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Plant Functional Types and Plant Trait Measurements in the Eastern Ghats, South India
Classifying terrestrial plant species on the basis of function rather than on taxonomy facilitates addressing ecological questions at the scale of ecosystems, landscapes or Biomes. The concept of p…
Received 07 September 2007 11:35 UTC; Posted 07 September 2007
Posted to: Ecology, Plant Biology
CARE1, a TY3-gypsy long terminal repeat retrotransposon in the food legume chickpea (Cicer arietinum L)
We report a novel Ty3-gypsy long terminal repeat retrotransposon CARE1 (Cicer arietinum retro-element 1) in chickpea. This 5920-bp AT-rich (63%) element carries 723-bp 5’ and 897-bp 3’ LTRs respe…
Received 24 August 2007 11:20 UTC; Posted 24 August 2007
Posted to: Genetics & Genomics, Plant Biology
Heterogeneity in Ty1-copia group of retroelements in chickpea (Cicer arietinum) genome
Retrotransposons constitute a major fraction of plant genomes and these elements may have played a significant role in evolution and sequence organization of genomes. In order to access the diversi…
Received 13 August 2007 12:32 UTC; Posted 13 August 2007
Posted to: Biotechnology, Genetics & Genomics, Bioinformatics, Plant Biology
Rapid Dissolution of Lignocellulosic Plant Materials in an Ionic Liquid
Concerns regarding the non-renewable nature of, and pollution from, petroleum derived energy and commercial products has led to the concept of a biomass economy. As part of this vision for a societ…
Received 07 August 2007 03:39 UTC; Posted 07 August 2007
Posted to: Chemistry, Earth & Environment, Plant Biology
Biological Activities of Extracts from Sumac (Rhus spp.): A Review
Sumac is the common name for a genus (Rhus) that contains over 250 individual species of flowering plants in the family Anacardiaceae. These plants are found in temperate and tropical regions world…
Received 06 August 2007 22:12 UTC; Posted 07 August 2007
Posted to: Chemistry, Pharmacology, Plant Biology
Third-codon transversion rate-based Nymphaea basal angiosperm phylogeny—concordance with developmental evidence
Flowering plants (angiosperms) appeared on Earth rather suddenly approximately 130 million years ago and underwent a massive expansion in the subsequent 10-12 million years. Current molecular phylo…
Received 02 July 2007 13:10 UTC; Posted 02 July 2007
Posted to: Ecology, Plant Biology, Evolutionary Biology
Plant Transcription Factors @ uni-potsdam.de
We present the Plant Transcription Factor Database (PlnTFDB), and the putative complete set of TFs in the algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, Ostreococcus tauri and the vascular plants _Oryza sati…
Received 26 June 2007 12:09 UTC; Posted 26 June 2007
Posted to: Ecology, Bioinformatics, Plant Biology
A Meta-analysis of Studies on Plant Growth Rate and Allocation to Roots and Shoots
I performed a meta-analysis of studies examining the relationships among nutrient availability, plant growth rate and allocation to roots vs. shoots. Species characteristic of high fertility habits…
Received 22 June 2007 17:33 UTC; Posted 22 June 2007
Posted to: Ecology, Plant Biology
Plants at risk from climate change
The popular garden flower Cyclamen grows natively in the Mediterranean. Climate change could make the region unsuitable for 18/21 species in 50 years time. Ant-dispersed Cyclamen can’t hope to mi…
Received 21 June 2007 09:07 UTC; Posted 21 June 2007
Posted to: Ecology, Plant Biology
Phyloclimatic Modelling: Phylogenies, Palaeo-climate and Environmental Preferences
A new technique is demonstrated for the interpretation of the role played by climate in plant diversity through the optimisation of climate variables on phylogenetic trees. This is achieved by calc…
Received 21 June 2007 07:25 UTC; Posted 21 June 2007
Posted to: Ecology, Plant Biology
