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Bird pollination of Canary Island endemic plants
The Canary Islands are home to a guild of endemic, threatened bird pollinated plants. Previous work has suggested that these plants evolved floral traits as adaptations to pollination by flower sp…
Received 16 June 2008 14:47 UTC; Posted 16 June 2008
Posted to: Ecology, Plant Biology
Mitochondrial Molecular Adaptations and Life History Strategies Coevolve in Plants
Messenger RNA secondary structure prevents mutations at functionally important sites. Mutations at exposed sites would cause micro-adaptations, niche-specialization, and therefore, can be thought t…
Received 28 May 2008 09:41 UTC; Posted 29 May 2008
Posted to: Bioinformatics, Plant Biology, Evolutionary Biology
A test of psbK-psbI and atpF-atpH as potential plant DNA barcodes using the flora of the Kruger National Park (South Africa) as a model system
A DNA barcode consists of a standardized short sequence of DNA (400-800bp) used to identify the taxonomic species a small organic fragment belongs to. Even though it has been easy to discriminate a…
Received 16 May 2008 13:56 UTC; Posted 16 May 2008
Posted to: Ecology, Plant Biology
Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) in Vector Systems Played Sense Role of Epigenetic in Plants
The green fluorescent protein (GFP) of jellyfish (Aequorea victoria) has significant advantages over other reporter genes, because expression can be detected in living cells without any substrate…
Received 29 April 2008 20:38 UTC; Posted 30 April 2008
Posted to: Biotechnology, Molecular Cell Biology, Plant Biology
Integrated disease management using environmental control in tea fields
The occurrence of plant disease depends on interactions between the host plant, a pathogen, and the environment in a dynamic called “the disease triangle”. Bacterial shoot blight (BSB) disease, cau…
Received 25 April 2008 13:22 UTC; Posted 28 April 2008
Posted to: Microbiology, Plant Biology
Selective insectivory in Nymphaea nouchali Burm. f.
Carnivorous plants comprise roughly 0.24 percent of the flowering plants, or 640 species represented in 12 families. Yet they are regarded as miracula naturae. Over fifty percent of these taxa ar…
Received 20 April 2008 09:13 UTC; Posted 21 April 2008
Posted to: Ecology, Earth & Environment, Plant Biology
Historical deforestation patterns and the conservation value of church forests in the northern Ethiopian highlands
Mountain forest plants have a limited capacity for migration because altitudinal gradients usually set strict limits to plant species’ ranges and often present physical barriers against dispersal. ...
Received 09 April 2008 15:35 UTC; Posted 10 April 2008
Posted to: Ecology, Earth & Environment, Plant Biology
GabiPD: Gabi Primary Database – a plant integrative ‘omics’ database in GABI-FUTURE
GabiPD (http://gabi.rzpd.de) was established within GABI-I and further developed in GABI-II and constitutes a repository and analysis platform for a wide array of heterogeneou…
Received 13 March 2008 12:20 UTC; Posted 13 March 2008
Posted to: Bioinformatics, Plant Biology
Incident light orientation lets C4 monocotyledonous leaves make light work differently
Photosynthesis is an important driver of ecosystem sustainability in the face of climate change. Monocotyledonous crop species with C4 photosynthesis such as maize (Zea mays L; corn) and sugar cane…
Received 10 March 2008 16:31 UTC; Posted 10 March 2008
Posted to: Genetics & Genomics, Earth & Environment, Plant Biology
Phytochemical Approach and Bioanalytical Strategy to Develop Chaperone-Based Medications
Currently, no pharmaceuticals for the etiological treatment of degenerative protein-misfolding diseases (e.g., ALS, Alzheimer’s or prion diseases) are commercially available. Therefore, in this tec…
Received 08 April 2008 16:45 UTC; Posted 09 April 2008
Posted to: Chemistry, Pharmacology, Plant Biology
