Cotton is one of the most important cash crops,its growth season coincides with a high incidence of diverse groups of pests,leading to heavy use of pesticides.Recent identification of a signaling protein as a candidat...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.31170179);a grant from the Shanghai Municipal Administration of Landscaping and City Appearance(Grant No.F132428)
A conspicuous nectary disk is common but has a distinguishing morphology in the cosmopolitan genus Euonymus. Our study focuses on the morphology of floral nectaries in 21 representatives of Euonymus and Glyptopetalum....
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31330008 and 31160047);the Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KJZD-EW-L07);Science and Technology Basic Work (2013FY112100)
Floral nectar is thought to be one of the most important rewards that attract pollinators in Pedicularis; however, few studies have examined variation of nectary structure and/or nectar secretion in the genus, particu...
Phenotypic plasticity allows organisms to maximize fitness, by optimizing the expression of costly defensive traits. Broad bean, Vicia faba L. “Broad Windsor”, produces increased numbers of extrafloral nectaries (EF...
Conversion of inorganic nitrogen by mutualistic nitrogen-fixing bacteria is essential for plant growth and reproduction, as well as the development of chemical and mechanical defenses. It is unclear, however, how thes...