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Eragrostis curvula, a Model Species for Diplosporous Apomixis [PDF]

open access: yesPlants, 2021
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Ness is a grass with a particular apomictic embryo sac development called Eragrostis type. Apomixis is a type of asexual reproduction that produces seeds without fertilization in which the resulting progeny is genetically ...
Jose Carballo   +4 more
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New Insights Into Eragrostis Curvula’s Sexual and Apomictic Reproductive Development

open access: yesFrontiers in Plant Science
Apomixis, defined as asexual propagation by seeds, is considered of great importance for agriculture as it allows the fixation of desired traits and its propagation through generations.
Lucia Colombo   +2 more
exaly   +6 more sources

From Tetraploid to Diploid, a Pangenomic Approach to Identify Genes Lost During Synthetic Diploidization of Eragrostis curvula

open access: yesFrontiers in Plant Science, 2023
IntroductionIn Eragrostis curvula, commonly known as weeping lovegrass, a synthetic diploidization event of the facultative apomictic tetraploid Tanganyika INTA cv. originated from the sexual diploid Victoria cv.
Mario Caccamo   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Nutritional and sensory evaluation of injeras prepared from tef and Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees. flours with sorghum blends [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Plant Science, 2016
Injera is a fermented, sour bread consumed as a staple food in Eritrea and Ethiopia. The bread can be prepared from various cereals but tef [Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter], is the most preferred ingredient.
Habteab Mesghina Ghebrehiwot   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

A Combined Transcriptome - miRNAome Approach Revealed That a Kinesin Gene Is Differentially Targeted by a Novel miRNA in an Apomictic Genotype of Eragrostis curvula

open access: yesFrontiers in Plant Science, 2022
Weeping lovegrass (Eragrostis curvula [Shrad.] Nees) is a perennial grass typically established in semi-arid regions, with good adaptability to dry conditions and sandy soils.
Ingrid Garbus   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Host Specificity Controlled by PWL1 and PWL2 Effector Genes in the Finger Millet Blast Pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae in Eastern Africa

open access: yesMolecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 2023
Magnaporthe oryzae, a devastating pathogen of finger millet (Eleusine coracana), secretes effector molecules during infection to manipulate host immunity. This study determined the presence of avirulence effector genes PWL1 and PWL2 in 221 Eleusine blast
Hosea Isanda Masaki   +12 more
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Plastic traits of an exotic grass contribute to its abundance but are not always favourable. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2012
In herbaceous ecosystems worldwide, biodiversity has been negatively impacted by changed grazing regimes and nutrient enrichment. Altered disturbance regimes are thought to favour invasive species that have a high phenotypic plasticity, although most ...
Jennifer Firn   +2 more
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Utilising random forests in the modelling of Eragrostis curvula presence and absence in an Australian grassland system

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
Eragrostis curvula is an agronomically and ecologically undesirable perennial tussock grass dispersed across Australia. The objective of this study is to investigate relationships of ecologically relevant abiotic variables with the presence of E. curvula
J. Brown, A. Merchant, L. Ingram
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Germination Ecology of African Lovegrass (Eragrostis curvula) and Herbicide Options for Its Control

open access: yesAgriculture, 2023
African lovegrass (Eragrostis curvula) is one of the invasive perennial grasses that continues to disturb natural ecosystems globally. Experiments were conducted in southeast Queensland, Australia, to evaluate the effects of temperature, salt stress ...
Oyebanji O. Alagbo   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Aptitud para la implantación y supervivencia de gramíneas forrajeras estivales nativas y exóticas en la provincia de La Pampa, Argentina

open access: yesSemiárida, 2021
Los pastizales de regiones áridas y semiáridas sufren degradación ecológica y limitaciones productivas. Una alternativa de manejo para revertir tal situación es la siembra de especies forrajeras megatérmicas.
Martin Ezequiel Gonzalez   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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