed that dye accessibility to DNA is the same in the sample and standard nuclei. Stoichiometric error arises when dye accessibility is not proportion...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Noirot M,Barre P,Duperray C,Hamon S,DE Kochko A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Plants adapted for pollination by rodents tend to exhibit a distinct floral syndrome that includes dull coloured and geoflorous inflorescences and nocturnal anthesis and nectar production. On the basis of their floral traits, it was predicted that two African Colchicum species (C. scabromarginatum a...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Kleizen C,Midgley J,Johnson SD

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:It remains unclear whether invasive species can maintain both high biomass and reproductive output across their invaded range. Along latitudinal gradients, allocation theory predicts that faster flowering onset at high latitudes results in maturation at smaller size and thus reduced reproductive out...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Helsen K,Acharya KP,Graae BJ,De Kort H,Brunet J,Chabrerie O,Cousins SAO,De Frenne P,Hermy M,Verheyen K,Pélabon C

更新日期：2020-10-30 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:Plants are sessile organisms that have the ability to integrate external cues into metabolic and developmental signals. The cues initiate specific signal cascades that can enhance the tolerance of plants to stress, and these mechanisms are crucial to the survival and fitness of plants. The adaption of plants...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Pu X,Lv X,Tan T,Fu F,Qin G,Lin H

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Archipelagos are unique systems for studying evolutionary processes promoting diversification and speciation. The islands of the Mediterranean basin are major areas of plant richness, including a high proportion of narrow endemics. Many endemic plants are currently found in rocky habitats, showing v...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Mayol M,Palau C,Rosselló JA,González-Martínez SC,Molins A,Riba M

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:A standardized methodology to assess the impacts of land-use changes on vegetation and ecosystem functioning is presented. It assumes that species traits are central to these impacts, and is designed to be applicable in different historical, climatic contexts and local settings. Preliminary results ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Garnier E,Lavorel S,Ansquer P,Castro H,Cruz P,Dolezal J,Eriksson O,Fortunel C,Freitas H,Golodets C,Grigulis K,Jouany C,Kazakou E,Kigel J,Kleyer M,Lehsten V,Leps J,Meier T,Pakeman R,Papadimitriou M,Papanastasis VP

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background and Aims Morphological variation in light-foraging strategies potentially plays important roles in efficient light utilization and carbon assimilation in spatially and temporally heterogeneous environments such as tropical moist forest understorey. By considering a suite of morphological traits at various h...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Laurans M,Vincent G

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Heterodichogamy differs from normal dichogamy, in that it involves two mating types (protogyny and protandry) that occur at a 1 : 1 ratio in a population. Flowering phases of the two mating types are synchronized and reciprocal, which was considered to ensure between-type outcrossing. This study aim...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Bai WN,Zeng YF,Liao WJ,Zhang DY

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The endemic tree Nothofagus alessandrii (Fagaceae) has been historically restricted to the coastal range of Region VII of central Chile, and its forests have been increasingly destroyed and fragmented since the end of the 19th century. In this study, the patterns of within- and among-population gene...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Torres-Díaz C,Ruiz E,González F,Fuentes G,Cavieres LA

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:A meta-analysis of global change experiments in arctic tundra sites suggests that plant productivity and the cover of shrubs, grasses and dead plant material (i.e. litter) will increase and the cover of bryophytes will decrease in response to higher air temperatures. However, little is known about w...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Eckstein RL,Pereira E,Milbau A,Graae BJ

更新日期：2011-07-01 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:Solanaceae seed morphology and physiology have been widely studied but mainly in domesticated crops. The present study aimed to compare the seed morphology and the physiology of germination of Solanum lycocarpum, an important species native to the Brazilian Cerrado, with two species with endospermic...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Pinto LV,Da Silva EA,Davide AC,De Jesus VA,Toorop PE,Hilhorst HW

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Preliminary field observations in 2001 and 2002 suggested that Kingdonia uniflora (Circaeasteraceae, Ranunculales) exhibits heterodichogamy, an unusual kind of reproductive heteromorphy, hitherto unreported in Ranunculales and known from only one other genus in basal eudicots. METHODS:During severa...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Wang XM,Zhang P,Du QG,He HX,Zhao L,Ren Y,Endress PK

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Natural selection and genetic drift are important evolutionary forces in determining genetic and phenotypic differentiation in plant populations. The extent to which these two distinct evolutionary forces affect locally adaptive quantitative traits has been well studied in common plant and animal sp...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Ye Q,Tang F,Wei N,Yao X

更新日期：2014-01-01 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 AND AIMS:Extreme water stress episodes induce tree mortality, but the physiological mechanisms causing tree death are still poorly understood. This study tests the hypothesis that a potted tree's ability to survive extreme monotonic water stress is determined by the cavitation resistance of its xylem tissue....

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Barigah TS,Charrier O,Douris M,Bonhomme M,Herbette S,Améglio T,Fichot R,Brignolas F,Cochard H

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Seagrasses are marine, flowering plants with a hydrophilous pollination strategy. In these plants, successful mating requires dispersal of filamentous pollen grains through the water column to receptive stigmas. Approximately 40 % of seagrass species are monoecious, and therefore little pollen movem...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Sinclair EA,Gecan I,Krauss SL,Kendrick GA

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Pollinator-limited seed-set in some terrestrial orchids is compensated for by the presence of long-lived flowers. This study tests the hypothesis that pollen from these insect-pollinated orchids should be desiccation tolerant and relatively long lived using four closely related UK terrestrial specie...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Marks TR,Seaton PT,Pritchard HW

更新日期：2014-09-01 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