Deep learning-based elaiosome detection in milk thistle seed for efficient high-throughput phenotyping [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant ScienceMilk thistle, Silybum marianum (L.), is a well-known medicinal plant used for the treatment of liver diseases due to its high content of silymarin. The seeds contain elaiosome, a fleshy structure attached to the seeds, which is believed to be a rich ...
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Effects of seed morphology and elaiosome chemical composition on attractiveness of five Trillium species to seed‐dispersing ants [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Morphological and chemical attributes of diaspores in myrmecochorous plants have been shown to affect seed dispersal by ants, but the relative importance of these attributes in determining seed attractiveness and dispersal success is poorly understood ...
Chelsea N. Miller +2 more
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Extreme reproduction and survival of a true cliffhanger: the endangered Plant Borderea chouardii (Dioscoreaceae). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Cliff sides are extreme habitats, often sheltering a rich and unique flora. One example is the dioecious herb Borderea chouardii (Dioscoreaceae), which is a Tertiary, tropical relict, occurring only on two adjacent vertical cliffs in the world.
María B García +2 more
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Seed Dispersal by Ants in Three Early-Flowering Plants [PDF]
Insects, 2022 Interactions between ants and plants vary from being occasionally beneficial to neutral and negative. Ant-mediated dispersal of obligatory myrmecochorous plants is considered mutualistic interaction, providing benefits to plants in terms of seed ...
Pavol Prokop +2 more
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Extrafloral nectar as entrée and elaiosomes as main course for ant visitors to a fireprone, mediterranean‐climate shrub [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Thousands of plants produce both extrafloral nectaries (EFNs) on their leaves and nutrient‐rich appendages on their diaspores (elaiosomes). Although their individual ecology is well‐known, any possible functional link between these structures has almost ...
Byron B. Lamont, James Grey
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Ant Guild Identity Determines Seed Fate at the Post-Removal Seed Dispersal Stages of a Desert Perennial [PDF]
Insects, 2021 Ants play a dual role in their interaction with plant seeds. In deserts, the consumption of seeds by granivorous ants is common, whereas mutualistic seed dispersal, often associated with scavenging ants, is rarely documented.
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Seed morphology and germination of
PLoS ONE, 2023 Damiana (Turnera diffusa Willd. ex Schult.) is a species of plant used in traditional Mexican medicine for its aphrodisiac properties. Although it has a high commercial demand, both nationally and internationally, its sexual propagation is not usual due ...
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Odor of achlorophyllous plants’ seeds drives seed‐dispersing ants [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Seed dispersal by ants is an important means of migration for plants. Many myrmecochorous plants have specialized appendages in their seeds called elaiosome, which provides nutritional rewards for ants, and enable effective seed dispersal.
Mikihisa Yamada +2 more
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Reduced dispersal at nonexpanding range margins: A matter of disperser identity [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2020 The evolution of dispersal at range margins received much attention recently, especially in the context of dynamic range shifts, such as those following climate change.
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Seed cleaning behaviour and their antimicrobial effect on seed germination by seed harvester ant, Trichomyrmex scabriceps [PDF]
Scientific ReportsHarvester ants are a group of ant species known for collecting, storing and disperse the seeds, resulting in reciprocal advantages for both seeds and ants through dissemination as well as nutrition rewards from digesting the lipid-rich elaiosome ...
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