Background and Aims: Allometric scaling between stomata and xylem for terrestrial woody plants is a widely observed pattern that may be constrained by water transport. Floating-leaved plants, a particular life form of aquatic plants, have leaves in direct contact with both air and water and a...

Increasing severity and frequency of drought is predicted for large portions of the terrestrial biosphere, with major impacts already documented in wet tropical forests. Using a 4-year rainfall exclusion experiment in the Daintree Rainforest in northeast Australia, we examined canopy tree responses ...

The Ethylene Responsive Factor (ERF) transcription factor family is important for regulating plant growth and stress responses. Although the expression patterns of ERF family members have been reported in many plant species, their role in Populus alba × Populus glandulosa, an important model plant...

Acer Linn. is a genus of highly variable species of the family Aceraceae. Currently, it is intricate to conduct species identification and phylogeny investigations using traditional morphological method. This study was applied to assess the applicability of Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 (ITS2) for...

It is well documented that the CO/NF-YB/NF-YC trimer (NF-Y-CO) binds and regulates the FT promoter. However, the FT/TFL1-like (FLOWERING LOCUS T/TERMINALFLOWER1-like) genes in gymnosperms are all flowering suppressors, and the regulation model of NF-Y in gymnosperms is different from that in...

Liriodendron chinense is a relic tree species of the family Magnoliaceae with multiple uses in timber production, landscape decoration, and afforestation. L. chinense often experiences drought stress in arid areas. However, the molecular basis underlying the drought response of L. chinense remains...

Constructing protective forests to control water and soil erosion is an effective measure to address land degradation in the Bashang Plateau of North China, but forest dieback has occurred frequently due to severe water deficits in recent decades. However, transpiration dynamics and their...

The maintenance of genetic diversity across seed orchard generations is an important management objective. Here, we used Pinus tabuliformis Carrière as a model to explore the extent of genetic diversity across the species' breeding activities through their corresponding seed orchard generations. We ...

This paper reports the chemical constituents of leaves of the Korean endangered species Rhododendron brachycarpum. This study is the first confirmation of the presence of 21 compounds isolated from the family Ericaceae, two of these from the genus Rhododendron. Of the 53 compounds reported in this...

An efficient and rapid preparative method for the separation and purification of flavonoid glycosides from the Ginkgo biloba extract (GBE) was developed by sephadex LH-20 and preparative high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). 40 g GBE of 24% flavonoids were loaded onto the sephadex LH-20...