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Bio‐inspired nanophotonics: Structural color, chirality, and resonance metasurfaces

InfoMat, EarlyView.
A butterfly‐wing‐inspired anisotropic plasmonic flatband resonant metasurface. Insets, photo of the butterfly, Sasakia charonda, and the SEM image of its wing scale (above); the SEM image of the metasurface (below). Abstract The dazzling colors of butterfly wings and hummingbird feathers are not painted with pigments, but crafted by nature's invisible ...
Weihan Liu, Yao Liang, Din Ping Tsai
wiley   +1 more source

Black juice in the dark: Pollination of dark-nectared Jasminanthes mucronata (Apocynaceae) by nocturnal hawkmoths. [PDF]

Ecology
Chiyoda S, Mochizuki K, Kawakita A.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Effects of Above- and Belowground Mutualisms on Orchid Speciation and Coexistence [PDF]

, 2011
Barraclough, TG, Bidartondo, MI, Combs, JK, Gebauer, G, Pauw, A, Savolainen, V, Stofberg, J, Waterman, RJ   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Towards Water, Food and Energy Security: The Global Challenges and Possible Solutions for a Holistic Vision of Sustainability

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This invited paper gives an overview of the challenges the world is facing and offers a possible solution for water and food security within the holistic integrated concept of the water–energy–food (WEF) nexus. The paper summarizes the experience the author gained through working on various research projects at national and international ...
Ragab Ragab
wiley   +1 more source

A New Insight Into Pollen Release and Presentation in Actinidiaceae Plants: The Case Study of Dioecious <i>Actinidia arguta</i>. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Sun K, Yang X, Yang S, Cui R, Ji Y, Hu Y, Li R, Jin D.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Drought Risk in Mango and Avocado Orchards: Insights Into Plant Water Relations and Irrigation‐Related Agronomic Solutions

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change is making water availability more uncertain, with growing consequences for the productivity and long‐term sustainability of tropical and subtropical fruit orchards. Mangifera indica L. and Persea americana Mill. both require large amounts of water to sustain growth and productivity.
Eleonora Cataldo
wiley   +1 more source

Herbarium Specimens Reveal Long-Term Decline in Pollination Services Since the 1970s. [PDF]

Glob Chang Biol
Song B, Zimmer H, Clements M, Rakosy D, Knight TM, Bennett JM.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Can indirect selection and genetic context contribute to trait diversification? A transition-probability study of blossom-colour evolution in two genera [PDF]

, 2002
Armbruster, Scott
core   +1 more source

Beyond Tradition: An Integrated Toxicological, Ecological, and Public Health Perspective on Aristolochic Acids

Journal of Applied Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aristolochia species have long been used in traditional medicine for their presumed anti‐inflammatory, analgesic and antimicrobial properties. However, extensive toxicological and epidemiological evidence now demonstrates that these plants contain aristolochic acids (AAs) I and II, highly potent nephrotoxic, genotoxic, and carcinogenic ...
Victor Ventura de Souza, Lara Rodrigues De Andrade, Tatiana da Silva Souza   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Phosphorylation at the stigmatic gate: how FERONIA regulates actin organization to control pollen hydration. [PDF]

Plant Physiol
Silva J.
europepmc   +1 more source