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Pollination Biology of the Muscadine Grape [PDF]

HortScience, 2001
Fruit set in the muscadine grape (Vitis rotundifolia Michx.) depended on insect cross-pollination, although flowers were well adapted for selfing. Pollinizer cultivars produced about half of their optimal fruit set when selfed, but cross-pollination was needed to reach an optimal fruit set of 33.7%.
Blair Sampson, Steve Noffsinger, Creighton Gupton, James Magee   +3 more
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Smart Bioinspired Material‐Based Actuators: Current Challenges and Prospects

Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.
This work gathers, in a review style, an extensive and comprehensive literature overview on the development of autonomous actuators based on synthetic materials, bringing together valuable knowledge from several studies. Furthermore, the article identifies the fundamental principles of actuation mechanisms and defines key parameters to address the size
Alejandro Palacios, Léon Chiriatti, Simon Poppinga, Thomas Speck, Vincent Le Houérou   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nectar and oleiferous trichomes as floral attractants in Bulbophyllum saltatorium Lindl. (Orchidaceae) [PDF]

, 2017
Although many Orchidaceae have deceit flowers that produce no reward, the most common reward, when present, is nectar. Bulbophyllum, however, is unusual in that the labellar secretions of most species investigated to date lack sugars, and, therefore ...
Davies, Kevin L., Płachno, Bartosz, Stpiczyńska, Małgorzata   +2 more
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Dimorphic enantiostyly and its function for pollination by carpenter bees in a pollen‐rewarding Caribbean bloodwort

American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Flowers that present their anthers and stigma in close proximity can achieve precise animal‐mediated pollen transfer, but risk self‐pollination. One evolutionary solution is reciprocal herkogamy. Reciprocity of anther and style positions among different plants (i.e., a genetic dimorphism) is common in distylous plants, but very rare in
Steven D. Johnson, Jeremy J. Midgley, Luis G. Bocourt‐Hernandez, F. G. Loiret, Patricia Ortega‐Rodés, Nicola Illing   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancement of developmental defects in the boron‐deficient maize mutant tassel‐less1 by reduced auxin levels

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Background Plant responses to deficiencies of the micronutrient boron are diverse and go beyond the well‐characterized function of boron in cell wall crosslinking. To explain these phenotypic discrepancies, hypotheses about interactions of boron with various phytohormones have been proposed, particularly auxin.
Michaela S. Matthes, Norman B. Best, Janlo M. Robil, Paula McSteen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Seasonal Variation in Flower Traits, Visitor Traits, and Reproductive Success of Solanum sisymbriifolium Lamarck (Solanaceae) in the Rarh Region of West Bengal, India

Biology
The wild tomato (Solanum sisymbriifolium) is a globally distributed shrubby weed with both negative and positive impacts, including its invasive properties and the potential for pharmaceutical and traditional medicinal uses.
Ujjwal Layek, Pappu Majhi, Alokesh Das, Prakash Karmakar, Arijit Kundu   +4 more
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Pollination biology of the crypto-viviparous Avicennia species (Avicenniaceae)

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2012
Floral biology, sexual system, breeding system, pollinators, fruiting and propagule dispersal ecology of crypto-viviparous Avicennia alba Bl., A. marina (Forsk.) Vierh. and A. officinalis L.
A.J.S. Raju, P.V.S. Rao, R. Kumar, S.R. Mohan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A nesting aggregation of the solitary bee Megachile atrata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in the Philippines [PDF]

, 2017
A nesting aggregation of Megachile (Creightonella) atrata Smith in the Philippines comprised almost 300 active nests.  The bees in rapid flight resemble the hornet Vespa tropica Linnaeus. The nest structure is similar to that reported for M.
Starr, Christopher K.
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Phylogenomics reveals the evolution of floral traits associated with pollinators and pollinator–prey conflict within the carnivorous Pinguicula subgenus Temnoceras

American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise The carnivorous plant genus Pinguicula (Lentibulariaceae) exhibits remarkable floral diversity associated with pollination, particularly in the largest subgenus Temnoceras, which spans Mexico and Central America. Despite this diversity, the relationships between species and the evolution of key floral traits remain unresolved. Here, we
Yunjia Liu, Qianshi Lin, Steven J. Fleck, Martín Mata‐Rosas, Enrique Ibarra‐Laclette, Tanya Renner   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Boron deficiency responses in maize (Zea mays L.) roots

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Background Boron (B) is an essential micronutrient for plants. Dicot plants respond to insufficient B supply by altering root architecture and root hair growth. How root systems of rather low‐B demanding monocot species such as maize (Zea mays L.) respond to B deficiency in terra has not been experimentally resolved, yet.
Manuela Désirée Bienert, Astrid Junker, Michael Melzer, Thomas Altmann, Nicolaus von Wirén, Gerd Patrick Bienert   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source