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Niche packing, but not niche expansion, explains the co‐occurrence of hummingbirds‐visited plants

Ecography, Volume 2025, Issue 6, June 2025.
Tropical mountains often harbour high species richness. Yet the mechanisms behind such high richness remain poorly understood. One prominent hypothesis for high species richness is niche partitioning, which reduces competition and promotes coexistence.
Rafael de Oliveira, Elisa Barreto, Thais B. Zanata, Francisco Tobar, Tatiana Santander, María José Gavilanes, Catherine H. Graham, Isabela G. Varassin   +7 more
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Reasons of leaves withering in tropical plants cultivated under greenhouse conditions

Acta Agrobotanica, 2013
In order to determine the reasons of necrosis of exotic plants leaves cultivated in greenhouses plants belonging to ten following species were examined: Ceratozamia mexicana Brongn., Stangeria eriopus (Kunze) Nash (Cycadaceae), Eriobotrya japonica Lindl.
Z. Czerwiński, K. Czerwińska, J. Andrearczyk, B. Solińska-Górnicka   +3 more
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Pest categorisation of Selenaspidus articulatus

EFSA Journal, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2025.
Abstract Following the commodity risk assessment of Jasminum polyanthum unrooted cuttings from Uganda, in which Selenaspidus articulatus (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) was identified as a pest of possible concern, the European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to conduct a pest categorisation of S.
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Antonio Vicent Civera, Paula Baptista, Anna Berlin, Elisavet Chatzivassiliou, Jaime Cubero, Nik Cunniffe, Eduardo de la Peña, Nicolas Desneux, Francesco Di Serio, Anna Filipiak, Paolo Gonthier, Beata Hasiów‐Jaroszewska, Hervé Jactel, Blanca B. Landa, Lara Maistrello, David Makowski, Panagiotis Milonas, Nikos Papadopoulos, Roel Potting, Hanna Susi, Dirk Jan van der Gaag, Vasiliki Evangelou, Alex Gobbi, Virag Kertesz, Andrea Maiorano, Dimitrios Papachristos, Oresteia Sfyra   +27 more
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Quichuana calathea Shannon 1925

, 2016
calathea Shannon, 1925b:111. Type locality: Panama, Porto Bello. HT M/F (USNM). Distr.: Colombia (Antioquia (Nariño, San Luis, San Roque), Chocó, Risaralda, Quindio (Quimbaya), Risaralda (Pereira), Valle del Cauca (Caicedonia, Restrepo), Costa Rica, Cuba, Panama. Refs.: Hull, 1946a:16, fig. 13 (head) (desc. note); Thompson et al.
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Chromosome numbers of some Angiosperm plants in Thailand [PDF]

Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology (SJST), 2007
Chromosome numbers in the root-tip cells of 58 cultivars 27 species belonging to 15 genera of Apocynaceae, Araceae, Campanulaceae, Compositae (Asteraceae), Marantaceae, Musaceae and Plumbaginaceae were determined.
Tanpho, S., Jansone, A., Jornead, S., Decharun, S., Eksomtramage, L.   +4 more
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Pyriculariopsis calatheae sp. nov., a novel anamorphic hyphomycete from the Atlantic forest of Brazil causing leaf spots on Calathea longifolia

Mycological Progress, 2010
The new species Pyriculariopsis calatheae is described causing leaf spots on Calathea longifolia (Marantaceae). It represents an addition to the mycobiota of the tropical seasonal semi-deciduous montane forest, a component of the Brazilian Atlantic forest and a highly threatened ecosystem.
Dartanhã J. Soares, Fabiano B. Rocha, Lidiane L. Duarte, Robert W. Barreto   +3 more
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Plant nutrition challenges for a sustainable agriculture of the future

Physiologia Plantarum, Volume 176, Issue 6, November/December 2024.
Abstract This article offers a comprehensive review of sustainable plant nutrition concepts, examining a multitude of cutting‐edge techniques that are revolutionizing the modern area. The review copes with the crucial role of biostimulants as products that stimulate plant nutrition processes, including their potential for biofertilization, followed by ...
Luis E. Hernandez, Juan M. Ruiz, Francisco Espinosa, Ana Alvarez‐Fernandez, Micaela Carvajal   +4 more
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Números cromosómicos de cuatro especies de Costus (Costaceae), una de Calathea, una de Maranta y una de Stromanthe (Marantaceae)

Acta Botanica Mexicana, 1995
Se hicieron recuentos cromosómicos de las siguientes especies: Costus pictus, C. scaber y C. pulverulentus tienen todos 2 n = 18; Costus dirzoi 2 n = 27, 28; Calathea ovandensis 2 n = 25; Maranta gibba 2 n = 40 y Stromanthe macrochlamys 2 n = ca. 60, ca.
Andrew P. Vovides, Maite Lascurain
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Fermentation in aquafeed processing: Achieving sustainability in feeds for global aquaculture production

Reviews in Aquaculture, Volume 16, Issue 3, Page 1244-1265, June 2024.
Abstract Improving feed suitability and bolstering the global upsurge in fish production is a strategic challenge for aquaculture. The utilization of plant and animal derived ingredients in aquafeed for achieving sustainable in finfish aquaculture is affected by various factors, including the presence of antinutritional factors, lowered nutrient ...
Muhammad A. B. Siddik, Billie B. Julien, S. M. Majharul Islam, David S. Francis   +3 more
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A New Species of Calathea (Marantaceae) from Veracruz, Mexico

Novon, 1996
A new species, Calathea misantlensis, is described and illustrated. Its closest affinities are with C. coccinea Standley & Steyermark from Chiapas and Oaxaca, Mexico, and Guatemala, but it differs from that species in inflorescence morphology. RESUMEN. Una nueva especie, Calathea misantiensis, se describe e ilustra. Sus afinidades m~is cercanas son con
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