Genome size variation at constant chromosome number is not correlated with repetitive DNA dynamism in Anacyclus (Asteraceae).

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The palm tribe Chamaedoreeae displays flowers arranged in a complex partial inflorescence called an acervulus. This type of partial inflorescence has so far not been reported elsewhere in the largest palm subfamily Arecoideae, which is traditionally characterized by flowers predominantly arranged in...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Ortega-Chávez N,Stauffer FW

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:AmapSim is a tool that implements a structural plant growth model based on a botanical theory and simulates plant morphogenesis to produce accurate, complex and detailed plant architectures. This software is the result of more than a decade of research and development devoted to plant architecture. ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Barczi JF,Rey H,Caraglio Y,de Reffye P,Barthélémy D,Dong QX,Fourcaud T

更新日期：2008-05-01 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: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：:Culture of cassava somatic embryos on media with an altered macro- and micro-nutrient salt concentration affected embryo development and germination capability. In the tests, quarter-, half-, full- or double-strength Murashige and Skoog (MS) media were compared. The maximum number of somatic embryos differentiated fro...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Groll J,Mycock DJ,Gray VM

更新日期：2002-05-01 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:Many experimental studies assume that some topological units are autonomous with regard to carbon because it is convenient. Some plant models simulate carbon allocation, employing complex approaches that require calibration and fitted parameters. For whole-tree canopy simulations, simpler carbon all...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Auzmendi I,Hanan JS

更新日期：2020-09-14 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: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:Reciprocal herkogamy, including enantiostyly and heterostyly, involves reciprocity in the relative positions of the sexual elements within the flower. Such systems result in morphologically and, since pollen is deposited on and captured from different parts of the pollinator, functionally distinct f...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Almeida NM,Castro CC,Leite AV,Novo RR,Machado IC

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Nothoscordum gracile is an apomitic tetraploid widely distributed throughout the Americas and naturalized in many temperate regions of other continents. It has been suggested to form a species complex with sexual and apomictic N. nudicaule and N. macrostemon. Tetraploids of these species also share ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Souza LG,Crosa O,Speranza P,Guerra M

更新日期：2012-04-01 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:Eversporting eudicots were sought to see if they behave like gymnosperms. Behaviour of eversporting gymnosperm chimeras indicates a single apical cell is present in SAM and it would be of interest to see if eudicot chimeras have the same behaviour. METHODS:Four eversporting spireas, the pineapple m...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Korn RW

更新日期：2013-05-01 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：:Roots of Allium cepa L. grown in aerated water elongate rapidly, but are not graviresponsive. These roots (1) possess extensive columella tissues comprised of cells containing numerous sedimented amyloplasts, (2) lack mucilage on their tips, and (3) are characterized by a weakly polar movement of calcium (Ca) across ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Moore R,Fondren WM

更新日期：1986-01-01 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 AND AIMS:The wild progenitors of the Near Eastern legumes have low germination rates mediated by hardseededness. Hence it was argued that cultivation of these wild legumes would probably result in no yield gain. Based on the meagre natural yield of wild lentil and its poor germination, it was suggested that ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Abbo S,Rachamim E,Zehavi Y,Zezak I,Lev-Yadun S,Gopher A

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Production of grain legumes is severely reduced in salt-affected soils because their ability to form and maintain nitrogen-fixing nodules is impaired by both salinity and sodicity (alkalinity). Genotypes of chickpea, Cicer arietinum, with high nodulation capacity under stress were identified by field screening in a so...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Rao DL,Giller KE,Yeo AR,Flowers TJ

更新日期：2002-05-01 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:Submergence tolerance in rice is primarily attributed to the action of the SUB1 gene, but other associated traits such as leaf gas film (LGF) thickness, leaf hydrophobicity, porosity and leaf density have been known to aid submergence tolerance in rice. However, association of these traits with SUB1...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Chakraborty K,Guru A,Jena P,Ray S,Guhey A,Chattopadhyay K,Sarkar RK

更新日期：2021-01-07 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：: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：: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 AND AIMS:Although numerous angraecoid orchids in Madagascar display typical sphingophilous syndrome (i.e. white, nectariferous, long-spurred flowers, producing a strong scent at the crepuscule that is attractive to moths), three species of Angraecum in Reunion, belonging to the endemic section Hadrangis, hav...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Micheneau C,Fournel J,Pailler T

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Annals of Botany is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing papers on a wide range of topics in plant biology. It first appeared in 1887, making it the oldest continuously published botanical title. The present article gives a historical account of events leading to the founding of the Journal and ...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Jackson MB

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

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 Allozyme and reproductive data sets for the Canarian flora are updated in order to assess how the present levels and structuring of genetic variation have been influenced by the abiotic island traits and by phylogenetically determined biotic traits of the corresponding taxa; and in order to suggest...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Pérez de Paz J,Caujapé-Castells J

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Phytochrome B (phyB) is a photosensory receptor important for the control of plant plasticity and resource partitioning. Whether phyB is required to optimize plant biomass accumulation in agricultural crops exposed to full sunlight is unknown. Here we investigated the impact of mutations in the gene...

journal_title：Annals of botany

authors： Wies G,Mantese AI,Casal JJ,Maddonni GÁ

更新日期：2019-06-24 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: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