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**ao-Lin Hou
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Factors affecting seed set in the crosses between Dendranthema grandiflorum (Ramat.) Kitamura and its wild species
Reproductive barriers often exist in the crosses between Dendranthema grandiflorum (Ramat.) Kitamura and its wild species and seriously result in low seed set, consequently reducing breeding efficiency. For the p...
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Interspecific hybrids between Chrysanthemum grandiflorum (Ramat.) Kitamura and C. indicum (L.) Des Moul. and their drought tolerance evaluation
Chrysanthemum grandiflorum ‘Yuhuaxingchen’ is an important commercial chrysanthemum cultivar with excellent ornamental quality but low drought tolerance, whereas C. indicum has exceptional drought tolerance. In o...
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Inhibition of an invasive plant (Mikania micrantha H.B.K.) by soils of three different forests in lower subtropical China
Biological invasion represents one of the most serious threats to biodiversity, and invasion ecology research has become one of the central issues of contemporary environmental science. However, the relative r...
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Do higher resource capture ability and utilization efficiency facilitate the successful invasion of native plants?
The great damage caused by native invasive species on natural ecosystems is prompting increasing concern worldwide. Many studies have focused on exotic invasive species. In general, exotic invasive plants have...
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Open AccessEffects of leaf zeatin and zeatin riboside induced by different clip** heights on the regrowth capacity of ryegrass
The effect of clip** height on ryegrass regrowth was investigated by examining the roles of several plant hormones. Our study consisted of three treatment conditions: (1) darkness over whole plants, (2) dark...
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Effects of extreme temperature on seedling establishment of nonnative invasive plants
Climate change and plant invasion are two of the most important ecological issues facing the world today. Extreme events are likely to play an important role in plant invasion. For example, tolerance to temper...
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Fast-growing and poorly shade-tolerant invasive species may exhibit higher physiological but not morphological plasticity compared with non-invasive species
Phenotypic plasticity is one of the important mechanisms relevant to exotic plant invasions, and high plasticity is likely to influence the potential invasiveness of species. Phenotypic plasticity is broadly d...
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Open AccessSystematic characterization of the ubiquitin-specific proteases in Magnaporthe oryzae
Ubiquitin-specific protease (UBP) family is the largest group of deubiquitinases, which plays important roles in eukaryotic organisms. Comprehensive analysis of UBP genes has not been conducted in the plant patho...
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The responses of detoxification enzyme and gene expression in western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, to new challenging hosts
The western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) is an economically important invasive pest. It shows different preferences for various vegetables. This study investigated the responses of detoxif...
