Climate change is predicted to increase the aridity in the Mediterranean Basin and severely affect forest productivity and composition. The responses of forests to different timescales of drought, however, are still poorly understood because extreme and persistent moderate droughts can produce nonlinear responses in plants. We conducted a rainfall-manipulation experiment in a Mediterranean fore...

Extracts and purified extracts of seeds of two plant species, Madhuca latifolia and Calophyllum inophyllum when evaluated against the 2nd instar larvae of Helicoverpa armigera reared on synthetic diet, exhibited high larval mortality, prolongation of developmental period, morphological deformities and highly significant reduction in adult emergence. The reduction in larval weights in the treatm...

Makomotindoline (1) was isolated from Makomotake, Zizania latifolia infected with Ustilago esculenta. The structure was determined by the interpretation of spectroscopic data and synthesis. Makomotindoline (1), its l-Glc isomer (2) and its aglycon (3) were synthesized and their effects on rat glioma cells showed adverse effects on the cell growth.

The bark of some medicinal trees (Alstonia boonei, Pycnanthus angolensis, Anacardium occidentale, Mangifera indica, Khaya iroresis, Nauclea diderichii, Morinda lucida and Bridelia micrantha) found in Nigeria were analysed for mineral composition and phytochemical screening. The mineral composition were determined and found to contain some elements such as sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, ...

MADS-box genes are important transcription factors in eukaryotes that involved regulating the growth and development of many plants. Jiaobai is a special aquatic vegetable formed through stem expansion Zizania latifolia infected by Ustilago esculenta wildly cultivated Southeast Asia. To date, biological function Z. remains largely unknown. In this study, genome-wide search for was performed, 87...

White campion (Silene latifolia, Caryophyllaceae) is a classical model species for studies of sex determination and chromosome evolution in dioecious plants. Deletion mapping this revealed the presence two Y-linked determining genes—the stamen promoting factor (SPF) gene gynoecium suppressing (GSF), which inspired development classic ‘two genes’ dioecy evolution. We recently identified GSFY tha...

This study aims to determine the chemical composition and in vitro fermentation characteristics of Quercus coccifera, Phillyrea latifolia, Ephedra major, Spartium junceum leaves at different sampling periods effect polyethylene glycol (PEG), concentrate feed (CT) supplementation on kinetics incubations. Shrub samples were harvested March, April, June, July, September October. The shrub species ...

Kemampuan tumbuhan air Typha latifolia, bambu (Equisetum hyemale), dalam sitem lahan basah buatan sebagai unit bioremediator diharapkan mampu menyelesaikan permasalahan terkait pengolahan limbah cair fasilitas pelayanan kesehatan. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui pengaruh aerasi dan jenis tanaman T. latifolia E. hyemale terhadap penurunan parameter rumah sakit Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD),...