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Extreme events induced by climate change alter nectar offer to pollinators in cross pollination-dependent crops

Scientific Reports
Both severe reductions and increases in rainfall can stress plants and modify floral traits involved in plant-pollinator interactions, such as nectar production.
Maria Luisa P. Frigero, Carmen S. F. Boaro, Leonardo Galetto, Priscila Tunes, Elza Guimarães   +4 more
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The Strength and Drivers of Bird-Mediated Selection on Fruit Crop Size: A Meta-Analysis

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2018
In seed-dispersal mutualisms, the number of fruit a plant displays is a key trait, as it acts as a signal for seed dispersers that entails fruit removal and exportation of reproductive units (fruit crop size hypothesis).
Facundo X. Palacio, Mariano Ordano
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Residual tail twisting in ascidian larvae is stabilized by asymmetric myofibrils that resist bilateral symmetry restoration

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Ascidian Ciona larvae initially show strong clockwise tail twisting, which is largely corrected during development. However, a small residual twist remains. This study shows that organized helical myofibrils in tail muscles mechanically stabilize this residual asymmetry, preventing complete restoration of bilateral symmetry and revealing how embryos ...
Yuki S. Kogure, Misaki K. Nishio, Satoru Okuda, Kohji Hotta   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Molecular aspects of plant disease susceptibility: Arabidopsis genes affecting downy mildew infection [PDF]

, 2013
Interactions of plants with pathogenic microorganisms are influenced by multiple biotic and abiotic factors. The host immune system can detect pathogens and restrict their growth and development, but also non-immunity related host factors and processes ...
Lapin, D., Sub Plant-Microbe Interactions, Plant Microbe Interactions   +2 more
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Spitting Seeds From the Cud: A Review of an Endozoochory Exclusive to Ruminants

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019
Given their strong masticatory system and the powerful microbial digestion inside their complex guts, mammalian ruminants have been frequently considered seed predators rather than seed dispersers.
Miguel Delibes, Irene Castañeda, Irene Castañeda, Irene Castañeda, Jose M. Fedriani, Jose M. Fedriani, Jose M. Fedriani   +6 more
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Biophysical approaches for studying viral entry

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Viruses infect all living organisms and have been responsible for major epidemics and pandemics. Their ongoing evolutionary battle with host defenses creates a constant need for improved tools to study viral behavior. Advancing methods to probe viral attachment, fusion, and genome release deepen our understanding of how infections begin and support the
Inbar Yosibash, Raya Sorkin
wiley   +1 more source

Plant endophytes and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi alter plant competition [PDF]

, 2018
In nature, grasses simultaneously establish multiple symbiotic associations with endophytic fungi and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). The effect of these multiple interactions on competitive interactions between plants remains poorly understood.
Marcel G. A. van der Heijden, Gao, Yu-Bao, Ren, An-Zhi, Zhou, Yong, Hui Liu, van der Heijden, Marcel G.A., Plant Microbe Interactions, Yong Zhou, An‐Zhi Ren, Gao, Yuan, Ren, An Zhi, Xia Li, van der Heijden, Marcel G A, Sub Plant-Microbe Interactions, Liu, Hui, Yuan Gao, Yu‐Bao Gao, Zhou, Yong; https://orcid.org/, Li, Xia, Gao, Yu Bao   +19 more
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How animals shape plant evolution: an ecological and evolutionary synthesis

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
This review synthesizes current knowledge on how animals shape plant evolution through a complex network of mutualistic and antagonistic interactions operating across ecological and evolutionary timescales.
Praveen Pandey, Arpita Tripathi, Florin-Dumitru Bora, Ioan Valentin Petrescu-Mag, Ioan Valentin Petrescu-Mag   +4 more
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Plants on the Move: Hitch-Hiking With Ungulates Distributes Diaspores Across Landscapes

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019
We here describe the multiple mechanisms by which ungulates distribute diaspores across landscapes. There are three primary and three secondary seed dispersal mechanisms by which ungulate dispersal agents contribute to the spread of plant diaspores, both
Christophe Baltzinger, Christophe Baltzinger, Sorour Karimi, Sorour Karimi, Ushma Shukla   +4 more
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Advances in Structural Characterization and Functional Properties of Animal-Plant Mixed Proteins

Shipin gongye ke-ji, 2023
In recent years, mixed protein systems composed of animal and plant proteins have gradually attracted the attention of researchers. Numerous studies have shown that mixing animal and plant proteins can improve the processing functional properties of ...
Meishan WU, Xiaoye HE, Hu LI, Di HAN, Duo FENG, Jing WANG   +5 more
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