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Effect of Foliar Nutrition on Nigella sativa L. Plants Cultivated under Ammonium Sulfate Treatments

International Journal of Botany, 2015
Khalid A. Khalid, Aisha M.A. Ahmed
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Physiological synergies in tolerance to freezing and drought stress reveal greater exaptation of Quercus to seasonally cold environments compared with Lithocarpus

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Diversification in the genus Quercus, which includes tropical‐temperate transitions, is hypothesized to have been enabled by rapid colonization of new niches. To evaluate the role of ecophysiological adaptation to climate, we draw on close relatives in Lithocarpus and ...
Barbara M. Neto‐Bradley, Jeannine Cavender‐Bares, David A. Coomes   +2 more
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Shrubs inhibit plant diseases by intercepting light in alpine meadows

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Climate change is disproportionately impacting mountain ecosystems, leading to widespread shrub expansion into alpine meadows. Shrub encroachment alters the albedo, carbon budget and warming rate in alpine grasslands, but it remains challenging to predict how shrub ...
Yimin Zhao, Xiaodan Tan, Peng Zhang, Yao Xiao, Xiang Liu, Mu Liu   +5 more
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Tree species diversity drives above‐ground carbon sequestration through light‐related trait shifts

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Functional traits can vary in response to tree species mixing, which in turn might influence biomass production and, consequently, carbon (C) sequestration in diverse forests.
Joel Jensen, Haben Blondeel, Chloe MacLaren, Iftekhar U. Ahmed, Laurent Augusto, Lander Baeten, Mark R. Bakker, Jürgen Bauhus, Christel Baum, Friderike Beyer, Pedro Brancalion, Elisabeth Bönisch, Pablo Castro Sánchez‐Bermejo, Peter Dietrich, Nico Eisenhauer, Nicolas Fanin, Adam Felton, Olga Ferlian, Petra Fransson, Emmely Fritsch, Carolyn Glynn, Douglas L. Godbold, Joannès Guillemot, Sylvia Haider, Peter Hajek, Hervé Jactel, Simone Mereu, Celine Meredieu, Bart Muys, Nils‐Erik Nordh, Quentin Ponette, Boris Rewald, Agnès Robin, Dai Saito, Hans Sandén, Michael Scherer‐Lorenzen, Hernán Serrano‐León, Matthias Steinparzer, Kris Verheyen, Ramona Werner, Huimin Yi, Martin Weih   +41 more
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Forest type and leaf habit mediate thermal and drought tolerance across a tropical elevational gradient

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Understanding how local climate patterns select for thermal and drought tolerance traits is needed to predict differential responses to climate change across complex ecosystems.
Caitlin N. Terry, Perla Ortiz‐Colín, Jennifer S. Powers, German Vargas G., Adrián Guadamúz, Catherine M. Hulshof   +5 more
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Response of selected plant and insect species to simulated solid rocket exhaust mixtures and to exhaust components from solid rocket fuels [PDF]

The effects of solid rocket fuel (SRF) exhaust on selected plant and and insect species in the Merritt Island, Florida area was investigated in order to determine if the exhaust clouds generated by shuttle launches would adversely affect the native ...
Ambrose, J. T., Engle, M., Heck, W. W., Knott, W. M., Mccrimmon, J. N., Romanow, L. A., Sawyer, A. G., Stahel, E. P., Tyson, J. D.   +8 more
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Complex multitrophic species interactions and fitness costs: Intricate consequences of jasmonate and salicylate induced plant defences

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
This study reveals how long‐term activation of jasmonic and salicylic acid signalling reshapes arthropod communities and plant fitness across seasons. By showing that induced defences generate contrasting outcomes and cascading trade‐offs across trophic levels, it challenges the assumption that induced resistance is uniformly beneficial in natural ...
Mônica F. Kersch‐Becker, Guilherme P. Pinheiro, Thaís S. Schweller, Martin Pareja, Victoria M. Pocius, José R. Trigo, Gustavo Q. Romero   +6 more
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Exploring marking methods for the predatory hoverfly Sphaerophoria rueppellii (Diptera: Syrphidae)

Insect Science, EarlyView.
As important pollinators and predators of aphids, hoverflies play an important role in ecosystems. This study focuses on identifying the best marking technique for the model species Sphaerophoria rueppellii that can be used to track hoverfly feeding and oviposition sites, evaluating three methods: rubidium (RbCl), fluorescein, and fluorescent dusts ...
Michele Violi, Elena Costi, Elena Monari, Daniele Sommaggio, Lara Maistrello   +4 more
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Is the endophyte‐based plant protection against aphids mediated by changes in the insect microbiome?

Insect Science, EarlyView.
We showed that the fungal endophyte Epichloë strain AR37 increased the plant resistance against aphids via the production of indole diterpene alkaloids. The reduction in aphid performance was not associated with changes in abundance/composition/diversity of the insect's bacterial microbiota, but additional endophyte effects on this microbiota cannot be
Daniel A. Bastías, Luis Carvalho, Ruy Jáuregui, Richard D. Johnson, Wei Zhang, Pedro E. Gundel   +5 more
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Soybean responses to foliar amino acid application and high plant densities

Revista de Ciencias Agrícolas
The combination of plant densities and foliar application of amino acids may be a viable strategy to increase sustainable soybean crop production. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of high plant densities and the foliar ...
Alexander Calero-Hurtado, Yanery Pérez Díaz, Kolima Peña Calzada, Alay Jiménez Medina, Bulent Kukurtcu   +4 more
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