A checklist of the flora of Chad has been compiled by the authors, based on literature, on-line data-bases, herbarium collections and land surveys (1998-2011). It counts 2,460 records, i.e. 2,288 species (including 128 autonyms), 83 subspecies, 81 varieties, 8 forms, while all the previous available information reported 1,600 species. They belong to 151 Families, with 48.7% of the taxa belongin...

Systemic acquired resistance (SAR) of plants to pathogens is a well-defined phenomenon. The underlying signalling pathways and its application in crop protection are intensively studied. However, most studies are conducted on crop plants or on Arabidopsis as a model plant. The taxonomic distribution of this phenomenon and its dependence on life history are thus largely unknown. We quantified ac...

Abstract Cryopreservation of vegetatively propagated plant material is an increasingly widely used method for the efficient and safe storage germplasm resources around world. In Poland, there are currently four cryobanks in use long-term protection programs. However, tissues vitro constitute only a small portion accessions stored them. To date, cryogenic techniques have been developed adopted t...

Anemone coronaria L. and Ranunculus asiaticus L. both belong to the Ranunculaceae, a large plant family with many ornamentals of horticultural importance. There are considerable differences between these species leaves, flower morphology and flower colour therefore intergeneric crosses between the species might result in new interesting hybrids. Crosses between Anemone coronaria L. and Ranuncul...

Many invasive plants are threatening the already highly vulnerable habitats of coastal dunes in Europe. Setting priority target species to control is mandatory for an effective planning invasion management strategies at European level. This can be possible after identifying that currently have greater success, consideration their ecological traits and origin. We quantified three main components...

Tajikistan’s rangelands are mostly mountainous and consist of summer winter pastures. Vegetation structure composition in these diverse landscapes generally influenced by environmental factors. The objective this study was to assess the effects aspect on vegetation characteristics two pastures (summer winter) over seasons (autumn spring) Tajikistan. A three-way ANOVA conducted using GLM procedu...

Abstract Purpose Herbaceous plants are important components of temperate forest structure and its functioning, however, their impacts on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) remain largely unexplored. We studied the influence herbaceous plant species AMF abundance, morphospecies richness, community composition in soil. Methods tested identity an outdoor mesocosm experiment, using two soils, diffe...