Foraging ants affect community composition and diversity of phyllosphere fungi on a myrmecophilous plants, Mallotus japonicus [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionMany microorganisms inhabit the aboveground parts of plants (i.e. the phyllosphere), which mainly comprise leaves. Understanding the structure of phyllosphere microbial communities and their drivers is important because they influence host plant fitness ...
Takafumi Mizuno +2 more
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Complete plastome sequence of Mallotus japonicus (Linn. f.) Müll. Arg. (Euphorbiaceae): a medicinal plant species endemic in East Asia [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2021 Mallotus japonicus is a shrub species in the family of Euphorbiaceae. The study of plastome would be helpful for its phylogenetic study and species identification.
Wan-Ping Wu +3 more
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Complete chloroplast genome sequence and phylogenetic analysis of Mallotus paniculatus (Lam.) Müll. Arg. (Euphorbiaceae) [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2022 Mallotus paniculatus (Lam.) Müll. Arg. 1865 (Euphorbiaceae) is a shrub or small tree with medicinal properties that is distributed across Southeast Asia. In this study, we sequenced the complete chloroplast genome of M.
Zhuowei Li +3 more
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The relationship between resource abundance and insect herbivory on islands. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 We examined the relationship between resource abundance and the feeding activity of phytophagous insects on three common island plants. The aim was to investigate the correlation between phytophagous insects' abundance and availability of food and island
Bora Shin +3 more
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Contrasting microbial communities on male and female flowers of a dioecious plant, Mallotus japonicus (Euphorbiaceae) [PDF]
Environmental DNA, 2022 Flowers play a central role in plant reproduction by dispersing and receiving pollen grains delivered by animal vectors or air. They are rich in various nutrients, and therefore, provide an ideal habitat for many microbes.
Maxime Marre +2 more
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Complete mitochondrial genome of the surf smelt Hypomesus japonicus (Osmeriformes, Osmeridae) [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2018 The complete mitochondrial genome was sequenced in two individuals of the surf smelt Hypomesus japonicus. The genome sequences are 16,762 and 16,771 bp in size, and the gene arrangement, composition, and size are very similar to the other smelt ...
Evgeniy S. Balakirev +2 more
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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022 Background: Bergenin, 4-O-methyl gallic acid glucoside, is a bioactive compound found in the cortex of Mallotus japonicus (L.f.) Müll.Arg. along with many other natural resources including that from Bergenia species.
Rajeev K. Singla +9 more
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Natural Product Communications, 2020 Mallotus japonicus has been evaluated for the treatment of dermatitis, inflammatory conditions, and cancer. Diterpenes, one of the major constituents of M. japonicus , possess various pharmacological effects. In this study, 2 known diterpenes, anomaluone
Joo-Eun Lee +4 more
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Plant Protection Science, 2013 In our routine surveys for the powdery mildew disease in greenhouse tomatoes, we detected a new pathogen that forms pseudochains consisting of 12 conidia.
Teruo Nonomura +6 more
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Quantity over quality: light intensity, but not red/far-red ratio, affects extrafloral nectar production in Senna mexicana var. chapmanii [PDF]
, 2015 Extrafloral nectar (EFN) mediates food-for-protection mutualisms between plants and insects and provides plants with a form of indirect defense against herbivory.
Koptur S., Koptur S., Wagner D.
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