To explore the growth and physiological and biochemical characteristics of Paulownia seedlings under flooding stress, and to provide guidance for the selection of afforestation resistant Paulownia varieties. There are three kinds of flooding levels in the experiment, and the treatment time is 15...

Nanoclustering of biomacromolecules allows cells to efficiently orchestrate biological processes. The plant cell wall is a highly organized polysaccharide network but is heterogeneous in chemistry and structure. However, polysaccharide-based nanocompartments remain ill-defined. Here, we identify a...

Precise and accurate estimation of key hydraulic points of plants is conducive to mastering the hydraulic status of plants under drought stress. This is crucial to grasping the hydraulic status before the dieback period to predict and prevent forest mortality. We tested three key points and...

We studied 1,403 species, 102 families and 473 species of flowering plants in Changbai Mountain Nature Reserve. Based on the data and field investigation, the plant sexual form, life form, flower characteristics, pollination type and fruit type were recorded. The pattern of plant sexual system of...

The hard seed coat of Cercis chinensis Bunge is an important factor of its dormancy. A study of the characteristics of water absorption is vital for understanding seed dormancy and germination. This investigation found that soaking in water at an initial temperature of 80 °C for 5 min was optimal...

Objective: To explore the response of leaf anatomy and leaf photosynthetic physiology to long-term drought and analyze the relationship between leaf anatomy and leaf photosynthetic physiology under long-term drought conditions. Method: We conducted a manipulation drought experiment by reducing the...

Clarifying the genetic relationship and divergence among Curcuma L. (Zingiberaceae) species around the world is intractable, especially among the species located in China. In this study, Reduced Representation Sequencing (RRS), as one of the next generation sequences, has been applied to infer...

Combining hydraulic and carbon-related measurements can help elucidate drought-induced plant mortality. To study drought mortality mechanisms, seedlings of two woody species, including the anisohydric Robinia pseudoacacia and isohydric Quercus acutissima, were cultivated in a greenhouse and...

Spore morphology is diverse and complex in ferns, thus serving as an important indicator of taxonomy. In conjunction, morphological traits and phylogeny are used to study taxonomy and recent character evolution. This study analyzes the evolution of spore ornamentation in once-pinnate maidenhair...

Understanding the water use efficiency (WUE) and adaptation strategies of plants in high-temperature and rainy areas is essential under global climate change. The leaf carbon content (LCC) and intrinsic WUE of 424 plant samples (from 312 plant species) on Hainan Island were measured to examine...