QTL analysis of leaf architecture.

abstract：:There is a growing requirement for ecosystem science to help inform a deeper understanding of the effects of global climate change and land use change on terrestrial ecosystem structure and function, from small area (plot) to landscape, regional and global scales. To meet these requirements, ecologists have investigat...

journal_title：Journal of plant research

authors： Muraoka H,Koizumi H

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of sugars on root growth and on development of adventitious roots were analyzed in Arabidopsis thaliana. Seeds were sown on agar plates containing 0.0-5.0% sugars and placed vertically in darkness (DD) or under long day (LD, 16 h:8 h) conditions, so that the seedlings were constantly attached to the agar m...

journal_title：Journal of plant research

authors： Takahashi F,Sato-Nara K,Kobayashi K,Suzuki M,Suzuki H

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thermogenesis and flowering biology of Colocasia gigantea (Blume) Hook. f. were studied from December 2005 to February 2006 on Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu (South Pacific). Endogenous thermogenesis was measured in two ways: (1) continuously over 5-day periods, and (2) over 3 h during maximum heating. The study showed t...

journal_title：Journal of plant research

authors： Ivancic A,Roupsard O,Garcia JQ,Melteras M,Molisale T,Tara S,Lebot V

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the first report on gamma-tubulin and microtubule arrays during microsporogenesis in a gymnosperm. Meiosis in Ginkgo biloba is polyplastidic, as is typical of the spermatophyte clade, and microtubule arrays are organized at various sites during meiosis and cytokinesis. In early prophase, a cluster of gamma-tub...

journal_title：Journal of plant research

authors： Brown RC,Lemmon BE

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sex allocation of a cosexual wind-pollinated species, Quercus dentata (Fagaceae), was analyzed using biomass, carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus as currencies based on data accumulated for 61 individuals from 1997-2004. Strongly female-biased sex allocation was indicated when measured in terms of biomass and carbon, but ...

journal_title：Journal of plant research

authors： Ishida TA,Hattori K,Shibata S,Suzuki M,Kimura MT

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Petrosaviaceae is a monocotyledonous plant family that comprises two genera: the autotrophic Japonolirion and the mycoheterotrophic Petrosavia. Accordingly, this plant family provides an excellent system to examine specificity differences in mycobionts between autotrophic and closely related mycoheterotrophic plant sp...

journal_title：Journal of plant research

authors： Yamato M,Ogura-Tsujita Y,Takahashi H,Yukawa T

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Temperature affects a cascade of ecological processes and functions of forests. With future higher global temperatures being inevitable it is critical to understand and predict how forest ecosystems and tree species will respond. This paper reviews experimental warming studies in boreal and temperate forests or tree s...

journal_title：Journal of plant research

authors： Chung H,Muraoka H,Nakamura M,Han S,Muller O,Son Y

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pollen morphology of two species of the Neotropical genus Ceratostema (Ericaceae) was examined by light, scanning and transmission electron microscopy. The Ceratostema species examined have 3-colporate pollen grains united in permanent tetrahedral tetrads that show a common condition encountered in the Ericaceae. ...

journal_title：Journal of plant research

authors： Sarwar AK,Ito T,Takahashi H

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In general, Glomeromycotina was thought to be the earliest fungi forming mycorrhiza-like structure (MLS) in land plant evolution. In contrast, because the earliest divergent lineage of extant land plants, i.e. Haplomitriopsida liverworts, associates only with Mucoromycotina mycobionts, recent studies suggested that th...

journal_title：Journal of plant research

authors： Yamamoto K,Shimamura M,Degawa Y,Yamada A

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The application of sieving techniques to bulk samples from the Ashizawa Formation, Futaba Group (Lower Coniacian) of northeastern Honshu, Japan, has yielded well-preserved mesofossil assemblages comparable with those recently described from eastern North America, Europe, and central Asia. Among the most abundant and d...

journal_title：Journal of plant research

authors： Takahashi M,Crane PR,Manchester SR

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants have developed certain adaptive responses to environmental stresses that cause adverse effects on growth. To identify genes involved in the adaptive mechanisms, we constructed a large population of transgenic Arabidopsis expressing rice full-length cDNAs, and performed gain-of-function screening under high-sali...

journal_title：Journal of plant research

authors： Yokotani N,Ichikawa T,Kondou Y,Iwabuchi M,Matsui M,Hirochika H,Oda K

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mist culture system was conducted to study secreted polysaccharides from soybean ( Glycine max) roots grown for 15 days. Roots were rinsed with distilled water (DW) for 15 min, then with 30 mM oxalic acid (OXA) for 15 min to remove ionically bound sugar. Released sugars were further fractionated into low (L) and h...

journal_title：Journal of plant research

authors： Timotiwu PB,Sakurai N

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the hormonal regulation of gummosis in grape hyacinth (Muscari armeniacum) bulbs, focusing especially on the chemical composition of the gums. The application of ethephon (2-chloroethylphosphonic acid), an ethylene-releasing compound, at 1% and 2% (w/w) in lanolin as well a...

journal_title：Journal of plant research

authors： Miyamoto K,Kotake T,Sasamoto M,Saniewski M,Ueda J

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosome numbers and karyotypes of 26 Ophiopogon species, 2 Liriope species and 5 Peliosanthes species of the family Liliaceae from Southwest China, were investigated. The study revealed a detailed picture of chromosome features and their pattern of karyotype variation in Ophiopogoneae. Karyotype asymmetry in differ...

journal_title：Journal of plant research

authors： Wang GY,Meng Y,Yang YP

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although touch responses of plant roots are an important adaptive behavior, the molecular mechanism remains unclear. We have developed a bioassay for measuring root-bending responses to physical hardness in Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings. Our test requires a two-layer solid medium. Primary roots growing downward throu...

journal_title：Journal of plant research

authors： Yamamoto C,Sakata Y,Taji T,Baba T,Tanaka S

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leaf physiological and gas-exchange traits of a summer-green herbaceous perennial, Parasenecio yatabei, growing along a stream were examined in relation to leaf age. In its vegetative phase, the aerial part of this plant consists of only one leaf and provides an ideal system for the study of leaf longevity. Volumetric...

journal_title：Journal of plant research

authors： Tomimatsu H,Hori Y

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants generate various tissues and organs via a strictly regulated developmental program. The plant vasculature is a complex tissue system consisting of xylem and phloem tissues with a layer of cambial cells in between. Multiple regulatory steps are involved in vascular development. Although molecular and genetic stu...

journal_title：Journal of plant research

authors： Kondo Y

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compared to planktonic species, there is little known about the ecology, physiology, and existence of benthic dinoflagellates living in sandy beach or seafloor environments. In a previous study, we discovered 13(2),17(3)-cyclopheophorbide a enol (cPPB-aE) from sand-dwelling benthic dinoflagellates. This enol had never...

journal_title：Journal of plant research

authors： Yamada N,Tanaka A,Horiguchi T

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycoheterotrophic plants (MHPs) are leafless, achlorophyllous, and completely dependent on mycorrhizal fungi for their carbon supply. Mycorrhizal symbiosis is a mutualistic association with fungi that is undertaken by the majority of land plants, but mycoheterotrophy represents a breakdown of this mutualism in that pl...

journal_title：Journal of plant research

authors： Ogura-Tsujita Y,Yukawa T,Kinoshita A

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The wild flowering cherry Prunus lannesiana var. speciosa is highly geographically restricted, being confined to the Izu Islands and neighboring peninsulas in Japan. In an attempt to elucidate how populations of this species have established we investigated the genetic diversity and differentiation in seven population...

journal_title：Journal of plant research

authors： Kato S,Iwata H,Tsumura Y,Mukai Y

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipids are the major constituents of all membranous structures in plants. Plants possess two pathways for lipid biosynthesis: the prokaryotic pathway (i.e., plastidic pathway) and the eukaryotic pathway (i.e., endoplasmic-reticulum (ER) pathway). Whereas some plants synthesize galactolipids from diacylglycerol assembl...

journal_title：Journal of plant research

authors： Singh V,Singh PK,Siddiqui A,Singh S,Banday ZZ,Nandi AK

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured the levels of radioactive caesium (RACs; ¹³⁴Cs and ¹³⁷Cs) in plants and soil in a grassland, 32 km northwest of the Fukushima 1 Nuclear Power Plant, from June 2011 to October 2012. In 2011, the highest RACs levels (¹³⁴Cs + ¹³⁷Cs) in plants and in the 0-5 cm soil layer were approximately 80 kBq per kg dry w...

journal_title：Journal of plant research

authors： Terashima I,Shiyomi M,Fukuda H

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leaf hair points (LHPs) are important morphological structures in many desiccation-tolerant mosses, but study of their functions has been limited. A desert moss, Syntrichia caninervis, was chosen for examination of the ecological effects of LHPs on water retention and dew formation at individual and population (patch)...

journal_title：Journal of plant research

authors： Tao Y,Zhang YM

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have achieved the symbiotic cultivation of an apparently achlorophyllous orchid, Epipogium roseum Lindl., with a mycorrhizal fungus isolated from an underground organ of this orchid. Although the seed germination rate was extremely low, subsequent growth from protocorm to flowering was induced in a medium containin...

journal_title：Journal of plant research

authors： Yagame T,Yamato M,Mii M,Suzuki A,Iwase K

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used sequence variation of the atpB- rbcL intergenic spacer of cpDNA and nested clade analysis to assess the phylogeographic pattern of Michelia formosana, a species restricted to Taiwan and the Ryukyus. In total, 31 haplotypes were identified and clustered into four major chlorotypes. Genetic composition of nearly...

journal_title：Journal of plant research

authors： Lu SY,Hong KH,Liu SL,Cheng YP,Wu WL,Chiang TY

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evolution of selfing from outcrossing ancestors is known to have occurred repeatedly in angiosperms. Theoretical studies have argued that the transition from outcrossing to selfing is accomplished more easily than the reverse case, and phylogenetic analyses involving self-compatible (SC) and self-incompatible (SI)...

journal_title：Journal of plant research

authors： Kubota S,Ohara M

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MOTHER OF FT AND TFL1 (MFT)-like genes belong to the phosphatidylethanoamine-binding protein (PEBP) gene family in plants. In contrast to their homologs FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT)-like and TERMINAL FLOWER 1 (TFL1)-like genes, which are involved in the regulation of the flowering time pathway, MFT-like genes function mainl...

journal_title：Journal of plant research

authors： Tao YB,Luo L,He LL,Ni J,Xu ZF

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The elongation growth of the hypocotyls of radish and cucumber seedlings was examined under hypergravity in a newly developed centrifuge (Kasahara et al. 1995). The effects of hypergravity on elongation growth differed between the two species. The rate of elongation of radish hypocotyls was reduced under basipetal hyp...

journal_title：Journal of plant research

authors： Kasahara H,Shiwa M,Takeuchi Y,Yamada M

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the degree of selfing and inbreeding depression at the seed and seedling stages of a threatened tropical canopy tree, Neobalanocarpus heimii, using microsatellite markers. Selection resulted in an overall decrease in the level of surviving selfed progeny from seeds to established seedlings, indicating inb...

journal_title：Journal of plant research

authors： Naito Y,Konuma A,Iwata H,Suyama Y,Seiwa K,Okuda T,Lee SL,Muhammad N,Tsumura Y

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new species Camellia nanningensis was described on the basis of well-preserved mummified wood from the upper Oligocene Yongning Formation of Nanning Basin in Guangxi Province, South China. This represents the most ancient fossil wood assigned to Camellia, and the earliest fossil record of the family Theaceae in Chin...

journal_title：Journal of plant research

authors： Huang LL,Jin JH,Quan C,Oskolski AA

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00