Cladistics - 28 (4), 2012

Contents:


    Phylogeny of the Paniceae (Poaceae: Panicoideae): integrating plastid DNA sequences and morphology into a new classification (pages 333–356)

    Osvaldo Morrone, Lone Aagesen, Maria A. Scataglini, Diego L. Salariato, Silvia S. Denham, Maria A. Chemisquy, Silvana M. Sede, Liliana M. Giussani, Elizabeth A. Kellogg and Fernando O. Zuloaga

   
    Polyphasic approach and typification of selected Phormidium strains (Cyanobacteria) (pages 357–374)

    Katia Sciuto, Carlo Andreoli, Nicoletta Rascio, Nicoletta La Rocca and Isabella Moro

   
    Toward a natural classification: phylogeny of acontiate sea anemones (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria) (pages 375–392)

    Estefanía Rodríguez, Marcos Barbeitos, Marymegan Daly, Luciana C. Gusmao and Verena Häussermann

  
    Combined phylogenetic analyses reveal interfamilial relationships and patterns of floral evolution in the eudicot order Fabales (pages 393–421)

    M. Angélica Bello, Paula J. Rudall and Julie A. Hawkins

  
    3ta Sleeps with the fishes (pages 422–436)

    James S. Farris


   
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African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (60-61), 2011

African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (60), 2011


Contents:

Review

 
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 
Miro Ferreri, Weijie Qu2 and Bo Han

Phylogenetic networks: A tool to display character conflict and demographic history


Research Articles


GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY


Jiandong Yang, Rong Hou, Fujun Shen, Xuyu Yang, Liang Zhang, Limin Chen, Wanli Chen, Wenping Zhang, Qing Zhu and Zhihe Zhang

Microsatellite variability reveals significant genetic differentiation of giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) in the Minshan A habitat


Zhang Bao-Yi, Wei Xiao-Lan, Yang Fu-Yu and Zhang Yun-Wei

Effects of space flight factors on genetic diversity of Buchloe dactyloides seeds


Abbas Doosti and Payam Ghasemi Dehkordi

The p53 codon 72 polymorphism and association to prostate cancer in Iranian patients


Bizhan Nomanpour, Arash Ghodousi, Toraj Babaei, Seyd AliJavad Mousavi, Soroor Asadi and Mohammad Mehdi Feizabadi

Detection and quantification of Streptococcus pneumoniae from Iranian patients with pneumonia and individual carriers by real time PCR


Sanlei Li, Dongdong Xu, Bao Lou, Hanxiang Xu, Feng You, Wei Zhan and Zhi Geng

Genetic differentiation in Japanese flounder in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea by amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) and mitochondrial DNA markers


Junwu Li, Junyuan Gong, Xin Liu, Qiuping Ye, Dong Song and Renjie Xiao

Construction of a fusion gene containing hepatitis B virus L gene and Mycobacterium tuberculosis Ag85B gene and its expression in Pichia pastoris


Shengjie Guo, Yanmei Li, Jin Chu, Li Wang, Xihong Zhao, Nanjing Zhong,Shaopeng Qiu, Junxing Chen and Yanyan Li

First observation of excision and integration in Class 1 integron in staphylococci


Cheng-kui Qiang, Chang-chun Li, Ren-de Qi, Bao-ya Zhou, Yue-hua Qin and Yu-zhou Du

Cloning and bioinformatics analysis of an ubiquitin gene of the rice stem borer, Chilo suppressalis Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)


Fang Li, Long Zhou, Fangquan Xiao, Kang Liao and Jianfang Hu

Characterization of the psoRPM1 gene for resistance to root-knot nematodes in wild myrobalan plum (Prunus sogdiana)


PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 
Cervenski Janko, Gvozdanovic-Varga Jelica, Glogovac Svetlana and Mladenovic Gojko

Stability of head weight in cabbage accessions (Brassica oleracea var. capitata L.)


Amin Azadi, Eslam Majidi Hervan, Seyed Abolghasem Mohammadi, Foad Moradi, Babak Nakhoda, Mojtaba Vahabzade and Mohsen Mardi

Screening of recombinant inbred lines for salinity tolerance in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)


M. Motior Rahman, Abdou A. Soaud, Fareed H. AL Darwish Faruq Golam and M. Sofian-Azirun

Growth and nutrient uptake of maize plants as affected by elemental sulfur and nitrogen fertilizer in sandy calcareous soil


Aysen Akay

Effect of zinc fertilizer applications on yield and element contents of some registered chickpeas varieties


M. M. A. Mondal, M. A. Hakim, Abdul Shukor Juraimi, M. A. K. Azad and M. R. Karim

Contribution of morpho-physiological attributes in determining the yield of mungbean


Emel Çolak, Recep Kara, Tülay Ezer, Gökçen Yuvali Çelik and Büşra Elibol

Investigation of antimicrobial activity of some Turkish pleurocarpic mosses


Majid Khayatnezhad and Roza Gholamin

Effects of salt stress levels on five maize (Zea mays L.) cultivars at germination stage


Alpaslan Kusvuran

The effects of different nitrogen doses on herbage and seed yields of annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum cv. caramba)


Busani Moyo, Patrick J. Masika, Arnold Hugo and Voster Muchenje

Nutritional characterization of Moringa (Moringa oleifera Lam.) leaves


ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY


Zhulai Wang

A research on ceramsite obtained from blast furnace slag and sewage sludge


Zhao-Xiang Han, Meng Zhang and Chun-Xia Lv

Toxicokinetic behaviors and modes of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctane acid (PFOA) on tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)


INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 
Rahim Saneifard and Nader Hassasi

Clinical effect of fuzzy numbers based on center of gravity


FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

 
Faten, S. Mansour, Khaled S.Nagy, Amal A.Taqi and Kasim Abass Askar

Factors affecting the fungal contamination of some fruit juices packaged in Tetra Pak


FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Amal Taqi, Kasim Abass Askar, Khaled Nagy, Lucia Mutihac and Ioan Stamatin

Effect of different concentrations of olive oil and oleic acid on the mechanical properties of albumen (egg white) edible films


APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

 
Zaved Ahmed khan and Asit Ranjan Ghosh

Withaferin-A displays enhanced anxiolytic efficacy without tolerance in rats following sub chronic administration


Zahra Rodbari, Masoud Alipanah, Hamid Reza Seyedabadi and Cyrus Amirinia

Identification of a single nucleotide polymorphism of the pituitary-specific transcriptional factor 1 (Pit 1) gene and its association with body composition trait in Iranian commercial broiler line


MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Alipour Mohammad Reza, Ahmadiasl Naser and Khamnei Saeed

Transient post-exercise hyper-perspiration of forehead area


Lan-jun Bai, Wings TY Loo, Yiding Dou, Min Wang, Hao Liang, Mary NB Cheung and Ziyuan Luo

Effects of various forms of lipopolysaccharide on the expression of inflammatory mediators and cardiac biomarkers in human cardiac fibroblasts and human coronary smooth muscle cells


Wei Ping and Jin Hong-mei

Blueberries extract supplementation improves physical performance and decreases oxidative stress in mice


Yuehong Wang, Zhangui Tang, Suping Zhao, Xiaoli Xie, Zhigang Yao, Chenghui Liu, Binbin Qu, Yan Chen, Zhixiang Xiao and Guiyuan Li

Proteomic analysis of human oral verrucous carcinoma


Juliana Soares Oliveira, Tatiana Araujo Aguiar, Hygor Mezadri and Orlando David Henrique dos Santos

Attainment of hydrogel-thickened nanoemulsions with tea tree oil (Melaleuca alternifolia) and retinyl palmitate


BIOTECHNIQUES

 
Hu Jian-jiang, Zhang Qian, Hou Yan-ming, Wang Xin-rui, Ma Hui and Wang Yi

Studying arsenic trioxide-induced apoptosis of Colo-16 cells with two-photon and confocal laser scanning microscopy


G. O. Adewuyi, A. O. Abafe and A. I. Ayede

Development and validation of a thin layer chromatographic method for the determination of artesunate and amodiaquine in tablet formulations


ANIMAL SCIENCE

 
Ali Asghar Saki, Pouya Zamani, Mojtaba Haghighat and Mohammad Kazemifard

Intestinal DNA concentration and protein synthesis in response to low quality diets in two strains of Leghorn layers


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African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (61), 2011


Contents:

 

Research Articles

 
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 
Rongshu Zhang, Yucheng Wang, Chao Wang, Zhigang Wei, Dean Xia, Yuefeng Wang, Guifeng Liu and Chuanping Yang

Temporal expression of genes involved in the biosynthesis of gibberellins in birch (Betula platyphylla)


Lucica Mihalte, Radu E. Sestras and Gyorgy Feszt

Morphological characterization and phylogenetic distance among several genotypes of Rebutia, Aylostera, Mediolobivia and Sulcorebutia (Cactaceae)


M. Kholghi, I. Bernousi, R. Darvishzadeh and A. Pirzad

Correlation and path-cofficient analysis of seed yield and yield related trait in Iranian confectionery sunflower populations


Haddad El Rabey and Abdulrahman L. Al-Malki

Application of randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers and polyphenol oxidases (PPO) genes for distinguishing between the diploid (glaucum) and the tetraploid (leporinum) accessions in Hordeum murinum complex


Ezatollah Farshadfar, Mehrzad Allahgholipour, Laila Zarei and Masoud Kiani

Genetic analysis of field and physiological indicators of drought tolerance in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) using diallel mating design


Greguła-Kania, Monika

New allelic variant of the ovine calpastatin gene


PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 
Mohammad Ali Shirazi Kharrazi and Mohammad Reza Naroui Rad

Evaluation of sorghum genotypes under drought stress conditions using some stress tolerance indices


Aysen Akay

Effect of zinc fertilizer applications on yield and element contents of some registered chickpeas varieties


Chae-In Na, Muhammad Hamayun, Abdul Latif Khan, Yoon-Ha Kim, Kwang-Il Choi, Sang-Mo Kang, Sung-Il Kim, Jung-Tae Kim, Jong-Gun Won and In-Jung Lee

Influence of prohexadione-calcium, trinexapac-ethyl and hexaconazole on lodging characteristic and gibberellin biosynthesis of rice (Oryza sativa L.)


ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Zheng Zi-Cheng, He Shu-Qin, LI Ting-Xuan and Wang Yong-Dong

Effect of land use patterns on stability and distributions of organic carbon in the hilly region of Western Sichuan, China


Zheng Jiang, Li Zhongbao, Lu Yinghua, Tang Xuemin, Lu Bin, Li Yuanyue, Lu Zhiqiang, Lin Yaojiang and Zhou Jixin

Cultivation of the microalga, Chlorella pyrenoidosa, in biogas wastewater


Mohamed Anwar K. Abdelhalim, Mohsen M. Mady, Magdy M. Ghannam, Mohammed S. Al-Ayed and A. S. Alhomida

The effects of gold nanoparticles size and concentration on viscosity, flow activation energy, dielectric and optical properties


Devgoswami, Ch.R., Kalita, M. C., Talukdar, J., Bora, R. and Sharma, P.

Studies on the growth behavior of Chlorella, Haematococcus and Scenedesmus sp. in culture media with different concentrations of sodium bicarbonate and carbon dioxide gas


INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 
Muhannad I. Massadeh and Fatima M. Sabra

Production and characterization of lipase from Bacillus stearothermophilus


Tan Wee Yee, Nagendra G. Prabhu, Jain, K. and Darah Ibrahim

Process parameters influencing tannase production by Aspergillus niger using mangrove (Rhizophora apiculata) bark in solid substrate fermentation


Hu Jian-jiang, Zhang Qian, Hou Yan-ming, Wang Xin-rui, Ma Hui and Wang Yi

Studying arsenic trioxide-induced apoptosis of Colo-16 cells with two-photon and confocal laser scanning microscopy


Wei-wei Huang, Bing-zhi Dong, Zhuo-ping Cai and Shun-shan Duan

Growth effects on mixed culture of Dunaliella salina and Phaeodactylum tricornutum under different inoculation densities and nitrogen concentrations


Wang Gang, Chen Guang and Wu Ming

Biochemical properties and potential applications of an organic solvent-tolerant lipase isolated from Bacillus cereus BF-3


FOOD TECHNOLOGY


Yang Zhou, Hong Wang, Ruili Yang, Hui Huang, Yuanming Sun, Yudong Shen, Hongtao Lei and Hong Gao

Effects of Litchi chinensis fruit isolates on prostaglandin E2 and nitric oxide production in J774 murine macrophage cells


APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY


S. Kassouar and M. B. Baba Hamed

Heterologous expression and partial purification of calcium and calmodulin dependant protein kinase (CCaMK) of Medicago truncatula


Baoming Tian, Fang Wei, Haiyan Shu, Qiaoling Zhang, Xin Zang and Yuli Lian

Decreasing erucic acid level by RNAi-mediated silencing of fatty acid elongase 1 (BnFAE1.1) in rapeseeds (Brassica napus L.)


Rosa del Carmen Rocha-Gracia, María Miriam Hernández Arroyo, Patricia Lozano Zaraín, Beatriz Hernández Carlos, Héctor Santiago Romero, Ernestina Cedillo Portugal, María Teresa Zayas Pérez and Jesús Francisco López-Olguín

Antibacterial activity of crude extracts from Mexican plants against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus


Mukun Wang, DaShi Yu, Xinhong Guo, Yi Cui, Xiushan Li, Jihong Zhang, Lijian Zhao, Hongping Chang, Shuai Hu, Chao Zhang, Junchao Shi and Xuanming Liu

Casein kinase 1-Like 3 is required for abscisic acid regulation of seed germination, root growth, and gene expression in Arabidopsis


MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Qin Zhang, Yue-Min Xu, Hong-Bin Li, Min-Kai Xie and Ji-Hong Wang

Adipose tissue-derived stem cells in oral mucosa tissue engineering: Enhanced migration and proliferation in co-culture with oral keratinocytes in vitro


Oguntibeju, O. O., Akinola, F. F. and Okonkwo, K. G.

Effect of artemether on rat hepatocytes during acute damage


Xin Ge, Xifeng Luo, Yinggang Chen, Mingqi Li, Shixiong Jiang, and Xishan Wang

Rhein induces apoptosis of HCT-116 human colon cancer cells via activation of the intrinsic apoptotic pathway


ENTOMOLOGY

 
Senol Yildiz

Rotational and nematicidal effect of lupine (Lupinus albus L.: Leguminosae)


Orouj Valizadegan, Ali Asghr Pourmirza and Mohammad Hassan Safaralizadeh

The impact of microwaves irradiation and temperature manipulation for control of stored-products insects


FISHERY SCIENCE

 
Hongjian Lv, Xiumei Zhang, Peidong Zhang, Wentao Li and Zhenqing Miao

The implement of plastic oval tags for mark-recapture in juvenile Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) on the northeast coast of Shandong Province, China


BIOTECHNIQUES


Yuewei Zhang, Ping Fu, Jiahe Li, Fei Jiang, Jinxiang Li and Wenxue Wu

Development of loop-mediated isothermal amplification method for visualization detection of the highly virulent strains of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) in China


Muhammad Arif Nadeem Saqib, Munazza Fatima, Irum Nawaz Awan, Mirza Imran Shahzad, Syed Kumail Ali Rizvi, Muhammad Mukhtar and Azra Khanum

Optimized conditions for high-level solubilization and purification of recombinant camel growth hormone in Escherichia coli


Gökçen Yönter and Bülent Yagmur

Effect of Agri-SC as a soil conditioner on runoff, soil loss and crust strengths


Juan Men and Fa Cheng

Biodegradation and growth characteristics of a toluene-degrading strain


PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCE

 
Iqbal Hussain, Riaz Ullah, Jehangir Khan, Naeem Khan, Mohammad Zahoor, Naseem Ullah, Muneeb ur Rehman Khattak, Farhat Ali Khan, Abdul Baseer and Muhammad Khurram

Analysis of chemical constituents in medicinal plants of selected districts of Pakhtoonkhwa, Pakistan


Farah Mazhar, Mohtasheemul Hasan, Iqbal Azhar, M. Shaiq Ali, Misbah Zubair, Rabail Zahid and Muhammad Akram

Some biological studies on Hypnea pannosa J. Ag.


ANIMAL SCIENCE

 
Gholamreza Ghalamkari, Majid Toghyani, Ehsan Tavalaeian, Nasir Landy, Zahra Ghalamkari and Hadi Radnezhad

Efficiency of different levels of Satureja hortensis L. (Savory) in comparison with an antibiotic growth promoter on performance, carcass traits, immune responses and serum biochemical parameters in broiler chickens


S. Darmand, A. Lavvaf, A. R. Seidavi, N. Eila, S. Nematollahian and T. Farahvash

Estimation of genetic parameters in three commercial silk-worm lines of Iran


H. A. Abbasi, S. Gharavysi and R. Abdullahpour

Genetic polymorphism of exon 9-11 of the leptin gene receptor in breeder hens of Mazandaran native fowls


Jing Yuan, Chunlei Zhang, Xingtang Fang, Qin Wang, Lina Qian, Limin Shan Xiangyong Lan and Hong Chen

Determination of taste receptor type 1 member 1 (TAS1R1) gene polymorphism and association with some body measurements in goats


Nemat Ziaei, Hassan Kermanshahi and Mohammad PileVar

Effects of dietary crude protein and calcium/phosphorus content on growth, nitrogen and mineral retention in broiler chickens


H. A. Abbasi and M. Kazemi

Detection of polymorphism of the insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) gene in Mazandaran native chicken using PCR-RFLP method


FOOD AND NUTRITION SCIENCE

 
Hacer Savurdan and Nazan Aktaş

Developing knowledge level scale of functional foods: Validity and reliability study


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Webbia - 65 (2), 2010

Contents:

VAN DER MAESEN L.J.G., Novitates Gabonenses 75: note on Platysepalum (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) in Gabon.

RODDA M., SIMONSSON N., Hoya minutiflora sp. nov. (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae), a new small-flowered Hoya species, and taxonomic notes on Hoya ruscifolia Decaisne.

DUNKEL F.G., The Ranunculus auricomus L. complex (Ranunculaceae) in Northern Italy.

CUSMA VELARI T., FEOLI CHIAPELLA L., KOSOVEL V., Karyological Diversity of Adenocarpus DC. (Fabaceae-Cytiseae).

BALLELLI S., TARDELLA F.M., ORSOMANDO E., CATORCI A., The vascular flora of the “Altipiani di Colfiorito” (Umbria-Marches Apennines, Central Italy).

GAROFALO R., APRILE G.G., MINGO A., CATALANO I., RICCIARDI M., The Lichens of the Sorrento peninsula (Campania-Southern Italy).

BALDINI R.M., Review .

Index of new taxa.


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Pakistan Journal of Botany - 43 (Special), 2011

Contents:

1. DNA barcoding as a means for identifying medicinal plants of Pakistan
M. Schori and A.M. Showalter

2. Efforts on conservation and sustainable use of medicinal plants of Pakistan
Zabta Khan Shinwari and M. Qaiser

3. Medicinal plant collection and taxonomic identification
S. I. Ali

4. Water stress mediated changes in growth, physiology and secondary metabolites of Desi Ajwain (Trachyspermum ammi L.)
Nazila Azhar, Bilal Hussain, Muhammad Yasin Ashraf and Karim Yar Abbasi

5. In vitro plant regeneration in Sinapis alba and evaluation of its radical scavenging activity
Bilal Haider Abbasi, Abdur Rashid, Mubarak Ali Khan, Mohammad Ali, Zabta Khan Shinwari, Nisar Ahmad and Tariq Mahmood

6. Ecological consequences, genetic and chemical variations in fragmented populations of a medicinal plant, Justicia adhatoda and implications for its conservation
Syed Abdullah Gilani, Yoshiharu Fujii, Akira Kikuchi, Zabta Khan Shinwari, Kazuo N. Watanabe

7. Medicinal flora of the Cholistan desert: a review
Mansoor Hameed, Muhammad Ashraf, F. Al-Quriany, Tahira Nawaz, Muhammad Sajid Aqeel Ahmad, Adnan Younis and Nargis Naz

8. Chemistry of genus Lantana
Hidayat Hussain, Javid Hussain, Ahmed Al-Harrasi, Zabta Khan Shinwari

9. Physico-chemical, phytochemical evaluation and dpph-scavenging antioxidant potential in medicinal plants used for herbal formulation in Pakistan
Hina Fazal, Nisar Ahmad and Mir Ajab Khan

10. Seasonal variation in some medicinal and biochemical ingredients in Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds.
Iftikhar Ahmad, Muhammad Sajid Aqeel Ahmad, Muhammad Ashraf, Mumtaz Hussain and Muhammad Yasin Ashraf

11. Traditional drug therapies from various medicinal plants of central Karakoram National Park, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ishtiaq Hussain, Asghari Bano and Faizan Ullah

12. Antioxidant, antitumor activities and phytochemical investigation of Hedera nepalensis K.koch, an important medicinal plant from Pakistan
Simab Kanwal, Nazif Ullah, Ihsan-ul-Haq, Imran Afzal And Bushra Mirza

13. Antimicrobial activity, phytochemical profile and trace minerals of black mulberry (Morus nigra L.) fresh juice
Nauman Khalid, Sardar Atiq Fawad and Iftikhar Ahmed

14. Residual value analyses of the medicinal flora of the Western Himalayas: the Naran valley, Pakistan
Shujaul Mulk Khan, David Harper, Sue Page, Habib Ahmad

15. Ethnobotanical survey of plants from Neelum, Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan
Adeel Mahmood, Riffat Naseem Malik, Zabta Khan Shinwari and Aqeel Mahmood

16. Medicinal plants - a potent antibacterial source against bacterial leaf blight (BLB) of rice
Rukhsana Jabeen

17. Analgesic and antiemetic activity of Cleome viscosa L.
Salman Ahmed, Munnawar Sultana, Muhammad Mohtasheem Ul Hasan and Iqbal Azhar

18. In vitro inhibition potential of four Chenopod halophytes against microbial growth
Samiullah and Asghari Bano

19. Species richness, ethnobotanical species richness and human settlements along a himalayan altitudinal gradient: prioritizing plant conservation in Palas valley, Pakistan
Zafeer Saqib, Riffat Naseem Malik, Muhammad Ibrar Shinwari, Zabta Khan Shinwari

20. Ethnobotanical study of Kohat Pass (Pakistan)
Shehla Shinwari, Rahmatullah Qureshi and Elias Baydoun

21. Authentication of herbal medicine neem (Azadirachta indica A.Juss.) by using taxonomic and pharmacognostic techniques
Shazia Sultana, Mir Ajab Khan, Mushtaq Ahmad, Asghari Bano, Muhammad Zafar and Zabta Khan Shinwari

22. Major phenolic acids of local and exotic mint germplasm grown in Islamabad
Riffat Tahira, Muhammad Naeemullah, Fazal Akbar and Muhammad Shahid Masood

23. Antibacterial activity in herbal products used in Pakistan
Cynthia Walter, Zabta K. Shinwari, Imran Afzal and Riffat N. Malik

24. Supercritical carbon dioxide extraction and gas chromatography analysis of Jasminum sambac essential oil
Adnan Younis, Aqsa Mehdi and Atif Riaz

25. Antimicrobial potentials of Eclipta alba by well diffusion method
Jehan Bakht, Amjad Islam and Mohammad Shafi

26. Phytotherapy: research gaps in Pakistan
Abdul Ghafoor, Sadar Uddin Siddiqui, Shakeel Ahmad Jatoi and Malik Ashiq Rabbani

27. Estimation of antimicrobial potential of Ganoderma lucidum (Leyss. ex Fr.) Karst. extracts
Ghazala Nasim And Muhammad Ali

28. NARC-Kalonji: An early maturing and high yielding variety of Nigella sativa released for cultivation in Pakistan
Malik Ashiq Rabbani, Abdul Ghafoor and Muhammad Shahid Masood

29. Eefficacy evaluation of Azadirachta indica, calotropis procera, datura stramonium and Tagetes erecta against root-knot nematodes Meloidogyne incognita
Muhammad Arshad Hussain, Tariq Mukhtar and Muhammad Zameer Kayani


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New Phytologist - 191 (1-4), 2011

New Phytologist - 191 (1-2), 2011




Contents:

Introduction to a Virtual Special Issue on plant respiration in variable environments
Atkin, Owen K.

Pushing back in time: the role of fire in plant evolution
Midgley, Jeremy; Bond, William

The hairy problem of epigenetics in evolution
Richards, Christina L.; Wendel, Jonathan F.

Metabolic fluxes, carbon isotope fractionation and respiration - lessons to be learned from plant biochemistry
Werner, Roland A.; Buchmann, Nina; Siegwolf, Rolf T. W.; Kornexl, Barbara E.; Gessler, Arthur

How do we improve Earth system models? Integrating Earth system models, ecosystem models, experiments and long-term data
Leuzinger, Sebastian; Quinn Thomas, R.

Genes to ecosystems: exploring the frontiers of ecology with one of the smallest biological units
Wymore, Adam S.; Keeley, Annika T. H.; Yturralde, Kasey M.; Schroer, Melanie L.; Propper, Catherine R.; Whitham, Thomas G.

The evolution of RNA editing and pentatricopeptide repeat genes
Fujii, Sota; Small, Ian

Arsenic biotransformation and volatilization in transgenic rice
Meng, Xiang-Yan; Qin, Jie; Wang, Li-Hong; Duan, Gui-Lan; Sun, Guo-Xin; Wu, Hui-Lan; Chu, Cheng-Cai; Ling, Hong-Qing; Rosen, Barry P.; Zhu, Yong-Guan

cGMP-dependent ABA-induced stomatal closure in the ABA-insensitive Arabidopsis mutant abi1-1
Dubovskaya, Lyudmila V.; Bakakina, Yulia S.; Kolesneva, Ekaterina V.; Sodel, Dmitry L.; McAinsh, Martin R.; Hetherington, Alistair M.; Volotovski, Igor D.

A defective ABC transporter of the MRP family, responsible for the bean lpa1 mutation, affects the regulation of the phytic acid pathway, reduces seed myo-inositol and alters ABA sensitivity
Panzeri, Dario; Cassani, Elena; Doria, Enrico; Tagliabue, Giovanni; Forti, Luca; Campion, Bruno; Bollini, Roberto; Brearley, Charles A.; Pilu, Roberto; Nielsen, Erik; Sparvoli, Francesca

Vacuolar two-pore K+ channels act as vacuolar osmosensors
Maathuis, Frans J. M.

Deubiquitinating enzymes AtUBP12 and AtUBP13 and their tobacco homologue NtUBP12 are negative regulators of plant immunity
Ewan, Richard; Pangestuti, Ratih; Thornber, Sarah; Craig, Adam; Carr, Craig; O'Donnell, Liz; Zhang, Cunjn; Sadanandom, Ari

Different roles of Enhanced Disease Susceptibility1 (EDS1) bound to and dissociated from Phytoalexin Deficient4 (PAD4) in Arabidopsis immunity
Rietz, Steffen; Stamm, Anika; Malonek, Stefan; Wagner, Stephan; Becker, Dieter; Medina-Escobar, Nieves; Corina Vlot, A.; Feys, Bart J.; Niefind, Karsten; Parker, Jane E.

Effects of selenium hyperaccumulation on plant-plant interactions: evidence for elemental allelopathy?
El Mehdawi, Ali F.; Quinn, Colin F.; Pilon-Smits, Elizabeth A. H.

Changes in the structural composition and reactivity of Acer rubrum leaf litter tannins exposed to warming and altered precipitation: climatic stress-induced tannins are more reactive
Tharayil, Nishanth; Suseela, Vidya; Triebwasser, Daniella J.; Preston, Caroline M.; Gerard, Patrick D.; Dukes, Jeffrey S.

Intra-leaf gradients of photoinhibition induced by different color lights: implications for the dual mechanisms of photoinhibition and for the application of conventional chlorophyll fluorometers
Oguchi, Riichi; Douwstra, Peter; Fujita, Takashi; Chow, Wah Soon; Terashima, Ichiro

Seasonal patterns of carbon allocation to respiratory pools in 60-yr-old deciduous (Fagus sylvatica) and evergreen (Picea abies) trees assessed via whole-tree stable carbon isotope labeling
Kuptz, Daniel; Fleischmann, Frank; Matyssek, Rainer; Grams, Thorsten E. E.

Introducing short roots in a desert perennial: anatomy and spatiotemporal foraging responses to increased precipitation
Salguero-Gómez, Roberto; Casper, Brenda B.

Banksia born to burn
He, Tianhua; Lamont, Byron B.; Downes, Katherine S.

Deciphering the distribution of the savanna biome
Lehmann, Caroline E. R.; Archibald, Sally A.; Hoffmann, William A.; Bond, William J.

Life on the edge: rare and restricted episodes of a pan-tropical mutualism adapting to drier climates
McLeish, Michael; Guo, Danni; van Noort, Simon; Midgley, Guy

Parental effects modulate seed longevity: exploring parental and offspring phenotypes to elucidate pre-zygotic environmental influences
Kochanek, Jitka; Steadman, Kathryn J.; Probert, Robin J.; Adkins, Steve W.

Ascorbate peroxidase-related (APx-R) is a new heme-containing protein functionally associated with ascorbate peroxidase but evolutionarily divergent
Lazzarotto, Fernanda; Teixeira, Felipe Karam; Rosa, Silvia Barcelos; Dunand, Christophe; Fernandes, Claudia Lemelle; de Vasconcelos Fontenele, Adilton; Silveira, Joaquim Albenisio Gomes; Verli, Hugo; Margis, Rogério; Margis-Pinheiro, Marcia

Differential regulation of a MYB transcription factor is correlated with transgenerational epigenetic inheritance of trichome density in Mimulus guttatus
Scoville, Alison G.; Barnett, Laryssa L.; Bodbyl-Roels, Sarah; Kelly, John K.; Hileman, Lena C.

Predictable patterns of constraint among anthocyanin-regulating transcription factors in Ipomoea
Streisfeld, Matthew A.; Liu, Danya; Rausher, Mark D.

Complex evolution of S5, a major reproductive barrier regulator, in the cultivated rice Oryza sativa and its wild relatives
Du, Hongyi; Ouyang, Yidan; Zhang, Chengjun; Zhang, Qifa

DNA barcoding of lichenized fungi demonstrates high identification success in a floristic context
Kelly, Laura J.; Hollingsworth, Peter M.; Coppins, Brian J.; Ellis, Christopher J.; Harrold, Paul; Tosh, James; Yahr, Rebecca

An experimental method to facilitate the identification of hybrid sporophytes in the moss Physcomitrella patens using fluorescent tagged lines
Perroud, Pierre-François; Cove, David J.; Quatrano, Ralph S.; McDaniel, Stuart F.


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New Phytologist - 191 (3), 2011




Contents:

The latitudinal herbivory-defence hypothesis takes a detour on the map
Johnson, Marc T. J.; Rasmann, Sergio

Where are all the undocumented fungal species? A study of Mortierella demonstrates the need for sequence-based classification
Hibbett, David; Glotzer, Dylan

Photochemical reflectance index (PRI) and remote sensing of plant CO2 uptake
Penuelas, Josep; Garbulsky, Martin F.; Filella, Iolanda

Modelling the size and composition of fruit, grain and seed by process-based simulation models
Martre, Pierre; Bertin, Nadia; Salon, Christophe; Génard, Michel

The photosynthetic plasticity of crassulacean acid metabolism: an evolutionary innovation for sustainable productivity in a changing world
Borland, Anne M.; Barrera Zambrano, V. Andrea; Ceusters, Johan; Shorrock, Katherine

Arabidopsis thaliana ORGAN SIZE RELATED1 regulates organ growth and final organ size in orchestration with ARGOS and ARL
Feng, Guanping; Qin, Zhixiang; Yan, Jingzhou; Zhang, Xiaoran; Hu, Yuxin

Transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of a NAC1 transcription factor in Medicago truncatula roots
D'haeseleer, Katrien; Den Herder, Griet; Laffont, Carole; Plet, Julie; Mortier, Virginie; Lelandais-Briere, Christine; De Bodt, Stefanie; De Keyser, Annick; Crespi, Martin; Holsters, Marcelle; Frugier, Florian; Goormachtig, Sofie

Overexpression of PhEXPA1 increases cell size, modifies cell wall polymer composition and affects the timing of axillary meristem development in Petunia hybrida
Zenoni, Sara; Fasoli, Marianna; Tornielli, Giovanni Battista; Dal Santo, Silvia; Sanson, Andrea; de Groot, Peter; Sordo, Sara; Citterio, Sandra; Monti, Francesca; Pezzotti, Mario

SHORT INTERNODES-like genes regulate shoot growth and xylem proliferation in Populus
Zawaski, Christine; Kadmiel, Mahita; Ma, Cathleen; Gai, Ying; Jiang, Xiangning; Strauss, Steve H.; Busov, Victor B.

Heat-induced chaperone activity of serine/threonine protein phosphatase 5 enhances thermotolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana
Park, Jin Ho; Lee, Sun Yong; Kim, Woe Yeon; Jung, Young Jun; Chae, Ho Byoung; Jung, Hyun Suk; Kang, Chang Ho; Shin, Mi Rim; Kim, Sun Young; Su'udi, Mukhamad; Yun, Dae Jin; Lee, Kyun Oh; Kim, Min Gab; Lee, Sang Yeol

Induction of systemic stress tolerance by brassinosteroid in Cucumis sativus
Xia, Xiao-Jian; Zhou, Yan-Hong; Ding, Ju; Shi, Kai; Asami, Tadao; Chen, Zhixiang; Yu, Jing-Quan

Rice A20/AN1 zinc-finger containing stress-associated proteins (SAP1/11) and a receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase (OsRLCK253) interact via A20 zinc-finger and confer abiotic stress tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis plant
Giri, Jitender; Vij, Shubha; Dansana, Prasant K.; Tyagi, Akhilesh K.

The sucrose-regulated Arabidopsis transcription factor bZIP11 reprograms metabolism and regulates trehalose metabolism
Ma, Jingkun; Hanssen, Micha; Lundgren, Krister; Hernández, Lázaro; Delatte, Thierry; Ehlert, Andrea; Liu, Chun-Ming; Schluepmann, Henriette; Dröge-Laser, Wolfgang; Moritz, Thomas; Smeekens, Sjef; Hanson, Johannes

A zinc finger protein Tsip1 controls Cucumber mosaic virus infection by interacting with the replication complex on vacuolar membranes of the tobacco plant
Huh, Sung Un; Kim, Min Jung; Ham, Byung-Kook; Paek, Kyung-Hee

Presence/absence, differential expression and sequence polymorphisms between PiAVR2 and PiAVR2-like in Phytophthora infestans determine virulence on R2 plants
Gilroy, Eleanor M.; Breen, Susan; Whisson, Stephen C.; Squires, Julie; Hein, Ingo; Kaczmarek, Maciej; Turnbull, Dionne; Boevink, Petra C.; Lokossou, Anoma; Cano, Liliana M.; Morales, Juan; Avrova, Anna O.; Pritchard, Leighton; Randall, Eva; Lees, Alison; Govers, Francine; van West, Pieter; Kamoun, Sophien; Vleeshouwers, Vivianne G. A. A.; Cooke, David E. L.; Birch, Paul R. J.

Putting plant resistance traits on the map: a test of the idea that plants are better defended at lower latitudes
Angela T. Moles, Ian R. Wallis, William J. Foley, David I. Warton, James C. Stegen, Alejandro J. Bisigato, Lucrecia Cella-Pizarro, Connie J. Clark, Philippe S. Cohen, William K. Cornwell, Will Edwards, Rasmus Ejrnas, Therany Gonzales-Ojeda, Bente J. Graae, Gregory Hay, Fainess C. Lumbwe, Benjamín Magana-Rodríguez, Ben D. Moore, Pablo L. Peri, John R. Poulsen, Ruan Veldtman, Hugo von Zeipel, Nigel R. Andrew, Sarah L. Boulter, Elizabeth T. Borer, Florencia Fernández Campón, Moshe Coll, Alejandro G. Farji-Brener, Jane De Gabriel, Enrique Jurado, Line A. Kyhn, Bill Low, Christa P. H. Mulder, Kathryn Reardon-Smith, Jorge Rodríguez-Velázquez, Eric W. Seabloom, Peter A. Vesk, An van Cauter, Matthew S. Waldram, Zheng Zheng, Pedro G. Blendinger, Brian J. Enquist, Jose M. Facelli, Tiffany Knight, Jonathan D. Majer, Miguel Martínez-Ramos, Peter McQuillan and Lynda D. Prior

Where is the unseen fungal diversity hidden? A study of Mortierella reveals a large contribution of reference collections to the identification of fungal environmental sequences
Nagy, László G.; Petkovits, Tamás; Kovács, Gábor M.; Voigt, Kerstin; Vágvölgyi, Csaba; Papp, Tamás

Lichen responses to nitrogen and phosphorus additions can be explained by the different symbiont responses
Johansson, Otilia; Olofsson, Johan; Giesler, Reiner; Palmqvist, Kristin

Growth and community responses of alpine dwarf shrubs to in situ CO2 enrichment and soil warming
Dawes, Melissa A.; Hagedorn, Frank; Zumbrunn, Thomas; Handa, Ira Tanya; Hättenschwiler, Stephan; Wipf, Sonja; Rixen, Christian

The statistical mechanics of community assembly and species distribution
Kelly, Colleen K.; Blundell, Stephen J.; Bowler, Michael G.; Fox, Gordon A.; Harvey, Paul H.; Lomas, Mark R.; Ian Woodward, F.

Multiple mechanisms underlie rapid expansion of an invasive alien plant
Wang, Rui; Wang, Jin-Feng; Qiu, Zhi-Jing; Meng, Bin; Wan, Fang-Hao; Wang, Yin-Zheng

Glyphosate-drift but not herbivory alters the rate of transgene flow from single and stacked trait transgenic canola (Brassica napus) to nontransgenic B. napus and B. rapa
Londo, Jason P.; Bollman, Michael A.; Sagers, Cynthia L.; Lee, E. Henry; Watrud, Lidia S.

Phylogeny-based developmental analyses illuminate evolution of inflorescence architectures in dogwoods (Cornus s.l., Cornaceae)
Feng, Chun-Miao; Xiang, Qiu-Yun (Jenny); Franks, Robert G.

Petal-specific subfunctionalization of an APETALA3 paralog in the Ranunculales and its implications for petal evolution
Sharma, Bharti; Guo, Chunce; Kong, Hongzhi; Kramer, Elena M.

Polyploid formation pathways have an impact on genetic rearrangements in resynthesized Brassica napus
Szadkowski, E.; Eber, F.; Huteau, V.; Lodé, M.; Coriton, O.; Jenczewski, E.; Chevre, A. M.

A growth phenotyping pipeline for Arabidopsis thaliana integrating image analysis and rosette area modeling for robust quantification of genotype effects
Arvidsson, Samuel; Pérez-Rodríguez, Paulino; Mueller-Roeber, Bernd

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New Phytologist - 191 (4), 2011




Contents:

New insights into cell death induced by long chain bases in Arabidopsis
Michaelson, Louise V.

Gone with the wind: understanding evolutionary transitions between wind and animal pollination in the angiosperms
Friedman, Jannice

Sequencing crop genomes: approaches and applications
Jackson, Scott A.; Iwata, Aiko; Lee, Suk-Ha; Schmutz, Jeremy; Shoemaker, Randy

Leaf-out phenology of temperate woody plants: from trees to ecosystems
Polgar, Caroline A.; Primack, Richard B.

MPK6, sphinganine and the LCB2a gene from serine palmitoyltransferase are required in the signaling pathway that mediates cell death induced by long chain bases in Arabidopsis
Saucedo-García, Mariana; Guevara-García, Arturo; González-Solís, Ariadna; Cruz-García, Felipe; Vázquez-Santana, Sonia; Markham, Jonathan E.; Lozano-Rosas, M. Guadalupe; Dietrich, Charles R.; Ramos-Vega, Maricela; Cahoon, Edgar B.; Gavilanes-Ruíz, Marina

The Arabidopsis aminopeptidase LAP2 regulates plant growth, leaf longevity and stress response
Waditee-Sirisattha, Rungaroon; Shibato, Junko; Rakwal, Randeep; Sirisattha, Sophon; Hattori, Akira; Nakano, Takeshi; Takabe, Teruhiro; Tsujimoto, Masafumi

Auxin minimum defines a developmental window for lateral root initiation
Dubrovsky, Joseph G.; Napsucialy-Mendivil, Selene; Duclercq, Jérme; Cheng, Yan; Shishkova, Svetlana; Ivanchenko, Maria G.; Friml, Jiří; Murphy, Angus S.; Benková, Eva

OsSFR6 is a functional rice orthologue of SENSITIVE TO FREEZING-6 and can act as a regulator of COR gene expression, osmotic stress and freezing tolerance in Arabidopsis
Wathugala, Deepthi L.; Richards, Shane A.; Knight, Heather; Knight, Marc R.

Xylem traits mediate a trade-off between resistance to freeze-thaw-induced embolism and photosynthetic capacity in overwintering evergreens
Choat, Brendan; Medek, Danielle E.; Stuart, Stephanie A.; Pasquet-Kok, Jessica; Egerton, John J. G.; Salari, Hooman; Sack, Lawren; Ball, Marilyn C.

On the multi-temporal correlation between photosynthesis and soil CO2 efflux: reconciling lags and observations
Vargas, Rodrigo; Baldocchi, Dennis D.; Bahn, Michael; Hanson, Paul J.; Hosman, Kevin P.; Kulmala, Liisa; Pumpanen, Jukka; Yang, Bai

Phytotoxicity, not nitrogen immobilization, explains plant litter inhibitory effects: evidence from solid-state 13C NMR spectroscopy
Bonanomi, Giuliano; Incerti, Guido; Barile, Elisa; Capodilupo, Manuela; Antignani, Vincenzo; Mingo, Antonio; Lanzotti, Virginia; Scala, Felice; Mazzoleni, Stefano

Leaf and root pectin methylesterase activity and 13C/12C stable isotopic ratio measurements of methanol emissions give insight into methanol production in Lycopersicon esculentum
Oikawa, Patricia Yoshino; Giebel, Brian M.; da Silveira Lobo O'Reilly Sternberg, Leonel; Li, Lei; Timko, Michael P.; Swart, Peter K.; Riemer, Daniel D.; Mak, John E.; Lerdau, Manuel T.

The molecular basis of quantitative variation in foliar secondary metabolites in Eucalyptus globulus
Külheim, Carsten; Yeoh, Suat Hui; Wallis, Ian R.; Laffan, Shawn; Moran, Gavin F.; Foley, William J.

C12 derivatives of the hydroperoxide lyase pathway are produced by product recycling through lipoxygenase-2 in Nicotiana attenuata leaves
Kallenbach, Mario; Gilardoni, Paola A.; Allmann, Silke; Baldwin, Ian T.; Bonaventure, Gustavo

Mining for treatment-specific and general changes in target compounds and metabolic fingerprints in response to herbivory and phytohormones in Plantago lanceolata
Sutter, Rabea; Müller, Caroline

Genetic and physiological analysis of the relationship between partial resistance to clubroot and tolerance to trehalose in Arabidopsis thaliana
Gravot, Antoine; Grillet, Louis; Wagner, Geoffrey; Jubault, Mélanie; Lariagon, Christine; Baron, Cécile; Deleu, Carole; Delourme, Régine; Bouchereau, Alain; Manzanares-Dauleux, Maria J.

Influence of cultivated landscape composition on variety resistance: an assessment based on wheat leaf rust epidemics
Papaix, Julien; Goyeau, Henriette; Du Cheyron, Philippe; Monod, Hervé; Lannou, Christian

A eukaryotic-like sulfiredoxin involved in oxidative stress responses and in the reduction of the sulfinic form of 2-Cys peroxiredoxin in the cyanobacterium Anabaena PCC 7120
Boileau, Céline; Eme, Laura; Brochier-Armanet, Céline; Janicki, Annick; Zhang, Cheng-Cai; Latifi, Amel

Rapid evolutionary divergence and ecotypic diversification of germination behavior in weedy rice populations
Xia, Han-Bing; Xia, Hui; Ellstrand, Norman C.; Yang, Chao; Lu, Bao-Rong

Transition from wind pollination to insect pollination in sedges: experimental evidence and functional traits
Wragg, Peter D.; Johnson, Steven D.

Plant resistance to mechanical stress: evidence of an avoidance-tolerance trade-off
Puijalon, Sara; Bouma, Tjeerd J.; Douady, Christophe J.; van Groenendael, Jan; Anten, Niels P. R.; Martel, Evelyne; Bornette, Gudrun

Allopolyploid origins of the Galeopsis tetraploids – revisiting Müntzing’s classical textbook example using molecular tools
Bendiksby, Mika; Tribsch, Andreas; Borgen, Liv; Trávníček, Pavel; Brysting, Anne K.

Automated analysis of three-dimensional xylem networks using high-resolution computed tomography
Brodersen, Craig R.; Lee, Eric F.; Choat, Brendan; Jansen, Steven; Phillips, Ronald J.; Shackel, Kenneth A.; McElrone, Andrew J.; Matthews, Mark A.

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Journal of Experimental Botany - 62 (11-15), 2011

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Journal of Experimental Botany - 62 (11), 2011



Contents:

Food systems transition and disruptive low carbon innovation: implications for a food security research agenda
Tyfield, David

China's success in increasing per capita food production
Zhang, Jianhua

An epigenetic view of plant cells cultured in vitro: somaclonal variation and beyond
Miguel, Clia; Marum, Liliana

The role of epigenetic processes in controlling flowering time in plants exposed to stress
Yaish, Mahmoud W.; Colasanti, Joseph; Rothstein, Steven J.

Popular maintains zinc homeostasis with heavy metal genes HMA4 and PCS1
Adams, Joshua P.; Adeli, Ardeshir; Hsu, Chuan-Yu; Harkess, Richard L.; Page, Grier P.; dePamphilis, Claude W.; Schultz, Emily B.; Yuceer, Cetin

The phosphatidylcholine-hydrolysing phospholipase C NPC4 plays a role in response of Arabidopsis roots to salt stress
Kocourkov, Daniela; Krkov, Zuzana; Pejchar, Pemysl; Veselkov, tpnka; Valentov, Olga; Wimalasekera, Rinukshi; Scherer, Gnther F. E.; Martinec, Jan

Genome-wide characterization of new and drought stress responsive microRNAs in Populus euphratica
Li, Bosheng; Qin, Yurong; Duan, Hui; Yin, Weilun; Xia, Xinli

Genetic dissection of vitamin E biosynthesis in tomato
Almeida, Juliana; Quadrana, Leandro; Ass, Ramn; Setta, Nathalia; de Godoy, Fabiana; Bermdez, Luisa; Otaiza, Santiago N.; Corra da Silva, Junia V.; Fernie, Alisdair R.; Carrari, Fernando; Rossi, Magdalena

Inter-species variation in the oligomeric states of the higher plant Calvin cycle enzymes glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and phosphoribulokinase
Howard, Thomas P.; Lloyd, Julie C.; Raines, Christine A.

A comparison of the low temperature transcriptomes and CBF regulons of three plant species that differ in freezing tolerance: Solanum commersonii, Solanum tuberosum, and Arabidopsis thaliana
Carvallo, Marcela A.; Pino, Mara-Teresa; Jekni, Zoran; Zou, Cheng; Doherty, Colleen J.; Shiu, Shin-Han; Chen, Tony H. H.; Thomashow, Michael F.

Dissecting the role of climacteric ethylene in kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis) ripening using a 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid oxidase knockdown line
Atkinson, Ross G.; Gunaseelan, Kularajathevan; Wang, Mindy Y.; Luo, Luke; Wang, Tianchi; Norling, Cara L.; Johnston, Sarah L.; Maddumage, Ratnasiri; Schrder, Roswitha; Schaffer, Robert J.

Characterization of a cinnamoyl-CoA reductase 1 (CCR1) mutant in maize: effects on lignification, fibre development, and global gene expression
Tamasloukht, Barek; Wong Quai Lam, Mary Sarah-Jane; Martinez, Yves; Tozo, Koffi; Barbier, Odile; Jourda, Cyril; Jauneau, Alain; Borderies, Gisle; Balzergue, Sandrine; Renou, Jean-Pierre; Huguet, Stphanie; Martinant, Jean Pierre; Tatout, Christophe; Lapierre, Catherine; Barrire, Yves; Goffner, Deborah; Pichon, Magalie

Exploring the neutral invertaseoxidative stress defence connection in Arabidopsis thaliana
Xiang, Li; Le Roy, Katrien; Bolouri-Moghaddam, Mohammad-Reza; Vanhaecke, Mieke; Lammens, Willem; Rolland, Filip; Van den Ende, Wim

Response of mitochondrial thioredoxin PsTrxo1, antioxidant enzymes, and respiration to salinity in pea (Pisum sativum L.) leaves
Mart, Mara C.; Florez-Sarasa, Igor; Camejo, Daymi; Ribas-Carb, Miquel; Lzaro, Juan J.; Sevilla, Francisca; Jimnez, Ana

NO synthase-generated NO acts downstream of auxin in regulating Fe-deficiency-induced root branching that enhances Fe-deficiency tolerance in tomato plants
Jin, Chong Wei; Du, Shao Ting; Shamsi, Imran Haider; Luo, Bing Fang; Lin, Xian Yong

Diurnal cycles of embolism formation and repair in petioles of grapevine (Vitis vinifera cv. Chasselas)
Zufferey, V.; Cochard, H.; Ameglio, T.; Spring, J.-L.; Viret, O.

The genetic architecture of branched-chain amino acid accumulation in tomato fruits
Kochevenko, Andrej; Fernie, Alisdair R.

Regulation of expression of starch synthesis genes by ethylene and ABA in relation to the development of rice inferior and superior spikelets
Zhu, Guohui; Ye, Nenghui; Yang, Jianchang; Peng, Xinxiang; Zhang, Jianhua

Dwarf alleles differentially affect barley root traits influencing nitrogen acquisition under low nutrient supply
Karley, A. J.; Valentine, T. A.; Squire, G. R.

New insights into globoids of protein storage vacuoles in wheat aleurone using synchrotron soft X-ray microscopy
Regvar, Marjana; Eichert, Diane; Kaulich, Burkhard; Gianoncelli, Alessandra; Pongrac, Paula; Vogel-Miku, Katarina; Kreft, Ivan

A costbenefit analysis of acclimation to low irradiance in tropical rainforest tree seedlings: leaf life span and payback time for leaf deployment
Coste, Sabrina; Roggy, Jean-Christophe; Schimann, Heidy; Epron, Daniel; Dreyer, Erwin

Does ear C sink strength contribute to overcoming photosynthetic acclimation of wheat plants exposed to elevated CO2?
Aranjuelo, Iker; Cabrera-Bosquet, Lloren; Morcuende, Rosa; Avice, Jean Christophe; Nogus, Salvador; Araus, Jos Luis; Martnez-Carrasco, Rafael; Prez, Pilar

Accumulation of the transcription factor ABA-insensitive (ABI)4 is tightly regulated post-transcriptionally
Finkelstein, Ruth; Lynch, Tim; Reeves, Wendy; Petitfils, Michelle; Mostachetti, Mike

YUCCA6 over-expression demonstrates auxin function in delaying leaf senescence in Arabidopsis thaliana
Kim, Jeong Im; Murphy, Angus S.; Baek, Dongwon; Lee, Shin-Woo; Yun, Dae-Jin; Bressan, Ray A.; Narasimhan, Meena L.

Calculated activity of Mn2 at the outer surface of the root cell plasma membrane governs Mn nutrition of cowpea seedlings
Kopittke, Peter M.; Blamey, F. Pax C.; Wang, Peng; Menzies, Neal W.

Structural determinants crucial to the RNA chaperone activity of glycine-rich RNA-binding proteins 4 and 7 in Arabidopsis thaliana during the cold adaptation process
Kwak, Kyung Jin; Park, Su Jung; Han, Ji Hoon; Kim, Min Kyung; Oh, Seung Han; Han, Yeon Soo; Kang, Hunseung

Abscisic acid effects on activity and expression of barley (Hordeum vulgare) plastidial glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
Cardi, Manuela; Chibani, Kamel; Cafasso, Donata; Rouhier, Nicolas; Jacquot, Jean-Pierre; Esposito, Sergio

The RNA-mediated silencing of one of the Pin genes in allohexaploid wheat simultaneously decreases the expression of the other, and increases grain hardness
Gasparis, Sebastian; Orczyk, Waclaw; Zalewski, Wojciech; Nadolska-Orczyk, Anna

Drought-stress-induced up-regulation of CAM in seedlings of a tropical cactus, Opuntia elatior, operating predominantly in the C3 mode
Winter, Klaus; Garcia, Milton; Holtum, Joseph A. M.

A comparative study of melting and non-melting flesh peach cultivars reveals that during fruit ripening endo-polygalacturonase (endo-PG) is mainly involved in pericarp textural changes, not in firmness reduction
Ghiani, A.; Onelli, E.; Aina, R.; Cocucci, M.; Citterio, S.

Ntann12 annexin expression is induced by auxin in tobacco roots
Baucher, Marie; Oukouomi Lowe, Yves; Vandeputte, Olivier M.; Mukoko Bopopi, Johnny; Moussawi, Jihad; Vermeersch, Marjorie; Mol, Adeline; El Jaziri, Mondher; Hombl, Fabrice; Prez-Morga, David

Hydraulic conductance as well as nitrogen accumulation plays a role in the higher rate of leaf photosynthesis of the most productive variety of rice in Japan
Taylaran, Renante D.; Adachi, Shunsuke; Ookawa, Taiichiro; Usuda, Hideaki; Hirasawa, Tadashi

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Journal of Experimental Botany - 62 (12), 2011



Contents:

Reflections on food security under water scarcity
Fereres, Elas; Orgaz, Francisco; Gonzalez-Dugo, Victoria

The interplay between light and jasmonate signalling during defence and development
Kazan, Kemal; Manners, John M.

Quantifying immunogold localization on electron microscopic thin sections: a compendium of new approaches for plant cell biologists
Mayhew, Terry M.

Aquaporin-facilitated water uptake in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) roots
Knipfer, Thorsten; Besse, Matthieu; Verdeil, Jean-Luc; Fricke, Wieland

Developmental pattern of aquaporin expression in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) leaves
Besse, Matthieu; Knipfer, Thorsten; Miller, Anthony J.; Verdeil, Jean-Luc; Jahn, Thomas P.; Fricke, Wieland

Variation in carbon isotope discrimination in Cleistogenes squarrosa (Trin.) Keng: patterns and drivers at tiller, local, catchment, and regional scales
Yang, Hao; Auerswald, Karl; Bai, Yongfei; Wittmer, Maximilian H. O. M.; Schnyder, Hans

Differential drought-induced modulation of ozone tolerance in winter wheat species
Biswas, D. K.; Jiang, G. M.

Effects of partial root-zone irrigation on hydraulic conductivity in the soilroot system of maize plants
Hu, Tiantian; Kang, Shaozhong; Li, Fusheng; Zhang, Jianhua

Rubisco mutagenesis provides new insight into limitations on photosynthesis and growth in Synechocystis PCC6803
Marcus, Yehouda; Altman-Gueta, Hagit; Wolff, Yael; Gurevitz, Michael

Inflorescence of grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.): a high ability to distribute its own assimilates
Vaillant-Gaveau, Nathalie; Maillard, Pascale; Wojnarowiez, Genevive; Gross, Patrick; Clment, Christophe; Fontaine, Florence

Regulation of L-ascorbic acid content in strawberry fruits
Cruz-Rus, Eduardo; Amaya, Iraida; Snchez-Sevilla, Jos F.; Botella, Miguel A.; Valpuesta, Victoriano

Suppression of gliadins results in altered protein body morphology in wheat
Gil-Humanes, Javier; Pistn, Fernando; Shewry, Peter R.; Tosi, Paola; Barro, Francisco

Root apoplastic barriers block Na+ transport to shoots in rice (Oryza sativa L.)
Krishnamurthy, Pannaga; Ranathunge, Kosala; Nayak, Shraddha; Schreiber, Lukas; Mathew, M. K.

Overexpression of a Harpin-encoding gene hrf1 in rice enhances drought tolerance
Zhang, Lei; Xiao, Shanshan; Li, Wenqi; Feng, Wei; Li, Juan; Wu, Zhidan; Gao, Xuewen; Liu, Fengquan; Shao, Min

A conservative pattern of water use, rather than deep or profuse rooting, is critical for the terminal drought tolerance of chickpea
Zaman-Allah, Mainassara; Jenkinson, David M.; Vadez, Vincent

Interactive effects of elevated CO2, warming, and drought on photosynthesis of Deschampsia flexuosa in a temperate heath ecosystem
Albert, K. R.; Ro-Poulsen, H.; Mikkelsen, T. N.; Michelsen, A.; van der Linden, L.; Beier, C.

Acyl substrate preferences of an IAA-amido synthetase account for variations in grape (Vitis vinifera L.) berry ripening caused by different auxinic compounds indicating the importance of auxin conjugation in plant development
Buettcher, Christine; Boss, Paul K.; Davies, Christopher

Plants contain two SCO proteins that are differentially involved in cytochrome c oxidase function and copper and redox homeostasis
Attallah, Carolina V.; Welchen, Elina; Martin, Ana Paula; Spinelli, Silvana V.; Bonnard, Geraldine; Palatnik, Javier F.; Gonzalez, Daniel H.

Separating foliar physiology from morphology reveals the relative roles of vertically structured transpiration factors within red maple crowns and limitations of larger scale models
Bauerle, William L.; Bowden, Joseph D.

Identification of a novel -L-arabinofuranosidase gene associated with mealiness in apple
Nobile, Paula Macedo; Wattebled, Fabrice; Quecini, Vera; Girardi, Csar Luis; Lormeau, Maryline; Laurens, Franois

Resource partitioning to male and female flowers of Spinacia oleracea L. in relation to whole-plant monocarpic senescence
Sklensky, Diane E.; Davies, Peter J.

Pseudomonas fluorescens CHA0 maintains carbon delivery to Fusarium graminearum-infected roots and prevents reduction in biomass of barley shoots through systemic interactions
Henkes, Gunnar J.; Jousset, Alexandre; Bonkowski, Michael; Thorpe, Michael R.; Scheu, Stefan; Lanoue, Arnaud; Schurr, Ulrich; Rse, Ursula S. R.

Fruit ripening in Vitis vinifera: spatiotemporal relationships among turgor, sugar accumulation, and anthocyanin biosynthesis
Castellarin, Simone D.; Gambetta, Greg A.; Wada, Hiroshi; Shackel, Ken A.; Matthews, Mark A.

Two mitogen-activated protein kinase kinases, MKK1 and MEK2, are involved in wounding- and specialist lepidopteran herbivore Manduca sexta-induced responses in Nicotiana attenuata
Heinrich, Maria; Baldwin, Ian T.; Wu, Jianqiang

HYL1 regulates the balance between adaxial and abaxial identity for leaf flattening via miRNA-mediated pathways
Liu, Zhongyuan; Jia, Liguo; Wang, Han; He, Yuke

The hydraulic conductivity of the xylem in conifer needles (Picea abies and Pinus mugo)
Charra-Vaskou, Katline; Mayr, Stefan

The aromatic/arginine selectivity filter of NIP aquaporins plays a critical role in substrate selectivity for silicon, boron, and arsenic
Mitani-Ueno, Namiki; Yamaji, Naoki; Zhao, Fang-Jie; Ma, Jian Feng

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Journal of Experimental Botany - 62 (13), 2011



Contents:

Long-distance regulation of flowering time
Turnbull, Colin

Reproductive competence from an annual and a perennial perspective
Bergonzi, Sara; Albani, Maria C.

Increased glutamine in leaves of poplar transgenic with pine GS1a caused greater anthranilate synthetase -subunit (ASA1) transcript and protein abundances: an auxin-related mechanism for enhanced growth in GS transgenics?
Man, Huimin; Pollmann, Stephan; Weiler, Elmar W.; Kirby, Edward G.

Allelic interaction of F1 pollen sterility loci and abnormal chromosome behaviour caused pollen sterility in intersubspecific autotetraploid rice hybrids
He, J. H.; Shahid, M. Q.; Li, Y. J.; Guo, H. B.; Cheng, X. A.; Liu, X. D.; Lu, Y. G.

Polyamine-induced modulation of genes involved in ethylene biosynthesis and signalling pathways and nitric oxide production during olive mature fruit abscission
Parra-Lobato, Maria C.; Gomez-Jimenez, Maria C.

Functional characterization of BjCET3 and BjCET4, two new cation-efflux transporters from Brassica juncea L.
Lang, Minglin; Hao, Mengyu; Fan, Qiangwang; Wang, Wei; Mo, Shaojing; Zhao, Weicheng; Zhou, Jie

Hydrogen sulphide enhances photosynthesis through promoting chloroplast biogenesis, photosynthetic enzyme expression, and thiol redox modification in Spinacia oleracea seedlings
Chen, Juan; Wu, Fei-Hua; Wang, Wen-Hua; Zheng, Chen-Juan; Lin, Guang-Hui; Dong, Xue-Jun; He, Jun-Xian; Pei, Zhen-Ming; Zheng, Hai-Lei

Brassinosteroids can regulate cellulose biosynthesis by controlling the expression of CESA genes in Arabidopsis
Xie, Liqiong; Yang, Cangjing; Wang, Xuelu

Dynamic trafficking of wheat -gliadin and of its structural domains in tobacco cells, studied with fluorescent protein fusions
Francin-Allami, Mathilde; Saumonneau, Amlie; Lavenant, Laurence; Bouder, Axelle; Sparkes, Imogen; Hawes, Chris; Popineau, Yves

Induced epidermal permeability modulates resistance and susceptibility of wheat seedlings to herbivory by Hessian fly larvae
Williams, Christie E.; Nemacheck, Jill A.; Shukle, John T.; Subramanyam, Subhashree; Saltzmann, Kurt D.; Shukle, Richard H.

Allelochemical stress inhibits growth, leaf water relations, PSII photochemistry, non-photochemical fluorescence quenching, and heat energy dissipation in three C3 perennial species
Hussain, M. Iftikhar; Reigosa, Manuel J.

Integrated functions among multiple starch synthases determine both amylopectin chain length and branch linkage location in Arabidopsis leaf starch
Szydlowski, Nicolas; Ragel, Paula; Hennen-Bierwagen, Tracie A.; Planchot, Vronique; Myers, Alan M.; Mrida, Angel; d'Hulst, Christophe; Wattebled, Fabrice

A mobile signal transported over a long distance induces systemic transcriptional gene silencing in a grafted partner
Bai, Songling; Kasai, Atsushi; Yamada, Kaori; Li, Tianzhong; Harada, Takeo

Overexpression of EVE1, a novel ubiquitin family protein, arrests inflorescence stem development in Arabidopsis
Hwang, Hyun-Ju; Kim, Hoyeun; Jeong, Young-Min; Choi, Monica Y.; Lee, So-Young; Kim, Sang-Gu

Effect of mechanical stress on Zea root apex. I. Mechanical stress leads to the switch from closed to open meristem organization
Potocka, Izabela; Szymanowska-Puka, Joanna; Karczewski, Jerzy; Nakielski, Jerzy

Reduced expression of a gene encoding a Golgi localized monosaccharide transporter (OsGMST1) confers hypersensitivity to salt in rice (Oryza sativa)
Cao, Hong; Guo, Siyi; Xu, Yunyuan; Jiang, Kun; Jones, Alan M.; Chong, Kang

S-Nitrosoglutathione reductase (GSNOR) mediates the biosynthesis of jasmonic acid and ethylene induced by feeding of the insect herbivore Manduca sexta and is important for jasmonate-elicited responses in Nicotiana attenuata
Wuensche, Hendrik; Baldwin, Ian T.; Wu, Jianqiang

Roles of xanthophylls and exogenous ABA in protection against NaCl-induced photodamage in rice (Oryza sativa L) and cabbage (Brassica campestris)
Zhu, Su-Qin; Chen, Ming-Wei; Ji, Ben-Hua; Jiao, De-Mao; Liang, Jian-Sheng

Equilibrative nucleoside transporter 1 (ENT1) is critical for pollen germination and vegetative growth in Arabidopsis
Bernard, Carsten; Traub, Michaela; Kunz, H-Henning; Hach, Stefanie; Trentmann, Oliver; Mhlmann, Torsten

Functional characterization of a class III acid endochitinase from the traps of the carnivorous pitcher plant genus, Nepenthes
Rottloff, Sandy; Stieber, Regina; Maischak, Heiko; Turini, Florian G.; Heubl, Gnther; Mithfer, Axel

Border sequences of Medicago truncatula CLE36 are specifically cleaved by endoproteases common to the extracellular fluids of Medicago and soybean
Djordjevic, Michael A.; Oakes, Marie; Wong, Chui E.; Singh, Mohan; Bhalla, Prem; Kusumawati, Lucia; Imin, Nijat

Role of HSP101 in the stimulation of nodal root development from the coleoptilar node by light and temperature in maize (Zea mays L.) seedlings
Lopez-Fras, Guillermo; Martnez, Luz Mara; Ponce, Georgina; Cassab, Gladys I.; Nieto-Sotelo, Jorge

BnHO1, a haem oxygenase-1 gene from Brassica napus, is required for salinity and osmotic stress-induced lateral root formation
Cao, Zeyu; Geng, Beibei; Xu, Sheng; Xuan, Wei; Nie, Li; Shen, Wenbiao; Liang, Yongchao; Guan, Rongzhan

In situ O2 dynamics in submerged Isoetes australis: varied leaf gas permeability influences underwater photosynthesis and internal O2
Pedersen, Ole; Pulido, Cristina; Rich, Sarah Meghan; Colmer, Timothy David

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Journal of Experimental Botany - 62 (14), 2011



Contents:

More than just a vulnerable pipeline: xylem physiology in the light of ion-mediated regulation of plant water transport
Nardini, Andrea; Salleo, Sebastiano; Jansen, Steven

Flower development in rice
Yoshida, Hitoshi; Nagato, Yasuo

Role of DREBs in regulation of abiotic stress responses in plants
Lata, Charu; Prasad, Manoj

Classes of programmed cell death in plants, compared to those in animals
van Doorn, Wouter G.

Identification and validation of rice reference proteins for western blotting
Li, Xiaoming; Bai, Hui; Wang, Xianyun; Li, Liyun; Cao, Yinghao; Wei, Jian; Liu, Yumeng; Liu, Lijuan; Gong, Xiaodong; Wu, Lin; Liu, Siqi; Liu, Guozhen

Molecular and genetic characterization of the gene family encoding the voltage-dependent anion channel in Arabidopsis
Tateda, Chika; Watanabe, Kanako; Kusano, Tomonobu; Takahashi, Yoshihiro

Global gene expression analysis of transgenic, mannitol-producing, and salt-tolerant Arabidopsis thaliana indicates widespread changes in abiotic and biotic stress-related genes
Chan, Zhulong; Grumet, Rebecca; Loescher, Wayne

PwHAP5, a CCAAT-binding transcription factor, interacts with PwFKBP12 and plays a role in pollen tube growth orientation in Picea wilsonii
Yu, Yanli; Li, Yanze; Huang, Guixue; Meng, Zhaodong; Zhang, Dun; Wei, Jing; Yan, Kang; Zheng, Chengchao; Zhang, Lingyun

Starch biosynthesis in rice endosperm requires the presence of either starch synthase I or IIIa
Fujita, Naoko; Satoh, Rui; Hayashi, Aki; Kodama, Momoko; Itoh, Rumiko; Aihara, Satomi; Nakamura, Yasunori

ZCN8 encodes a potential orthologue of Arabidopsis FT florigen that integrates both endogenous and photoperiod flowering signals in maize
Lazakis, Chlo M.; Coneva, Viktoriya; Colasanti, Joseph

The OsNRAMP1 iron transporter is involved in Cd accumulation in rice
Takahashi, Ryuichi; Ishimaru, Yasuhiro; Senoura, Takeshi; Shimo, Hugo; Ishikawa, Satoru; Arao, Tomohito; Nakanishi, Hiromi; Nishizawa, Naoko K.

Expression profiles of differentially regulated genes during the early stages of apple flower infection with Erwinia amylovora
Sarowar, Sujon; Zhao, Youfu; Soria-Guerra, Ruth Elena; Ali, Shahjahan; Zheng, Danman; Wang, Dongping; Korban, Schuyler S.

OsWRKY45 alleles play different roles in abscisic acid signalling and salt stress tolerance but similar roles in drought and cold tolerance in rice
Tao, Zeng; Kou, Yanjun; Liu, Hongbo; Li, Xianghua; Xiao, Jinghua; Wang, Shiping

Loss of ACS7 confers abiotic stress tolerance by modulating ABA sensitivity and accumulation in Arabidopsis
Dong, Hui; Zhen, Zhiqin; Peng, Jinying; Chang, Li; Gong, Qingqiu; Wang, Ning Ning

Wheat floret survival as related to pre-anthesis spike growth
Gonzlez, Fernanda G.; Miralles, Daniel J.; Slafer, Gustavo A.

Comparative study of the active cadmium efflux systems operating at the plasma membrane and tonoplast of cucumber root cells
Migocka, Magdalena; Papierniak, Anna; Kosatka, Ewelina; Kobus, Grażyna

Evidence for the involvement of the Arabidopsis SEC24A in male transmission
Conger, Renata; Chen, Yani; Fornaciari, Silvia; Faso, Carmen; Held, Michael A.; Renna, Luciana; Brandizzi, Federica

Impact of down-regulation of starch branching enzyme IIb in rice by artificial microRNA- and hairpin RNA-mediated RNA silencing
Butardo, Vito M.; Fitzgerald, Melissa A.; Bird, Anthony R.; Gidley, Michael J.; Flanagan, Bernadine M.; Larroque, Oscar; Resurreccion, Adoracion P.; Laidlaw, Hunter K. C.; Jobling, Stephen A.; Morell, Matthew K.; Rahman, Sadequr

Differential expression of the microRNAs in superior and inferior spikelets in rice (Oryza sativa)
Peng, Ting; Lv, Qiang; Zhang, Jing; Li, Junzhou; Du, Yanxiu; Zhao, Quanzhi

Exogenously-sourced ethylene increases stomatal conductance, photosynthesis, and growth under optimal and deficient nitrogen fertilization in mustard
Iqbal, Noushina; Nazar, Rahat; Syeed, Shabina; Masood, Asim; Khan, Nafees A.

Initial water deficit effects on Lupinus albus photosynthetic performance, carbon metabolism, and hormonal balance: metabolic reorganization prior to early stress responses
Pinheiro, Carla; Antnio, Carla; Ortuo, Maria Fernanda; Dobrev, Petre I.; Hartung, Wolfram; Thomas-Oates, Jane; Ricardo, Cndido Pinto; Vankov, Radomira; Chaves, M. Manuela; Wilson, Julie C.

Oilseed rape seeds with ablated defence cells of the glucosinolatemyrosinase system. Production and characteristics of double haploid MINELESS plants of Brassica napus L.
Ahuja, Ishita; Borgen, Birgit Hafeld; Hansen, Magnor; Honne, Bjrn Ivar; Mller, Caroline; Rohloff, Jens; Rossiter, John Trevor; Bones, Atle Magnar

CRFs form proteinprotein interactions with each other and with members of the cytokinin signalling pathway in Arabidopsis via the CRF domain
Cutcliffe, James W.; Hellmann, Eva; Heyl, Alexander; Rashotte, Aaron M.

DNA alteration and programmed cell death during ageing of sunflower seed
El-Maarouf-Bouteau, Hayat; Mazuy, Claire; Corbineau, Franoise; Bailly, Christophe

Is the 6 kDa tobacco etch viral protein a bona fide ERES marker?
Lerich, Alexander; Langhans, Markus; Sturm, Silke; Robinson, David G.

Functional interconnections of Arabidopsis exon junction complex proteins and genes at multiple steps of gene expression
Mufarrege, Eduardo F.; Gonzalez, Daniel H.; Curi, Graciela C.

Nitrogen nutrient status induces sexual differences in responses to cadmium in Populus yunnanensis
Chen, Lianghua; Han, Ying; Jiang, Hao; Korpelainen, Helena; Li, Chunyang

Genetic analysis of wheat domestication and evolution under domestication
Peleg, Zvi; Fahima, Tzion; Korol, Abraham B.; Abbo, Shahal; Saranga, Yehoshua

QUASIMODO 3 (QUA3) is a putative homogalacturonan methyltransferase regulating cell wall biosynthesis in Arabidopsis suspension-cultured cells
Miao, Yansong; Li, Hong-Ye; Shen, Jinbo; Wang, Junqi; Jiang, Liwen

FaPYR1 is involved in strawberry fruit ripening
Chai, Ye-mao; Jia, Hai-feng; Li, Chun-li; Dong, Qing-hua; Shen, Yuan-yue

Petal abscission in rose is associated with the differential expression of two ethylene-responsive xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolase genes, RbXTH1 and RbXTH2
Singh, Amar Pal; Tripathi, Siddharth Kaushal; Nath, Pravendra; Sane, Aniruddha P.

A bHLH transcription factor, DvIVS, is involved in regulation of anthocyanin synthesis in dahlia (Dahlia variabilis)
Ohno, Sho; Hosokawa, Munetaka; Hoshino, Atsushi; Kitamura, Yoshikuni; Morita, Yasumasa; Park, Kyeung-II; Nakashima, Akiko; Deguchi, Ayumi; Tatsuzawa, Fumi; Doi, Motoaki; Iida, Shigeru; Yazawa, Susumu

Integration of physical and genetic maps in apple confirms whole-genome and segmental duplications in the apple genome
Han, Yuepeng; Zheng, Danman; Vimolmangkang, Sornkanok; Khan, Muhammad A.; Beever, Jonathan E.; Korban, Schuyler S.

Members of the gibberellin receptor gene family GID1 (GIBBERELLIN INSENSITIVE DWARF1) play distinct roles during Lepidium sativum and Arabidopsis thaliana seed germination
Voegele, Antje; Linkies, Ada; Mller, Kerstin; Leubner-Metzger, Gerhard

Ligand-binding properties and subcellular localization of maize cytokinin receptors
Lomin, Sergey N.; Yonekura-Sakakibara, Keiko; Romanov, Georgy A.; Sakakibara, Hitoshi

Arabidopsis CSLD1 and CSLD4 are required for cellulose deposition and normal growth of pollen tubes
Wang, Wei; Wang, Li; Chen, Chen; Xiong, Guangyan; Tan, Xiao-Yun; Yang, Ke-Zhen; Wang, Zi-Chen; Zhou, Yihua; Ye, De; Chen, Li-Qun

The glycolytic enzyme, phosphoglycerate mutase, has critical roles in stomatal movement, vegetative growth, and pollen production in Arabidopsis thaliana
Zhao, Zhixin; Assmann, Sarah M.

Cloning and molecular characterization of a mitogen-activated protein kinase gene from Poncirus trifoliata whose ectopic expression confers dehydration/drought tolerance in transgenic tobacco
Huang, Xiao-San; Luo, Tao; Fu, Xing-Zheng; Fan, Qi-Jun; Liu, Ji-Hong

The Mediterranean evergreen Quercus ilex and the semi-deciduous Cistus albidus differ in their leaf gas exchange regulation and acclimation to repeated drought and re-watering cycles
Galle, Alexander; Florez-Sarasa, Igor; Aououad, Hanan El; Flexas, Jaume

The barley amo1 locus is tightly linked to the starch synthase IIIa gene and negatively regulates expression of granule-bound starch synthetic genes
Li, Zhongyi; Li, Dehong; Du, Xihua; Wang, Hong; Larroque, Oscar; Jenkins, Colin L. D.; Jobling, Stephen A.; Morell, Matthew K.

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Journal of Experimental Botany - 62 (15), 2011



Contents:

Feeding nine billion: the challenge to sustainable crop production
Gregory, Peter J.; George, Timothy S.

Genetic and management approaches to boost UK wheat yields by ameliorating water deficits
Dodd, Ian C.; Whalley, W. R.; Ober, Eric S.; Parry, M. A. J.

The cytoskeleton in plasmodesmata: a role in intercellular transport?
White, Rosemary G.; Barton, Deborah A.

Pollen and seed desiccation tolerance in relation to degree of developmental arrest, dispersal, and survival
Franchi, G. G.; Piotto, B.; Nepi, M.; Baskin, C. C.; Baskin, J. M.; Pacini, E.

Deciphering the developmental plasticity of walnut saplings in relation to climatic factors and light environment
Taugourdeau, Olivier; Chaubert-Pereira, Florence; Sabatier, Sylvie; Gudon, Yann

A proteomic analysis of the chromoplasts isolated from sweet orange fruits [Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck]
Zeng, Yunliu; Pan, Zhiyong; Ding, Yuduan; Zhu, Andan; Cao, Hongbo; Xu, Qiang; Deng, Xiuxin

Protein accumulation in leaves and roots associated with improved drought tolerance in creeping bentgrass expressing an ipt gene for cytokinin synthesis
Merewitz, Emily B.; Gianfagna, Thomas; Huang, Bingru

Mesophyll conductance to CO2, assessed from online TDL-AS records of 13CO2 discrimination, displays small but significant short-term responses to CO2 and irradiance in Eucalyptus seedlings
Douthe, Cyril; Dreyer, Erwin; Epron, Daniel; Warren, Charles R.

Structural and biochemical characterization of the C3C4 intermediate Brassica gravinae and relatives, with particular reference to cellular distribution of Rubisco
Ueno, Osamu

Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase in cherry (Prunus avium L.) fruit during development
Walker, Robert P.; Battistelli, Alberto; Moscatello, Stefano; Chen, Zhi-Hui; Leegood, Richard C.; Famiani, Franco

Label-free shotgun proteomics and metabolite analysis reveal a significant metabolic shift during citrus fruit development
Katz, Ehud; Boo, Kyung Hwan; Kim, Ho Youn; Eigenheer, Richard A.; Phinney, Brett S.; Shulaev, Vladimir; Negre-Zakharov, Florence; Sadka, Avi; Blumwald, Eduardo

Identification and expression pattern of a new carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase gene member from Bixa orellana
Rodrguez-vila, N. L.; Narvez-Zapata, J. A.; Ramrez-Bentez, J. E.; Aguilar-Espinosa, M. L.; Rivera-Madrid, R.

Temperature rather than photoperiod controls growth cessation and dormancy in Sorbus species
Heide, Ola M.

The involvement of jasmonates and ethylene in Alternaria alternata f. sp. lycopersici toxin-induced tomato cell death
Zhang, Liping; Jia, Chengguo; Liu, Lihong; Zhang, Zhiming; Li, Chuanyou; Wang, Qiaomei

Subcellular and single-molecule imaging of plant fluorescent proteins using total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (TIRFM)
Vizcay-Barrena, Gema; Webb, Stephen E. D.; Martin-Fernandez, Marisa L.; Wilson, Zoe A.

Distribution of naphthoquinones, plumbagin, droserone, and 5-O-methyl droserone in chitin-induced and uninduced Nepenthes khasiana: molecular events in prey capture
Raj, Gopan; Kurup, Rajani; Hussain, Abdul Azeez; Baby, Sabulal

Effects of abscisic acid on ethylene biosynthesis and perception in Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L. flower development
Trivellini, Alice; Ferrante, Antonio; Vernieri, Paolo; Serra, Giovanni

Aluminium localization in root tips of the aluminium-accumulating plant species buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench)
Klug, Benjamin; Specht, Andr; Horst, Walter J.

Involvement of auxin dynamics in hypergravity-induced promotion of lignin-related gene expression in Arabidopsis inflorescence stems
Tamaoki, Daisuke; Karahara, Ichirou; Nishiuchi, Takumi; Wakasugi, Tatsuya; Yamada, Kyoji; Kamisaka, Seiichiro

A jacalin-related lectin-like gene in wheat is a component of the plant defence system
Xiang, Yang; Song, Min; Wei, Zhaoyan; Tong, Jianhua; Zhang, Lixia; Xiao, Langtao; Ma, Zhengqiang; Wang, Yun

Tissue-specific expression and post-translational modifications of plant- and bacterial-type phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase isozymes of the castor oil plant, Ricinus communis L.
OLeary, Brendan; Fedosejevs, Eric T.; Hill, Allyson T.; Bettridge, James; Park, Joonho; Rao, Srinath K.; Leach, Craig A.; Plaxton, William C.

Functional effect of grapevine 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate synthase substitution K284N on Muscat flavour formation
Battilana, Juri; Emanuelli, Francesco; Gambino, Giorgio; Gribaudo, Ivana; Gasperi, Flavia; Boss, Paul K.; Grando, Maria Stella

Cadmium tolerance and phytochelatin content of Arabidopsis seedlings over-expressing the phytochelatin synthase gene AtPCS1
Brunetti, Patrizia; Zanella, Letizia; Proia, Alessandra; De Paolis, Angelo; Falasca, Giuseppina; Altamura, Maria Maddalena; Sanit di Toppi, Luigi; Costantino, Paolo; Cardarelli, Maura

Synergic effect of salinity and zinc stress on growth and photosynthetic responses of the cordgrass, Spartina densiflora
Redondo-Gmez, Susana; Andrades-Moreno, Luis; Mateos-Naranjo, Enrique; Parra, Raquel; Valera-Burgos, Javier; Aroca, Ricardo

Molecular analysis of T-DNA insertion mutants identified putative regulatory elements in the AtTERT gene
Fojtov, Miloslava; Peka, Vratislav; Dobkov, Zuzana; Mozgov, Iva; Fajkus, Ji; Skorov, Eva

EDL3 is an F-box protein involved in the regulation of abscisic acid signalling in Arabidopsis thaliana
Koops, Petra; Pelser, Stephan; Ignatz, Michael; Klose, Cornelia; Marrocco-Selden, Katia; Kretsch, Thomas

Co-expression of Pennisetum glaucum vacuolar Na+/H+ antiporter and Arabidopsis H+-pyrophosphatase enhances salt tolerance in transgenic tomato
Bhaskaran, Shimna; Savithramma, D. L.

Evidence for the localization of the Arabidopsis cytokinin receptors AHK3 and AHK4 in the endoplasmic reticulum
Caesar, Katharina; Thamm, Antje M. K.; Witthft, Janika; Elgass, Kirstin; Huppenberger, Peter; Grefen, Christopher; Horak, Jakub; Harter, Klaus

Allometry of root branching and its relationship to root morphological and functional traits in three range grasses
Arredondo, J. Tulio; Johnson, Douglas A.

Characterization of a dual-affinity nitrate transporter MtNRT1.3 in the model legume Medicago truncatula
Morre-Le Paven, Marie-Christine; Viau, Laure; Hamon, Alain; Vandecasteele, Cline; Pellizzaro, Anthoni; Bourdin, Cline; Laffont, Carole; Lapied, Bruno; Lepetit, Marc; Frugier, Florian; Legros, Christian; Limami, Anis M.

Lignin metabolism has a central role in the resistance of cotton to the wilt fungus Verticillium dahliae as revealed by RNA-Seq-dependent transcriptional analysis and histochemistry
Xu, Li; Zhu, Longfu; Tu, Lili; Liu, Linlin; Yuan, Daojun; Jin, Li; Long, Lu; Zhang, Xianlong

Pyrimidine degradation influences germination seedling growth and production of Arabidopsis seeds
Cornelius, Stefanie; Witz, Sandra; Rolletschek, Hardy; Mhlmann, Torsten

Effects of selenium accumulation on reproductive functions in Brassica juncea and Stanleya pinnata
Prins, Christine N.; Hantzis, Laura J.; Quinn, Colin F.; Pilon-Smits, Elizabeth A. H.

Flowering time variation in oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) is associated with allelic variation in the FRIGIDA homologue BnaA.FRI.a
Wang, Nian; Qian, Wei; Suppanz, Ida; Wei, Lijuan; Mao, Bizeng; Long, Yan; Meng, Jinling; Mller, Andreas E.; Jung, Christian

Transcriptional regulation of SlPYL, SlPP2C, and SlSnRK2 gene families encoding ABA signal core components during tomato fruit development and drought stress
Sun, Liang; Wang, Yan-Ping; Chen, Pei; Ren, Jie; Ji, Kai; Li, Qian; Li, Ping; Dai, Sheng-Jie; Leng, Ping

VpRFP1, a novel C4C4-type RING finger protein gene from Chinese wild Vitis pseudoreticulata, functions as a transcriptional activator in defence response of grapevine
Yu, Yihe; Xu, Weirong; Wang, Shengyi; Xu, Yan; Li, Hui'e; Wang, Yuejin; Li, Shuxiu

The Arabidopsis sn-1-specific mitochondrial acylhydrolase AtDLAH is positively correlated with seed viability
Seo, Young Sam; Kim, Eun Yu; Kim, Woo Taek

Acetoacetyl-CoA thiolase regulates the mevalonate pathway during abiotic stress adaptation
Soto, Gabriela; Stritzler, Margarita; Lisi, Christian; Alleva, Karina; Pagano, Mara Elba; Ardila, Fernando; Mozzicafreddo, Matteo; Cuccioloni, Massimiliano; Angeletti, Mauro; Ayub, Nicols Daniel

Identification of an important site for function of the type 2C protein phosphatase ABI2 in abscisic acid signalling in Arabidopsis
Sun, Hai-Li; Wang, Xiao-Jing; Ding, Wei-Hua; Zhu, Sai-Yong; Zhao, Rui; Zhang, Yi-Xie; Xin, Qi; Wang, Xiao-Fang; Zhang, Da-Peng

Low cadmium (LCD), a novel gene related to cadmium tolerance and accumulation in rice
Shimo, Hugo; Ishimaru, Yasuhiro; An, Gynheung; Yamakawa, Takashi; Nakanishi, Hiromi; Nishizawa, Naoko K.

Corrigenda for Adams and Turner (2010) J. Exp Bot 61: 43734386
Adams, Eri; Devoto, Alessandra; Turner, John G.

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Journal of Experimental Botany - 62 (1-5), 2011

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Journal of Experimental Botany - 62 (1), 2011



Contents:

Bleach it, switch it, bounce it, pull it: using lasers to reveal plant cell dynamics
Sparkes, I. A.; Graumann, K.; Martinire, A.; Schoberer, J.; Wang, P.; Osterrieder, A.

The identification of aluminium-resistance genes provides opportunities for enhancing crop production on acid soils
Ryan, P. R.; Tyerman, S. D.; Sasaki, T.; Furuichi, T.; Yamamoto, Y.; Zhang, W. H.; Delhaize, E.

Root responses to cadmium in the rhizosphere: a review
Lux, Alexander; Martinka, Michal; Vaculk, Marek; White, Philip J.

Ion transport in seminal and adventitious roots of cereals during O2 deficiency
Colmer, Timothy David; Greenway, Hank

Root elongation, water stress, and mechanical impedance: a review of limiting stresses and beneficial root tip traits
Bengough, A. Glyn; McKenzie, B. M.; Hallett, P. D.; Valentine, T. A.

A screening method to identify genetic variation in root growth response to a salinity gradient
Rahnama, Afrasyab; Munns, Rana; Poustini, Kazem; Watt, Michelle

Open and closed inflorescences: more than simple opposites
Bull-Hereu, Kester; Claen-Bockhoff, Regine

Arabidopsis thaliana, a plant model organism for the neuronal microtubule cytoskeleton?
Gardiner, John; Marc, Jan

Seasonal changes of whole root system conductance by a drought-tolerant grape root system
Alsina, Maria Mar; Smart, David R.; Bauerle, Taryn; de Herralde, Felicidad; Biel, Carme; Stockert, Christine; Negron, Claudia; Save, Robert

Plant physiology and proteomics reveals the leaf response to drought in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)
Aranjuelo, Iker; Molero, Gemma; Erice, Gorka; Avice, Jean Christophe; Nogus, Salvador

Root-synthesized cytokinins improve shoot growth and fruit yield in salinized tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) plants
Ghanem, Michel Edmond; Albacete, Alfonso; Smigocki, Ann C.; Frbort, Ivo; Pospilov, Hana; Martnez-Andjar, Cristina; Acosta, Manuel; Snchez-Bravo, Jos; Lutts, Stanley; Dodd, Ian C.; Prez-Alfocea, Francisco

Activation of the plant mitochondrial potassium channel by free fatty acids and acyl-CoA esters: a possible defence mechanism in the response to hyperosmotic stress
Laus, Maura N.; Soccio, Mario; Trono, Daniela; Liberatore, Maria T.; Pastore, Donato

Nicotiana attenuata NaHD20 plays a role in leaf ABA accumulation during water stress, benzylacetone emission from flowers, and the timing of bolting and flower transitions
R, Delfina A.; Dezar, Carlos A.; Chan, Raquel L.; Baldwin, Ian T.; Bonaventure, Gustavo

Genetic mapping of natural variation in a shade avoidance response: ELF3 is the candidate gene for a QTL in hypocotyl growth regulation
Coluccio, M. Paula; Sanchez, Sabrina E.; Kasulin, Luciana; Yanovsky, Marcelo J.; Botto, Javier F.

Sodium and chloride exclusion and retention by non-grafted and grafted melon and Cucurbita plants
Edelstein, M.; Plaut, Z.; Ben-Hur, M.

Ionic and osmotic relations in quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) plants grown at various salinity levels
Hariadi, Yuda; Marandon, Karl; Tian, Yu; Jacobsen, Sven-Erik; Shabala, Sergey

Augmentation of abscisic acid (ABA) levels by drought does not induce short-term stomatal sensitivity to CO2 in two divergent conifer species
McAdam, Scott A. M.; Brodribb, Timothy J.; Ross, John J.; Jordan, Gregory J.

Expression profiling of cell cycle genes reveals key facilitators of cell production during carpel development, fruit set, and fruit growth in apple (Malusdomestica Borkh.)
Malladi, Anish; Johnson, Lisa Klima

Misregulation of the LOB domain gene DDA1 suggests possible functions in auxin signalling and photomorphogenesis
Mangeon, Amanda; Bell, Elizabeth M.; Lin, Wan-ching; Jablonska, Barbara; Springer, Patricia S.

Haem oxygenase delays programmed cell death in wheat aleurone layers by modulation of hydrogen peroxide metabolism
Wu, Mingzhu; Huang, Jingjing; Xu, Sheng; Ling, Tengfang; Xie, Yanjie; Shen, Wenbiao

Effect of popular genotypes on mycorrhizal infection and secreted enzyme activities in mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal roots
Courty, P. E.; Labb, J.; Kohler, A.; Marais, B.; Bastien, C.; Churin, J. L.; Garbaye, J.; Le Tacon, F.

Differences in enzymic properties of five recombinant xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolase (XTH) proteins of Arabidopsis thaliana
Maris, An; Kaewthai, Nomchit; Eklf, Jens M.; Miller, Janice G.; Brumer, Harry; Fry, Stephen C.; Verbelen, Jean-Pierre; Vissenberg, Kris

Megapixel imaging of (micro)nutrients in mature barley grains
Lombi, Enzo; Smith, Euan; Hansen, Thomas H.; Paterson, David; de Jonge, Martin D.; Howard, Daryl L.; Persson, Daniel P.; Husted, Sren; Ryan, Chris; Schjoerring, Jan K.

Crassulacean acid metabolism under severe light limitation: a matter of plasticity in the shadows?
Ceusters, Johan; Borland, Anne M.; Godts, Christof; Londers, Elsje; Croonenborghs, Sarah; Van Goethem, Davina; De Proft, Maurice P.

Functional characterization of the HD-ZIP IV transcription factor OCL1 from maize
Depge-Fargeix, Nathalie; Javelle, Marie; Chambrier, Pierre; Frangne, Nathalie; Gerentes, Denise; Perez, Pascual; Rogowsky, Peter M.; Vernoud, Vanessa

An alternative pathway for ureide usage in legumes: enzymatic formation of a ureidoglycolate adduct in Cicer arietinum and Phaseolus vulgaris
Muoz, Alfonso; Bannenberg, Gerard L.; Montero, Olimpio; Cabello-Daz, Juan Miguel; Piedras, Pedro; Pineda, Manuel

HCC1, the Arabidopsis homologue of the yeast mitochondrial copper chaperone SCO1, is essential for embryonic development
Steinebrunner, Iris; Landschreiber, Marlen; Krause-Buchholz, Udo; Teichmann, Juliane; Rdel, Gerhard

Mechanistic study of mitochondria-dependent programmed cell death induced by aluminium phytotoxicity using fluorescence techniques
Li, Zhe; Xing, Da

Is LEAFY a useful marker gene for the flowerinflorescence boundary in the Euphorbia cyathium?
Prenner, Gerhard; Cacho, N. Ival; Baum, David; Rudall, Paula J.

Analysis of the willow root system by electrical impedance spectroscopy
Cao, Yang; Repo, Tapani; Silvennoinen, Raimo; Lehto, Tarja; Pelkonen, Paavo

Convergence of the 26S proteasome and the REVOLUTA pathways in regulating inflorescence and floral meristem functions in Arabidopsis
Zhang, Zhenzhen; Wang, Hua; Luo, Dexian; Zeng, Minhuan; Huang, Hai; Cui, Xiaofeng

Potato tuber pectin structure is influenced by pectin methyl esterase activity and impacts on cooked potato texture
Ross, Heather A.; Wright, Kathryn M.; McDougall, Gordon J.; Roberts, Alison G.; Chapman, Sean N.; Morris, Wayne L.; Hancock, Robert D.; Stewart, Derek; Tucker, Gregory A.; James, Euan K.; Taylor, Mark A.

Photosynthesis, water use, and root viability under water stress as affected by expression of SAG12-ipt controlling cytokinin synthesis in Agrostis stolonifera
Merewitz, Emily B.; Gianfagna, Thomas; Huang, Bingru

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Journal of Experimental Botany - 62 (2), 2011



Contents:

Using genetic mapping and genomics approaches in understanding and improving drought tolerance in pearl millet
Yadav, Rattan S.; Sehgal, Deepmala; Vadez, Vincent

Association mapping in durum wheat grown across a broad range of water regimes
Maccaferri, Marco; Sanguineti, Maria Corinna; Demontis, Andrea; El-Ahmed, Ahmed; Garcia del Moral, Luis; Maalouf, Fouad; Nachit, Miloudi; Nserallah, Nasserlehaq; Ouabbou, Hassan; Rhouma, Sayar; Royo, Conxita; Villegas, Dolors; Tuberosa, Roberto

Raising yield potential of wheat. I. Overview of a consortium approach and breeding strategies
Reynolds, Matthew; Bonnett, David; Chapman, Scott C.; Furbank, Robert T.; Mans, Yann; Mather, Diane E.; Parry, Martin A. J.

Raising yield potential of wheat. II. Increasing photosynthetic capacity and efficiency
Parry, Martin A. J.; Reynolds, Matthew; Salvucci, Michael E.; Raines, Christine; Andralojc, P. John; Zhu, Xin-Guang; Price, G. Dean; Condon, Anthony G.; Furbank, Robert T.

Raising yield potential of wheat. III. Optimizing partitioning to grain while maintaining lodging resistance
Foulkes, M. John; Slafer, Gustavo A.; Davies, William J.; Berry, Pete. M.; Sylvester-Bradley, Roger; Martre, Pierre; Calderini, Daniel F.; Griffiths, Simon; Reynolds, Matthew P.

Regulation of flowering time and floral patterning by miR172
Zhu, Qian-Hao; Helliwell, Chris A.

A TSPO-related protein localizes to the early secretory pathway in Arabidopsis, but is targeted to mitochondria when expressed in yeast
Vanhee, Celine; Guillon, Stphanie; Masquelier, Danile; Degand, Herv; Deleu, Magali; Morsomme, Pierre; Batoko, Henri

Impact of chlororespiration on non-photochemical quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence and on the regulation of the diadinoxanthin cycle in the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana
Cruz, Sonia; Goss, Reimund; Wilhelm, Christian; Leegood, Richard; Horton, Peter; Jakob, Torsten

The olive DGAT2 gene is developmentally regulated and shares overlapping but distinct expression patterns with DGAT1
Banilas, Georgios; Karampelias, Michael; Makariti, Ifigenia; Kourti, Anna; Hatzopoulos, Polydefkis

Testing the IMEter on rice introns and other aspects of intron-mediated enhancement of gene expression
Morello, Laura; Gian, Silvia; Troina, Filippo; Breviario, Diego

Thioredoxin-regulated -amylase (BAM1) triggers diurnal starch degradation in guard cells, and in mesophyll cells under osmotic stress
Valerio, Concetta; Costa, Alex; Marri, Lucia; Issakidis-Bourguet, Emmanuelle; Pupillo, Paolo; Trost, Paolo; Sparla, Francesca

A novel chloroplast protein, CEST induces tolerance to multiple environmental stresses and reduces photooxidative damage in transgenic Arabidopsis
Yokotani, Naoki; Higuchi, Mieko; Kondou, Youichi; Ichikawa, Takanari; Iwabuchi, Masaki; Hirochika, Hirohiko; Matsui, Minami; Oda, Kenji

The N-glycan processing enzymes -mannosidase and -D-N-acetylhexosaminidase are involved in ripening-associated softening in the non-climacteric fruits of capsicum
Ghosh, Sumit; Meli, Vijaykumar S.; Kumar, Anil; Thakur, Archana; Chakraborty, Niranjan; Chakraborty, Subhra; Datta, Asis

Specification of reproductive meristems requires the combined function of SHOOT MERISTEMLESS and floral integrators FLOWERING LOCUS T and FD during Arabidopsis inflorescence development
Smith, Harley M. S.; Ung, Nolan; Lal, Shruti; Courtier, Jennifer

Comparative analysis of defence responses induced by the endophytic plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium Burkholderia phytofirmans strain PsJN and the non-host bacterium Pseudomonas syringae pv. pisi in grapevine cell suspensions
Bordiec, Sophie; Paquis, Sandra; Lacroix, Hlne; Dhondt, Sandrine; Ait Barka, Essad; Kauffmann, Serge; Jeandet, Philippe; Mazeyrat-Gourbeyre, Florence; Clment, Christophe; Baillieul, Fabienne; Dorey, Stphan

Nitrogen metabolism responses to water deficit act through both abscisic acid (ABA)-dependent and independent pathways in Medicago truncatula during post-germination
Planchet, Elisabeth; Rannou, Olivier; Ricoult, Claudie; Boutet-Mercey, Stphanie; Maia-Grondard, Alessandra; Limami, Anis M.

The Solanum lycopersicum AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR 7 (SlARF7) mediates cross-talk between auxin and gibberellin signalling during tomato fruit set and development
de Jong, Maaike; Wolters-Arts, Mieke; Garca-Martnez, Jos L.; Mariani, Celestina; Vriezen, Wim H.

Role of relative humidity, temperature, and water status in dormancy alleviation of sunflower seeds during dry after-ripening
Bazin, J.; Batlla, D.; Dussert, S.; El-Maarouf-Bouteau, H.; Bailly, C.

BAK1 regulates the accumulation of jasmonic acid and the levels of trypsin proteinase inhibitors in Nicotiana attenuata's responses to herbivory
Yang, Da-Hai; Hettenhausen, Christian; Baldwin, Ian T.; Wu, Jianqiang

Rubisco activity in Mediterranean species is regulated by the chloroplastic CO2 concentration under water stress
Galms, Jeroni; Ribas-Carb, Miquel; Medrano, Hiplito; Flexas, Jaume

Ethylene is involved in the regulation of iron homeostasis by regulating the expression of iron-acquisition-related genes in Oryza sativa
Wu, Jiaojiao; Wang, Chuang; Zheng, Luqing; Wang, Lu; Chen, Yunlong; Whelan, James; Shou, Huixia

Sex-related differences in morphological, physiological, and ultrastructural responses of Populus cathayana to chilling
Zhang, Sheng; Jiang, Hao; Peng, Shuming; Korpelainen, Helena; Li, Chunyang

Dorsoventral variations in dark chilling effects on photosynthesis and stomatal function in Paspalum dilatatum leaves
Soares-Cordeiro, Ana Sofia; Driscoll, Simon P.; Arrabaa, Maria Celeste; Foyer, Christine H.

Genetic association mapping identifies single nucleotide polymorphisms in genes that affect abscisic acid levels in maize floral tissues during drought
Setter, Tim L.; Yan, Jianbing; Warburton, Marilyn; Ribaut, Jean-Marcel; Xu, Yunbi; Sawkins, Mark; Buckler, Edward S.; Zhang, Zhiwu; Gore, Michael A.

Water uptake by seminal and adventitious roots in relation to whole-plant water flow in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)
Knipfer, Thorsten; Fricke, Wieland

Endosperm development in Brachypodium distachyon
Opanowicz, Magdalena; Hands, Philip; Betts, Donna; Parker, Mary L.; Toole, Geraldine A.; Mills, E. N. Clare; Doonan, John H.; Drea, Sinad

The lipoxygenase-dependent oxygenation of lipid body membranes is promoted by a patatin-type phospholipase in cucumber cotyledons
Rudolph, Maike; Schlereth, Armin; Krner, Martina; Feussner, Kirstin; Berndt, Ekkehardt; Melzer, Michael; Hornung, Ellen; Feussner, Ivo

miR396-targeted AtGRF transcription factors are required for coordination of cell division and differentiation during leaf development in Arabidopsis
Wang, Li; Gu, Xiaolu; Xu, Deyang; Wang, Wei; Wang, Hua; Zeng, Minhuan; Chang, Zhaoyang; Huang, Hai; Cui, Xiaofeng

C-terminal armadillo repeats are essential and sufficient for association of the plant U-box armadillo E3 ubiquitin ligase SAUL1 with the plasma membrane
Drechsel, Gabriele; Bergler, Johannes; Wippel, Kathrin; Sauer, Norbert; Vogelmann, Katja; Hoth, Stefan

In planta function of compatible solute transporters of the AtProT family
Lehmann, Silke; Gumy, Christophe; Blatter, Eva; Boeffel, Silke; Fricke, Wieland; Rentsch, Doris

Sugar signalling is involved in the sex expression response of monoecious cucumber to low temperature
Miao, Minmin; Yang, Xiaguang; Han, Xiaoshuang; Wang, Kuishan

Compensatory expression and substrate inducibility of -glutamyl transferase GGT2 isoform in Arabidopsis thaliana
Destro, Tiziana; Prasad, Dinesh; Martignago, Damiano; Lliso Bernet, Ignacio; Trentin, Anna Rita; Renu, Indu Kumari; Ferretti, Massimo; Masi, Antonio

Cloning, characterization, and expression of xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolase and expansin genes associated with petal growth and development during carnation flower opening
Harada, Taro; Torii, Yuka; Morita, Shigeto; Onodera, Reiko; Hara, Yoshinao; Yokoyama, Ryusuke; Nishitani, Kazuhiko; Satoh, Shigeru

Identification and expression analysis of ERF transcription factor genes in petunia during flower senescence and in response to hormone treatments
Liu, Juanxu; Li, Jingyu; Wang, Huinan; Fu, Zhaodi; Liu, Juan; Yu, Yixun

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Journal of Experimental Botany - 62 (3), 2011



Contents:

Composition differences between epicuticular and intracuticular wax substructures: How do plants seal their epidermal surfaces?
Buschhaus, Christopher; Jetter, Reinhard

Yieldtrait performance landscapes: from theory to application in breeding maize for drought tolerance
Messina, Carlos D.; Podlich, Dean; Dong, Zhanshan; Samples, Mitch; Cooper, Mark

Photosynthesis and drought: can we make metabolic connections from available data?
Pinheiro, C.; Chaves, M. M.

The sucrose non-fermenting-1-related (SnRK) family of protein kinases: potential for manipulation to improve stress tolerance and increase yield
Coello, Patricia; Hey, Sandra J.; Halford, Nigel G.

Restoration of photosystem II photochemistry and carbon assimilation and related changes in chlorophyll and protein contents during the rehydration of desiccated Xerophyta scabrida leaves
Prez, P.; Rabnecz, G.; Laufer, Z.; Gutirrez, D.; Tuba, Z.; Martnez-Carrasco, R.

Combining ecophysiological modelling and quantitative trait locus analysis to identify key elementary processes underlying tomato fruit sugar concentration
Prudent, Marion; Lecomte, Alain; Bouchet, Jean-Paul; Bertin, Nadia; Causse, Mathilde; Gnard, Michel

Early cytokinin response proteins and phosphoproteins of Arabidopsis thaliana identified by proteome and phosphoproteome profiling
Kern, Martin; Dyka, Filip; Boblov, Janette; Brzobohat, Betislav

MtNOA1/RIF1 modulates Medicago truncatulaSinorhizobium meliloti nodule development without affecting its nitric oxide content
Pauly, Nicolas; Ferrari, Cline; Andrio, Emilie; Marino, Daniel; Piardi, Stphanie; Brouquisse, Renaud; Baudouin, Emmanuel; Puppo, Alain

Arabidopsis and Tobacco SUPERMAN regulate hormone signalling and mediate cell proliferation and differentiation
Nibau, Candida; Di Stilio, Vernica S.; Wu, Hen-ming; Cheung, Alice Y.

The tomato xylem sap protein XSP10 is required for full susceptibility to Fusarium wilt disease
Krasikov, Vladimir; Dekker, Henk L.; Rep, Martijn; Takken, Frank L.W.

Characterization of a common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) TaSnRK2.7 gene involved in abiotic stress responses
Zhang, Hongying; Mao, Xinguo; Jing, Ruilian; Chang, Xiaoping; Xie, Huimin

Contrast in chloride exclusion between two grapevine genotypes and its variation in their hybrid progeny
Gong, Haijun; Blackmore, Deidre; Clingeleffer, Peter; Sykes, Steve; Jha, Deepa; Tester, Mark; Walker, Rob

Brachypodium distachyon grain: characterization of endosperm cell walls
Guillon, Fabienne; Bouchet, Brigitte; Jamme, Frdric; Robert, Paul; Qumner, Bernard; Barron, Ccile; Larr, Colette; Dumas, Paul; Saulnier, Luc

Interplay of light and temperature during the in planta modulation of C4 phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase from the leaves of Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.: diurnal and seasonal effects manifested at molecular levels
Avasthi, Uday K.; Izui, Katsura; Raghavendra, Agepati S.

Existing branches correlatively inhibit further branching in Trifolium repens: possible mechanisms
Thomas, R. G.; Hay, M. J. M.

Selection for low or high primary dormancy in Lolium rigidum Gaud seeds results in constitutive differences in stress protein expression and peroxidase activity
Goggin, Danica E.; Powles, Stephen B.; Steadman, Kathryn J.

The regulation of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis by phosphate in pea involves early and systemic signalling events
Balzergue, Coline; Puech-Pags, Virginie; Bcard, Guillaume; Rochange, Soizic F.

HAHB10, a sunflower HD-Zip II transcription factor, participates in the induction of flowering and in the control of phytohormone-mediated responses to biotic stress
Dezar, Carlos A.; Giacomelli, Jorge I.; Manavella, Pablo A.; R, Delfina A.; Alves-Ferreira, Marcio; Baldwin, Ian T.; Bonaventure, Gustavo; Chan, Raquel L.

EFO1 and EFO2, encoding putative WD-domain proteins, have overlapping and distinct roles in the regulation of vegetative development and flowering of Arabidopsis
Wang, Wuyi; Yang, Dennis; Feldmann, Kenneth A.

Characterization of expression dynamics of WOX homeodomain transcription factors during somatic embryogenesis in Vitis vinifera
Gambino, Giorgio; Minuto, Martina; Boccacci, Paolo; Perrone, Irene; Vallania, Rosalina; Gribaudo, Ivana

Metabolic profiling of strawberry (Fragariaananassa Duch.) during fruit development and maturation
Zhang, Juanjuan; Wang, Xin; Yu, Oliver; Tang, Juanjuan; Gu, Xungang; Wan, Xiaochun; Fang, Congbing

Mind the bubbles: achieving stable measurements of maximum hydraulic conductivity through woody plant samples
Espino, Susana; Schenk, H. Jochen

PhMYB4 fine-tunes the floral volatile signature of Petuniahybrida through PhC4H
Colquhoun, Thomas A.; Kim, Joo Young; Wedde, Ashlyn E.; Levin, Laura A.; Schmitt, Kyle C.; Schuurink, Robert C.; Clark, David G.

Loss of rachis cell viability is associated with ripening disorders in grapes
Hall, Geoffrey E.; Bondada, Bhaskar R.; Keller, Markus

Functional diversity inside the Arabidopsis polyamine oxidase gene family
Fincato, Paola; Moschou, Panagiotis N.; Spedaletti, Valentina; Tavazza, Raffaela; Angelini, Riccardo; Federico, Rodolfo; Roubelakis-Angelakis, Kalliopi A.; Tavladoraki, Paraskevi

Evidence for phenotypic plasticity in the Antarctic extremophile Chlamydomonas raudensis Ettl. UWO 241
Pocock, Tessa; Vetterli, Adrien; Falk, Stefan

A SEPALLATA gene is involved in the development and ripening of strawberry (Fragariaananassa Duch.) fruit, a non-climacteric tissue
Seymour, Graham B.; Ryder, Carol D.; Cevik, Volkan; Hammond, John P.; Popovich, Alexandra; King, Graham J.; Vrebalov, Julia; Giovannoni, James J.; Manning, Kenneth

The strawberry transcription factor FaMYB1 inhibits the biosynthesis of proanthocyanidins in Lotus corniculatus leaves
Paolocci, Francesco; Robbins, Mark P.; Passeri, Valentina; Hauck, Barbara; Morris, Phil; Rubini, Andrea; Arcioni, Sergio; Damiani, Francesco

A SOS3 homologue maps to HvNax4, a barley locus controlling an environmentally sensitive Na+ exclusion trait
Rivandi, J.; Miyazaki, J.; Hrmova, M.; Pallotta, M.; Tester, M.; Collins, N. C.

Development of maternal seed tissue in barley is mediated by regulated cell expansion and cell disintegration and coordinated with endosperm growth
Radchuk, Volodymyr; Weier, Diana; Radchuk, Ruslana; Weschke, Winfriede; Weber, Hans

Arabidopsis plants deficient in plastidial glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase show alterations in abscisic acid (ABA) signal transduction: interaction between ABA and primary metabolism
Muoz-Bertomeu, Jess; Bermdez, Mara Angeles; Segura, Juan; Ros, Roc

The plant apoplasm is an important recipient compartment for nematode secreted proteins
Vieira, Paulo; Danchin, Etienne G. J.; Neveu, Cdric; Crozat, Carine; Jaubert, Stphanie; Hussey, Richard S.; Engler, Gilbert; Abad, Pierre; de Almeida-Engler, Janice; Castagnone-Sereno, Philippe; Rosso, Marie-Nolle

Nuclear activity of sperm cells during Hyacinthus orientalis L. in vitro pollen tube growth
Zienkiewicz, Krzysztof; Suwiska, Anna; Niedojado, Katarzyna; Zienkiewicz, Agnieszka; Bednarska, Elżbieta

RCD1 and SRO1 are necessary to maintain meristematic fate in Arabidopsis thaliana
Teotia, Sachin; Lamb, Rebecca S.

Proteome analysis of the Albugo candidaBrassica juncea pathosystem reveals that the timing of the expression of defence-related genes is a crucial determinant of pathogenesis
Kaur, Parwinder; Jost, Ricarda; Sivasithamparam, Krishnapillai; Barbetti, Martin John

TaABC1, a member of the activity of bc1 complex protein kinase family from common wheat, confers enhanced tolerance to abiotic stresses in Arabidopsis
Wang, Caixiang; Jing, Ruilian; Mao, Xinguo; Chang, Xiaoping; Li, Ang

An oxygenase inhibitor study in Solanum lycopersicum combined with metabolite profiling analysis revealed a potent peroxygenase inactivator
Aghofack-Nguemezi, Jean; Fuchs, Christopher; Yeh, Su-Ying; Huang, Fong-Chin; Hoffmann, Thomas; Schwab, Wilfried

Environmental stress enhances biosynthesis of flavor precursors, S-3-(hexan-1-ol)-glutathione and S-3-(hexan-1-ol)-L-cysteine, in grapevine through glutathione S-transferase activation
Kobayashi, Hironori; Takase, Hideki; Suzuki, Yumiko; Tanzawa, Fumiko; Takata, Ryoji; Fujita, Keiko; Kohno, Minako; Mochizuki, Mai; Suzuki, Shunji; Konno, Tomonori

Cellular and subcellular localization of flavin-monooxygenases involved in glucosinolate biosynthesis
Li, Jing; Kristiansen, Kim A.; Hansen, Bjarne G.; Halkier, Barbara A.

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Journal of Experimental Botany - 62 (4), 2011



Contents:

Preface
Yamaya, Tomoyuki; Sakakibara, Hitoshi; Hase, Toshiharu

From the soil to the seeds: the long journey of nitrate in plants
Dechorgnat, Julie; Nguyen, Chi Tam; Armengaud, Patrick; Jossier, Mathieu; Diatloff, Eugene; Filleur, Sophie; Daniel-Vedele, Franoise

N-terminal cysteines affect oligomer stability of the allosterically regulated ammonium transporter LeAMT1;1
Graff, Lucile; Obrdlik, Petr; Yuan, Lixing; Loqu, Dominique; Frommer, Wolf B.; von Wirn, Nicolaus

The cytosolic glutamine synthetase GLN1;2 plays a role in the control of plant growth and ammonium homeostasis in Arabidopsis rosettes when nitrate supply is not limiting
Lothier, Jrmy; Gaufichon, Laure; Sormani, Rodnay; Lematre, Thomas; Azzopardi, Marianne; Morin, Halima; Chardon, Fabien; Reisdorf-Cren, Michle; Avice, Jean-Christophe; Masclaux-Daubresse, Cline

Nitrogen signalling in Arabidopsis: how to obtain insights into a complex signalling network
Castaings, Loren; Marchive, Chlo; Meyer, Christian; Krapp, Anne

Hormonal control of nitrogen acquisition: roles of auxin, abscisic acid, and cytokinin
Kiba, Takatoshi; Kudo, Toru; Kojima, Mikiko; Sakakibara, Hitoshi

Regulation of nitrate assimilation in cyanobacteria
Ohashi, Yoshitake; Shi, Wei; Takatani, Nobuyuki; Aichi, Makiko; Maeda, Shin-ichi; Watanabe, Satoru; Yoshikawa, Hirofumi; Omata, Tatsuo

Transcriptional regulation of CDP1 and CYG56 is required for proper NH4+ sensing in Chlamydomonas
de Montaigu, Amaury; Sanz-Luque, Emanuel; Macias, Maria Isabel; Galvan, Aurora; Fernandez, Emilio

Metabolomic approaches toward understanding nitrogen metabolism in plants
Kusano, Miyako; Fukushima, Atsushi; Redestig, Henning; Saito, Kazuki

A holistic view of nitrogen acquisition in plants
Kraiser, Tatiana; Gras, Diana E.; Gutirrez, Alvaro G.; Gonzlez, Bernardo; Gutirrez, Rodrigo A.

Respiration and nitrogen assimilation: targeting mitochondria-associated metabolism as a means to enhance nitrogen use efficiency
Foyer, Christine H.; Noctor, Graham; Hodges, Michael

Effects of molybdenum deficiency and defects in molybdate transporter MOT1 on transcript accumulation and nitrogen/sulphur metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana
Ide, Yoko; Kusano, Miyako; Oikawa, Akira; Fukushima, Atsushi; Tomatsu, Hajime; Saito, Kazuki; Hirai, Masami Yokota; Fujiwara, Toru

Understanding plant response to nitrogen limitation for the improvement of crop nitrogen use efficiency
Kant, Surya; Bi, Yong-Mei; Rothstein, Steven J.

New perspectives on glutamine synthetase in grasses
Swarbreck, Stphanie M.; Defoin-Platel, M.; Hindle, M.; Saqi, M.; Habash, Dimah Z.

Effects of elevated CO2 concentration on seed production in C3 annual plants
Hikosaka, Kouki; Kinugasa, Toshihiko; Oikawa, Shimpei; Onoda, Yusuke; Hirose, Tadaki

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Journal of Experimental Botany - 62 (5), 2011



Contents:

Preface
Dickinson, Hugh; Noni, Franklin-Tong

Maize meiotic mutants with improper or non-homologous synapsis due to problems in pairing or synaptonemal complex formation
Golubovskaya, Inna N.; Wang, C. J. Rachel; Timofejeva, Ljudmilla; Cande, W. Zacheus

Have a break: determinants of meiotic DNA double strand break (DSB) formation and processing in plants
Edlinger, Bernd; Schlgelhofer, Peter

The role of DNA helicases and their interaction partners in genome stability and meiotic recombination in plants
Knoll, Alexander; Puchta, Holger

The walls have ears: the role of plant CrRLK1Ls in sensing and transducing extracellular signals
Boisson-Dernier, Aurlien; Kessler, Sharon A.; Grossniklaus, Ueli

Identification of genes expressed in the angiosperm female gametophyte
Drews, Gary N.; Wang, Dongfang; Steffen, Joshua G.; Schumaker, Karen S.; Yadegari, Ramin

Small RNA activity and function in angiosperm gametophytes
Le Trionnaire, G.; Grant-Downton, R. T.; Kourmpetli, S.; Dickinson, H. G.; Twell, D.

MicroRNA activity in the Arabidopsis male germline
Borges, Filipe; Pereira, Patrcia A.; Slotkin, R. Keith; Martienssen, Robert A.; Becker, Jrg D.

Cytoplasmic connection of sperm cells to the pollen vegetative cell nucleus: potential roles of the male germ unit revisited
McCue, Andrea D.; Cresti, Mauro; Feij, Jos A.; Slotkin, R. Keith

The final split: the regulation of anther dehiscence
Wilson, Zoe A.; Song, Jie; Taylor, Benjamin; Yang, Caiyun

Imaging fertilization in flowering plants, not so abominable after all
Berger, Frdric

Unreduced gamete formation in plants: mechanisms and prospects
Brownfield, Lynette; Khler, Claudia

Regulation of aleurone development in cereal grains
Becraft, Philip W.; Yi, Gibum

Cysteine-Rich Peptides (CRPs) mediate diverse aspects of cellcell communication in plant reproduction and development
Marshall, Eleanor; Costa, Liliana M.; Gutierrez-Marcos, Jose

Taking the very first steps: from polarity to axial domains in the early Arabidopsis embryo
Jeong, Sangho; Bayer, Martin; Lukowitz, Wolfgang

Apomixis in hawkweed: Mendel's experimental nemesis
Koltunow, Anna M. G.; Johnson, Susan D.; Okada, Takashi




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