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Image and fractal analysis as a tool for evaluating salinity growth response between two Salicornia europaea populations

BMC Plant Biology, 2020
Background This study describes a promising method for understanding how halophytes adapt to extreme saline conditions and to identify populations with greater resistance.
S. Cárdenas-Pérez, A. Piernik, A. Ludwiczak, M. Duszyn, A. Szmidt-Jaworska, J. J. Chanona-Pérez   +5 more
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Understory upheaval: factors influencing Japanese stiltgrass invasion in forestlands of Tennessee, United States

Botanical Studies, 2018
Background Invasions by non-native plants contribute to loss of ecosystem biodiversity and productivity, modification of biogeochemical cycles, and inhibition of natural regeneration of native species. Japanese stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum (Trin.) A.
Lela Z. Culpepper, Hsiao-Hsuan Wang, Tomasz E. Koralewski, William E. Grant, William E. Rogers   +4 more
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Effects of salinity on the physiology of the red macroalga, Acanthophora spicifera (Rhodophyta, Ceramiales)

Acta Botânica Brasílica, 2017
Salinity is an important abiotic factor since it is responsible for the local and/or regional distribution of algae. In coastal regions, salinity changes with prevailing winds, precipitation and tide, and particularly in extreme intertidal conditions ...
Débora Tomazi Pereira, Carmen Simioni, Elisa Poltronieri Filipin, Fernanda Bouvie, Fernanda Ramlov, Marcelo Maraschin, Zenilda Laurita Bouzon, Éder Carlos Schmidt   +7 more
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Análise morfométrica dos elementos traqueais em quatro espécies de Portulaca (Portulacaceae) Morphometric analysis of tracheary elements in four Portulaca species

Acta Botânica Brasílica, 2008
Este trabalho aborda aspectos da caracterização morfológica dos elementos traqueais dos órgãos vegetativos de quatro espécies de Portulacaceae (Portulaca hirsutissima Camb., P. halimoides L., P. werdermannii Poelln., e de P.
José Hernandes-Lopes, Gladys Flavia Melo-de-Pinna   +1 more
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Polyphenol and flavonoid profiles and radical scavenging activity in leafy vegetable Amaranthus gangeticus

BMC Plant Biology, 2020
Background Red amaranth (Amaranthus gangeticus L.) has great diversity in Bangladesh, India, and South East Asia with multipurpose uses. The bright red-violet colored A.
Umakanta Sarker, Shinya Oba
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The structure of plant communities on the example of an oak-pine forest (Pino-Quercetum) in Ratanica Valley (Carpathian Foothills) 1. The homotoneity of a forest floor vegetation in terms of the frequency and co-occurence of species

Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, 2014
Mathematical methods of uniformity analysis were used to evaluate the results of classification of plant communities by the Braun-Blanquet method.
Elżbieta Pancer-Kotejowa, Wojciech Różański   +1 more
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Loranthus europaeus (Loranthaceae) in Ukraine: an overview of distribution patterns and hosts

Ukrainian Botanical Journal, 2019
Updated information on geographic distribution patterns and hosts of Loranthus europaeus in Ukraine is presented as a list of known localities and a schematic map based on data of field observations, herbarium collections, and literature sources.
Krasylenko Yu.A., Gleb R.Yu., Volutsa O.D.   +2 more
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Variation in the number of nucleoli and incomplete homogenization of 18S ribosomal DNA sequences in leaf cells of the cultivated Oriental ginseng (Panax ginseng Meyer)

Journal of Ginseng Research, 2016
Background: Wild ginseng, Panax ginseng Meyer, is an endangered species of medicinal plants. In the present study, we analyzed variations within the ribosomal DNA (rDNA) cluster to gain insight into the genetic diversity of the Oriental ginseng, P ...
Galina N. Chelomina, Konstantin V. Rozhkovan, Anastasia N. Voronova, Olga L. Burundukova, Tamara I. Muzarok, Yuri N. Zhuravlev   +5 more
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Effects of gut passage on the germination of seeds ingested by didelphid marsupials in a neotropical savanna

Acta Botânica Brasílica, 2013
We analyzed the effects that passage through the guts of seven didelphid species had on the seed germination of 10 plant species. This study was conducted in an area of riparian woodland in a cerrado (savanna) reserve in southeastern Brazil.
Leonardo Guimarães Lessa, Lena Geise, Fabiane Nepomuceno Costa   +2 more
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Propagation of goldenrod (Solidago canadensis L.) from leaf and nodal explants

Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, 2012
Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis L.) is an invasive plant species in many countries except North America but a cut-flower species worldwide. There is a need to generate and propagate goldenrod clones efficiently for research and commercial purposes.
Jun Li, Ye Kang, Sheng Qiang, Gary Peng
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