Peanut is one of the most important crops in the world, both for vegetative oil and as a protein source. Biotechnology approaches provide promising ways to increase peanut productivity, either through improved seed quality or stress resistance. These approaches require the identification of genes that control important agronomical traits, the understanding of gene regulation and metabolic pathw...

This study was aimed to evaluate the effect of cultivars, mulching, foliar application licorice root extract, on broccoli leaves (Brassica oleracea var. italica). The findings demonstrated that both cultivars Wisdom and Agassi have significant differences in terms vegetative growth characters, All studied traits were significantly increased by wisdom cultivar during seasons. It also observed pl...

Life history evolution of many clonal plants takes place with long periods of exclusively clonal reproduction and under largely varying ramet densities resulting from clonal reproduction. We asked whether life history traits of the clonal herb Ranunculus reptans respond to density-dependent selection, and whether plasticity in these traits is adaptive. After four generations of exclusively clon...

Elucidating the genetic control of rooting behavior under water-deficit stress is essential to breed climate-robust rice (Oryza sativa) cultivars. Using a diverse panel of 274 indica genotypes grown under control and water-deficit conditions during vegetative growth, we phenotyped 35 traits, mostly related to root morphology and anatomy, involving 45,000 root-scanning images and nearly 25,000 c...

34 Elucidating the genetic control of rooting behaviour under water-deficit stress is essential to 35 breed climate-robust rice cultivars. Using a diverse panel of 274 indica genotypes grown 36 under control and water-deficit conditions during vegetative growth, we phenotyped 35 traits, 37 mostly related to root morphology and anatomy, involving ~45,000 root scanning images and 38 nearly ~25,00...

In dioecious plants, females typically invest more biomass in reproduction than males and consequently experience stronger life-history trade-offs. Sexual dimorphism in life history runs counter to this pattern in Silene latifolia: females acquire less carbon and invest more biomass in reproduction, but males pay a higher cost of reproduction. The species is sexually dimorphic for many traits, ...

Ailanthus altissima and Robina pseudoacacia are two successful invasive species of floodplains in central Spain. We aim to explain their success as invaders in this habitat by exploring their phenological pattern, vegetative and sexual reproductive growth, and allometric relations, comparing them with those of the dominant native tree Populus alba. During a full annual cycle we follow the timin...