A global analysis of xylem vessel length in woody plants.

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Several members of Selaginella are renowned for their ability to survive extreme drought and "resurrect" when conditions improve. Many of these belong to subgenus Tetragonostachys, a group of ∼45 species primarily found in North and Central America, with substantial diversity in the Sonoran and Chi...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Arrigo N,Therrien J,Anderson CL,Windham MD,Haufler CH,Barker MS

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Fern spores are unicellular and haploid, making them a potential model system to study factors that regulate lifespan and mechanisms of aging. Aging rates of nongreen spores were measured to compare longevity characteristics among diverse fern species and test for orthodox response to storage tempe...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Ballesteros D,Estrelles E,Walters C,Ibars AM

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE:The genus Arisaema (Araceae) has rapidly diversified in Japan, and multiple species often coexist in the field. Although Japanese Arisaema species hybridize from artificial crossing, hybrid individuals are rare in mixed populations; suggesting the presence of effective pre-pollination barriers. We examined the ...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Matsumoto TK,Miyazaki Y,Sueyoshi M,Senda Y,Yamada K,Hirobe M

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The origin of polyploid Bromus species of section Genea was investigated using molecular data. This group of annual species native from the Old-World is composed of three diploids, two tetraploids, one hexaploid, and one octoploid. Molecular cloning, sequencing, and phylogenetic analyses were performed on several acce...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Fortune PM,Pourtau N,Viron N,Ainouche ML

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:The evolution of metal tolerance in plants is an important model for studies of adaptation to environment, population genetics, and speciation. Here, we investigated nickel tolerance in the North American serpentine endemic Caulanthus amplexicaulis var. barbarae in comparison with its nonserpentine...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Burrell AM,Hawkins AK,Pepper AE

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Woody stems comprise a large biological carbon fraction and determine water transport between roots and leaves; their structure and function can influence both carbon and hydrological cycles. While angiosperm wood anatomy and density determine hydraulic conductivity and mechanical strength, little is known about inter...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Zanne AE,Westoby M,Falster DS,Ackerly DD,Loarie SR,Arnold SE,Coomes DA

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Chloroplast microsatellites were developed in Theobroma cacao to examine the genetic diversity of cacao cultivars in Trinidad and Tobago. METHODS AND RESULTS:Nine polymorphic microsatellites were designed from the chloroplast genomes of two T. cacao accessions. These microsatellites were tested in...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Yang JY,Motilal LA,Dempewolf H,Maharaj K,Cronk QC

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soybean partial-female-sterile mutant 1 (PS-1) was recovered from a gene-tagging study. The objectives were to study the inheritance, linkage, allelism, and certain aspects of the reproductive biology of the PS-1 mutant. For inheritance and linkage tests, PS-1 was crossed to flower color mutant Harosoy-w4 and to chlor...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Pereira T,Lersten N,Palmer R

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Plant-herbivore networks are highly specialized in their interactions, yet they are highly variable with regard to the relative importance of specific host species for herbivores. How host species traits determine specialization and species strength in this antagonistic network is still an unanswer...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： López-Carretero A,Boege K,Díaz-Castelazo C,Domínguez Z,Rico-Gray V

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:• PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Two ovulate conifer cones, one of which is attached terminally to a short leafy shoot, reveal the presence of a new species of Hughmillerites in the Early Cretaceous Apple Bay flora of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. This ancient conifer expands the diversity of Cupressace...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Atkinson BA,Rothwell GW,Stockey RA

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Microsatellite markers were developed for the dove tree, Davidia involucrata (Cornaceae), a Tertiary relict currently endemic to China, to investigate its population genetics and phylogeography. METHODS AND RESULTS:Using the Fast Isolation by AFLP of Sequences Containing repeats (FIASCO) protocol,...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Tao C,Yang Z,Lu R,Liu T,Chen S,Ji Y

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED: PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Microsatellite loci were developed to characterize genetic variation and population subdivision in Khaya senegalensis (Desr.) A. Juss. (Meliaceae). • METHODS AND RESULTS:Microsatellite loci were identified from genomic DNA sequences generated using the 454 GS-FLX titanium platform. Pr...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Sexton GJ,Frere CH,Dieters MJ,Godwin ID,Prentis PJ

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Variation in demographic parameters reflects the life-history strategies of plants in response to specific environments. We aimed to investigate the intraspecific variation in life-history traits of a clonal alpine herb, Gentiana nipponica, in various snowmelt conditions. METHODS:Individual ramets...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Kawai Y,Kudo G

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the effects of temporal variation in floral display size (number of flowers open at one time on a plant) on the rate of pollen removed and receipt of individual flowers for the sequential blooming plant Narthecium asiaticum (Liliaceae). Because of the acropetal blooming of this species, the display sizes w...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Ishii HS,Sakai S

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED: PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Phenolic compounds exuded by roots have been implicated in allelopathic interactions among plants. Root enzymes that destroy phenolics may protect plants against allelopathic inhibition and thus may aid in invasiveness. Phenolic-degrading enzymes are chiefly found in aboveground plant ...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Holzapfel C,Shahrokh P,Kafkewitz D

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis, Moraceae), a traditional starch crop in Oceania, has enjoyed legendary status ever since its role in the infamous mutiny aboard the H.M.S. Bounty in 1789, yet its origins remain unclear. Breadfruit's closest relatives are A. camansi and A. mariannensis. DNA fingerprinting data (AFLP, am...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Zerega NJ,Ragone D,Motley TJ

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between pollen and progeny performance has been a subject of many studies but the evidence for pollen-tube growth rate as an indicator of progeny fitness is equivocal. We used an anemophilous tree, Betula pendula, to examine the relationship between pollen-tube growth rate and seed and seedling perfor...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Pasonen HL,Pulkkinen P,Käpylä M

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In spite of the ecological and economic importance of temperate bamboos, relatively little is known about their population biology or evolutionary history. Recently, hybridization has emerged as a potential source of diversity in this group, as well as an underlying cause of taxonomic problems. As part of a broader ph...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Triplett JK,Oltrogge KA,Clark LG

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED: PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Invasive plant species threaten native plants in multiple ways, one of which is genetic assimilation through hybridization. However, information regarding hybridization between related alien and native plant species is generally lacking. In Hawaii, the invasive Central American species...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Knope ML,Pender RJ,Crawford DJ,Wieczorek AM

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Herbivory can affect a plant's fitness in a variety of ways, including modifying the biotic interactions of the plant. In particular, when herbivory influences floral display, we hypothesize that pollinator visitation will be altered accordingly. Here we studied the indirect effects of feeding by t...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Russell-Mercier JL,Sargent RD

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent surveys of seed coat morphology in Lobelioideae (Campanulaceae) have demonstrated the systematic utility of such data in the subfamily and led to a revision of the supraspecific classification of Lobelia. Expanding upon these studies, we examined via scanning electron microscopy 41 seed accessions, emphasizing ...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Buss CC,Lammers TG,Wise RR

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyploids have significantly influenced angiosperm evolution. Understanding the genetic consequences of polyploidy is advanced by studies on synthetic allopolyploids that mimic natural species. In Nicotiana, Burk (1973) and Kostoff (1938) generated synthetic tobacco (N. tabacum) using the parents ♀N. sylvestris × ♂N....

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Lim KY,Souckova-Skalicka K,Sarasan V,Clarkson JJ,Chase MW,Kovarik A,Leitch AR

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The direct and indirect effects of vegetative herbivory on the mating system of Impatiens capensis were analyzed through a survey of herbivory in natural I. capensis populations and manipulation of leaf damage in the field. Across 10 wild populations of I. capensis proportion of cleistogamous flowers had a significant...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Steets JA,Ashman TL

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study shows that structural data, when carefully examined, can provide valuable characters for delimiting monophyletic groups and can complement DNA with observable features to recognize and circumscribe taxa. In the angiosperm order Apiales, traditional classification has relied heavily (often exclusively) on fr...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Liu MR,Plunkett GM,Lowry PP 2nd,Wyk BE,Tilney PM

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Drosera peltata var. nipponica, an element of the East Asia warm-temperate vegetation, and D. rotundifolia, a widely distributed boreal species, reach one of their northernmost and southernmost limits, respectively, on the Korean Peninsula. Because the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM)-Holocene dynamics o...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Chung MY,López-Pujol J,Chung MG

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Expressed sequence tag (EST)-derived microsatellite markers were developed for Elaeocarpus photiniifolia, an endemic taxon of the Bonin Islands. METHODS AND RESULTS:Initially, a complementary DNA (cDNA) library was constructed by de novo pyrosequencing of total RNA extracted from a seedling. A tot...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Sugai K,Setsuko S,Uchiyama K,Murakami N,Kato H,Yoshimaru H

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pollinator-mediated natural selection has been shown to act on phenotypic variation in floral morphology, and this variation has often been demonstrated to be heritable, but few details are available concerning the sources of floral variation. We examined phenotypic variation in seven floral traits in wild radish (Rap...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Williams JL,Conner JK

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent discoveries of fossil reproductive structures from deposits of the Raritan Formation in New Jersey (Turonian, Upper Cretaceous, ~90 million years BP) include a previously undescribed representative of the Order Capparales. The fossils are usually charcoalified with three-dimensional structure and excellent anat...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Gandolfo M,Nixon K,Crepet W

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the effects of size and spatial isolation of fens on the isozyme variability of 17 populations of Swertia perennis. This long-lived perennial is a locally abundant fen specialist in Switzerland, where wetlands have been strongly fragmented. Isozyme variability was comparable to other outcrossing plants (A ...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Lienert J,Fischer M,Schneller J,Diemer M

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Intertidal macroalgae must resist extreme hydrodynamic forces imposed by crashing waves. How does frond flexibility mitigate drag, and how does flexibility affect predictions of drag and dislodgement in the field? METHODS:We characterized flexible reconfiguration of six seaweed species in a recirc...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Martone PT,Kost L,Boller M

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00