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Morphoanatomy and Histochemistry of Septal Nectaries Related to Female Fertility in Banana Plants of the ‘Cavendish’ Subgroup [PDF]
Plants, 2022 The objective of this study was to gain a deeper understanding of the morphoanatomical and histochemical structures that compose the nectary of pistillate flowers (female), which are involved in the female fertility of banana plants belonging to the ...
Manassés dos Santos Silva +4 more
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Flower and Spikelet Construction in Rapateaceae (Poales) [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 The family Rapateaceae represents an early-divergent lineage of Poales with biotically pollinated showy flowers. We investigate developmental morphology and anatomy in all three subfamilies and five tribes of Rapateaceae to distinguish between ...
Sofia D. Koblova +4 more
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Chasmogamy and entomophily in Burmannia disticha (Burmanniaceae) [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 Burmannia shows a set of floral traits that suggest elaborate mechanisms of animal-mediated pollen transfer. These include flower coloration, septal nectaries and a long and narrow floral chamber.
Nikolay A. Vislobokov +3 more
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An Imaging Approach to Identify Mechanisms of Resistance to Pineapple Fruitlet Core Rot [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2019 Fruitlet core rot is one of the major postharvest disease of pineapple (Ananas comosus var. comosus). In the past, control strategies were designed to eliminate symptoms without addressing their causes or mechanisms, thus achieving only moderate success.
Bastien Barral +9 more
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Acta Agrobotanica, 2021 The general morphology, micromorphology, and anatomy of the flowers of Clivia miniata, Clivia nobilis, and Scadoxus multiflorus were studied using light microscopy. The studied species have large syntepalous and trimerous flowers, short floral tubes with
Oksana Fishchuk, Anastasiya Odintsova
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Comparative flower morphology of Agapanthus africanus and A. praecox (Amaryllidaceae)
Regulatory Mechanisms in Biosystems, 2021 The structure of Agapanthus africanus and A. praecox flowers was studied on permanent cross-sectional and longitudinal sections using a light microscope.
O. S. Fishchuk
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Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica, 2023 Background and aims: The onion (Allium cepa var. cepa) is an allogamous species in which male-sterile lines have been developed. However, the structure of the flower and floral nectaries have only been briefly described.
Ana Maria Gonzalez +3 more
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Micromorphology and anatomy of the flower of Zephyranthes candida (Amaryllidaceae)
Regulatory Mechanisms in Biosystems, 2021 The use of morphological features of flowers in the taxonomy of plants is becoming increasingly important. The structure of the Zephyranthes candida (Lindl.) Herb.
O. S. Fishchuk
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Journal of Pollination Ecology, 2020 We compared the floral biology of two sympatric populations of closely related species over two seasons. In 2018, Nothoscordum bivalve (L.) Britton bloomed from April 23 to May 7 and Allium stellatum Nutt. Ex Ker Gawl bloomed from August 28 to October 4.
Daniel S Weiherer +2 more
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The location of nectaries and nectar secretion in the flowers of Allium giganteum Regel
Acta Agrobotanica, 2012 In the flowers of Allium there are found septal nectaries; in particular species, their outlet can be located in different parts of the ovary. The inflorescences of these plants are a rich source of nectar for insects.
Beata Żuraw +3 more
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