Evolution of root apical meristem structures in vascular plants: plasmodesmatal networks.

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Sex lability (i.e., gender diphasy) in plants is classically linked to the larger resource needs associated with the female sexual function (i.e., seed production) compared to the male function (i.e., pollen production). Sex lability in response to the environment is extensively documented in dioec...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Varga S,Kytöviita MM

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:• PREMISE OF THE STUDY:The growth limitation hypothesis (GLH) is the most accepted mechanistic explanation for treeline formation, although it is still uncertain whether it applies across taxa. The successful establishment of Pinus contorta--an exotic conifer species in the southern hemisphere--above the No...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Fajardo A,Piper FI

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seedling establishment has long been believed to be rare on alpine tundra because of predicted life history trade-offs, the clonality of alpine species, and the harshness of the alpine climate. Contrary to the idea that seedlings are rare on alpine tundra, a 4-yr demographic study of seedlings at Niwot Ridge, Colorado...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Forbis TA

更新日期：2003-08-01 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：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Studies of natural genetic variation can elucidate the genetic basis of phenotypic variation and the past population structure of species. Our study species, Taxodium distichum, is a unique conifer that inhabits the flood plains and swamps of North America. Morphological and ecological differences ...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Ikezaki Y,Suyama Y,Middleton BA,Tsumura Y,Teshima K,Tachida H,Kusumi J

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Tetraena simplex is an independently evolved C4 species in the Zygophylloideae (Zygophyllaceae) and a characteristic forb of saline flats in hot and sandy desert habitats. During early ontogeny, the species had a morphological shift from planar cotyledons (dorsiventral symmetry) to terete, succulen...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Muhaidat R,McKown AD,Al Zoubi M,Bani Domi Z,Otoum O

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Over one-third of the native flowering plant species in the Hawaiian Islands are listed as federally threatened or endangered. Lack of sufficient pollination could contribute to reductions in populations, reproduction, and genetic diversity among these species but has been little studied. METHODS:...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Aslan CE,Shiels AB,Haines W,Liang CT

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:The life histories of lichen fungi are not well known and cannot be readily studied in laboratory culture. This work documents in situ the complete life cycle of the widespread crustose lichen Calopadia puiggarii, which reproduces sexually and asexually on the surfaces of leaves. METHODS:Plastic c...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Sanders WB

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditional farming communities frequently maintain high levels of agrobiodiversity, so understanding their agricultural practices is a priority for biodiversity conservation. The cultural origin of agave spirits (mezcals) from west-central Mexico is in the southern part of the state of Jalisco where traditional farme...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Vargas-Ponce O,Zizumbo-Villarreal D,Martínez-Castillo J,Coello-Coello J,Colunga-Garcíamarín P

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:In angiosperm seeds, the developing embryo acquires nutrients via a suspensor that typically undergoes programmed cell death (PCD) at the early cotyledon stage. However, in Leguminosae (the third largest angiosperm family), the suspensors can disappear at the heart-shaped stage (i.e., prior to the ...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Endo Y

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Areas lacking dominant plants, or gaps, can support high diversity and specialist species. Previous chronosequence research in Florida rosemary scrub showed indistinct gap area patterns with fire and the dependence of certain species on gaps. We hypothesized that fire and gap size would affect exti...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Menges ES,Crate SJH,Quintana-Ascencio PF

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents the first broad overview of three main features of microsporogenesis (male meiosis) in angiosperms: cytokinesis (cell division), intersporal wall formation, and tetrad form. A phylogenetic comparative approach was used to test for correlated evolution among these characters and to make hypotheses a...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Nadot S,Furness CA,Sannier J,Penet L,Triki-Teurtroy S,Albert B,Ressayre A

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE:Outcomes of species interactions, especially mutualisms, are notoriously dependent on environmental context, and environments are changing rapidly. Studies have investigated how mutualisms respond to or ameliorate anthropogenic environmental changes, but most have focused on nutrient pollution or climate change...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： O'Brien AM,Yu ZH,Luo DY,Laurich J,Passeport E,Frederickson ME

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Mixotrophy is a strategy whereby plants acquire carbon both through photosynthesis and heterotrophic exploitation of mycorrhizal fungi. In Euro-American Pyroleae species studied hitherto, heterotrophy levels vary according to species, sites of study, and possibly light conditions. We investigated m...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Matsuda Y,Shimizu S,Mori M,Ito S,Selosse MA

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathways of micro- and megagametophyte development in Agave fourcroydes (henequén) and A. angustifolia were studied. We used histology and light microscopy to observe anther ontogeny and ovary differentiation in relation to flower bud size. Both species have the same sexual reproductive strategies and gametophyte ...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Piven NM,Barredo-Pool FA,Borges-Argáez IC,Herrera-Alamillo MA,Mayo-Mosqueda A,Herrera-Herrera JL,Robert ML

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Microsatellite markers were developed for the common wetland plant Juncus effusus to assess levels of within- and among-population genetic diversity. METHODS AND RESULTS:Using a next-generation sequencing approach we identified new microsatellite loci, from which 23 were further characterized in a...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Michalski SG,Durka W

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE:Within closed-canopy forests, vertical gradients of light and atmospheric CO2 drive variations in leaf carbon isotope ratios, leaf mass per area (LMA), and the micromorphology of leaf epidermal cells. Variations in traits observed in preserved or fossilized leaves could enable inferences of past forest canopy c...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Cheesman AW,Duff H,Hill K,Cernusak LA,McInerney FA

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Bio-ontologies are essential tools for accessing and analyzing the rapidly growing pool of plant genomic and phenomic data. Ontologies provide structured vocabularies to support consistent aggregation of data and a semantic framework for automated analyses and reasoning. They are a key component of...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Walls RL,Athreya B,Cooper L,Elser J,Gandolfo MA,Jaiswal P,Mungall CJ,Preece J,Rensing S,Smith B,Stevenson DW

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED: PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Polyploid speciation has been important in plant evolution. However, the conditions that favor the origination and persistence of polyploids are still not well understood. Here, we examine origins of 16 polyploid species in Mentzelia section Trachyphytum. • METHODS:We used phylogeny r...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Brokaw JM,Hufford L

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE:Spiny pollen has evolved independently in multiple entomophilous lineages. Sexual selection may act on exine traits that facilitate male mating success by influencing the transfer of pollen from the anther to the body of the pollinator, while natural selection acts to increase pollen survival. We postulated tha...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Lynn A,Piotter E,Harrison E,Galen C

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used isozymes (16 loci in 11 enzymatic systems) from Laelia speciosa, an endemic and endangered epiphytic orchid of Mexico, to assess the genetic diversity and population genetic structure in nine populations distributed along its geographic range, as well as to detect those populations that are genetically unique ...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Avila-Díaz I,Oyama K

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF STUDY:Sequence analyses for Pinaceae have suggested that extant genera diverged in the late Mesozoic. While the fossil record indicates that Pinaceae was highly diverse during the Cretaceous, there are few records of living genera. This description of an anatomically preserved seed cone extends the fossil re...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Klymiuk AA,Stockey RA

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expansion of Typha domingensis into areas previously dominated by Cladium jamaicense in the Florida Everglades has been linked to anthropogenic phosphorus (P) enrichment and increased hydroperiod. The principal stress factor for plants in flooded soils is biochemical reduction, the intensity of which is measured as re...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Lissner J,Mendelssohn IA,Lorenzen B,Brix H,McKee KL,Miao S

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The circumscription and relationships of genera within the tribe Melanthieae (29 representative taxa) were evaluated using parsimony analyses of ITS (nuclear ribosomal) and trnL-F (plastid) DNA sequence data, alone and in combination. Proposed new generic circumscriptions, strongly supported by the tree statistics and...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Zomlefer WB,Williams NH,Whitten WM,Judd WS

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cleistogamous capitula formed by Centaurea melitensis display a number of morphological and functional changes with respect to chasmogamous capitula that ensure self-fertilization. Because no studies have hitherto addressed the evolution of cleistogamy in Asteraceae, it was considered useful to ascertain whether these...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Porras R,Muñoz JM

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Herbivory affects pollination success and reproductive output in plants. However, the different stages in the process from pollination to seed maturation have hardly been investigated within the context of herbivory. Herbivory might affect these stages via its effect on geitonogamous pollination an...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Ghyselen C,Bonte D,Brys R

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interspecific hybridization is considered a possible mechanism of plant diversification. The Andes are a hotspot of biodiversity, but hybridization in Andean taxa has so far not been investigated intensively. The current study investigates crossability in Caiophora (Loasaceae subfam. Loasoideae) by experimental inters...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Ackermann M,Achatz M,Weigend M

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microelectrodes were used to study the oxygen concentration within Myrica gale L. nodules. Low oxygen concentrations were found only in the region of the mature, nitrogen-fixing endophyte, and appeared to correspond to clusters of infected host cells. The oxygen concentration in the remainder of the nodule was much hi...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Tjepkema JD

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Gravity has been a major force throughout the evolution of terrestrial organisms, and plants have developed exquisitely sensitive, regulated tropisms and growth patterns that are based on the gravity vector. The nullified gravity during spaceflight allows direct assessment of gravity roles. The mic...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Zupanska AK,Denison FC,Ferl RJ,Paul AL

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phylogenetic analysis of DNA sequences of the chloroplast genes rcbL and ndhf revealed a highly supported clade composed of the families Plantaginaceae, Callitrichaceae, and Hippuridaceae in close association with the model organism Antirrhinum majus and other members of family Scrophulariaceae. Plantago has miniature...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Reeves P,Olmstead R

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00