Flower color polymorphism of a wild Iris on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau [PDF]
BMC Plant Biology, 2023 Background Flower color plays a crucial role in attracting pollinators and facilitating environmental adaptation. Investigating the causes of flower color polymorphism and understanding their potential effects on both ecology and genetics can enhance our
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Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment, 2021 Flower color is one of the most important qualitative characteristics of ornamental horticultural plants, which mainly depends on anthocyanins and carotenoids. Modification of flower color in ornamental plants involves many aspects, including complicated
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A naturally-occurring phenomenon of flower color change during flower development in Xanthoceras sorbifolium [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 Xanthoceras sorbifolium (yellowhorn) is originated in China and is a unique tree in northern China. Yellowhorn is very popular because of the gradual color change of its flower at different flower developmental stages.
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Transcriptome and metabolome analysis reveals the effect of flavonoids on flower color variation in Dendrobium nobile Lindl. [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 IntroductionDendrobium nobile L. is a rare orchid plant with high medicinal and ornamentalvalue, and extremely few genetic species resources are remaining in nature.
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Flower Color Evolution and the Evidence of Pollinator-Mediated Selection
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 The evolution of floral traits in animal-pollinated plants involves the interaction between flowers as signal senders and pollinators as signal receivers.
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Synergistic Effects of Flower Color and Mechanical Barriers on Pollinator Selection Within the Papilionoideae of Fabaceae [PDF]
PlantsCurrent understanding of synergistic trait effects in plant–pollinator systems remains limited, particularly regarding combined visual and mechanical screening mechanisms.
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Indirect Selection on Flower Color in Silene littorea
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020 Flower color, as other floral traits, may suffer conflicting selective pressures mediated by both mutualists and antagonists. The maintenance of intraspecific flower color variability has been usually explained as a result of direct selection by biotic ...
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Temperature and the evolution of flower color: A review [PDF]
American Journal of BotanyAbstract Flower colors brighten our natural world. How and why have they evolved? How might ongoing global warming alter their evolutionary trajectories? In this review, I examine the influence of ambient temperature on the evolution of flower color.
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Flower morphology, flower color, flowering and floral fragrance in Paeonia L. [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant SciencePaeonia have diverse flower colors, rich flower types, varying bloom periods, and delightful fragrances, rendering them highly valuable for both ornamental and economic purposes in horticulture.
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Integration of Metabolomic and Transcriptomic Analyses Reveals the Molecular Mechanisms of Flower Color Formation in Prunus mume [PDF]
PlantsFlower color is an important trait that affects the economic value of Prunus mume, a famous ornamental plant in the Rosaceae family. P. mume with purple–red flowers is uniquely charming and highly favored in landscape applications.
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