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... Several factors, singly or synergistically, may influence the behavior of weedy species under conditions of intraspecific competition. The species studied were Bromus inermis, B. tectorum, Capsella bursa—pastoris, Conyza canadensis, Plantago lanceolata, P. major, Senecio sylvaticus, S. viscosus, and Silene anglica. Some or all of the species were subjected to conditions of intraspecific competitio ...
... Winter annuals usually germinate in summer and fall, overwinter as vegetative rosettes, and then dominate 1—yr fields, suppressing spring—germinated summer annuals. Net photosynthetic response to light and temperature of Erigeron canadensis, E. annuus, Rorippa sessiliflora, Capsella bursa—pastoris, and Lactuca scariola were measured three times during the year. Optimum temperature for photosynthes ...
... Establishment of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) alone rather than with an oat (Avena sativa L.) companion crop usually results in a reduction in dry matter production. Use of herbicides far weed control during alfalfa seedling establishment also reduces yield since weeds are harvested along with the alfalfa and contribute to forage yield. Thus, if there are benefits from seeding alfalfa alone using ...
... Oviposition by Pieris rapae L. on cabbage was deterred by homogenized cabbage tissue sprayed onto intact plants. Ether extracts of cabbage also were deterrent, but water extracts were not. Hexane extracts of other host plants deterred oviposition and water extracts had little or no effect. Polar as well as non-polar extracts of non-host plants inhibited oviposition. Polar deterrents in the non-hos ...
... The interactions between seeds in the soil are poorly understood. We performed greenhouse experiments to investigate the effects of seed density, relative frequency, and relative planting date on the emergence of seedlings in the species Senecio vulgaris, Capsella bursa—pastoris, and Poa annua. We found that for both Poa and Senecio, the probability of emergence significantly decreased with an inc ...
... The spatial pattern of plants in one generation may alter the competitive interactions between plants in two ways: (1) it may affect the survival or fecundity of competing individuals in that generation, or (2) it may influence the success of seedlings in the following generation. I performed field experiments, spanning two generations, that allowed me to measure how the spatial pattern of the gra ...
... Before attachment to the host (Capsella bursa pastoris L. Med), the root hemiparasite Melampyrum arvense L. can live during a few weeks in an autotrophic-like way (the preparasitic stage) but its growth is very poor. The attachment of the hemiparasite to the host plant induced a series of significant changes, chiefly connected with solute content, osmolality, and stomatal physiology, which were qu ...
... Commercial canola (Brassica napus) crops and cruciferous weeds growing nearby were sampled periodically in 1992 and 1993 for Leptosphaeria maculans, the causal agent of blackleg disease. A virulent (Lm-VIR) and a weakly virulent (Puget Sound: Lm-PS) strain were prevalent in most fields in symptomless petioles and stems of canola from the start of sampling at plant growth stage (GS) 2.4 (rosette) t ...
... Three distinct and highly predictable green peach aphid (GPA) (Myzus persicae) flights that occur seasonally in the spring, summer, and fall were detected at a southern, central, and northern location in the Columbia Basin of the Northwestern United States. Intensity and timing of the flights was approximately the same at the three locations. Timing and number of alatae captured in the spring and ...
... The herbaceous dicot species Capsella bursa-pastoris (Cruciferae) was used to determine the influence of chronic mechanical perturbation on the biomass allocation pattern (i.e. dry weight distribution among roots, stems and reproductive structures) and the mechanical properties of roots and stems (i.e. tensile breaking stress and Young's modulus). It was hypothesized that mechanically stimulated p ...
... The potential of herbaceous weeds commonly growing in or adjacent to cucurbit crops to serve as alternate hosts and overwintering reservoirs of Erwinia tracheiphila, a causal agent of cucurbit wilt, was investigated. Methods for isolation, maintenance, long-term storage, and detection of E. tracheiphila from infected plants were developed. E. tracheiphila was consistently detected by enzyme-linked ...
Ageratum conyzoides; Boraginaceae; Capsella bursa-pastoris; Datura stramonium; Galinsoga; Senecio; Spergula arvensis; Stellaria media; Tagetes minuta; human population; introduced plants; weeds; Eastern Africa; South America
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... The invasion process was documented from data on the labels of specimens stored in the East African Herbarium at the National Museums of Kenya. We analysed data from seven abundant alien plant species: Ageratum conyzoides L. (Asteraceae), Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Med. (Brassicaceae), Datura stramonium L. (Solanaceae), Galinsoga parviflora Cav. (Asteraceae), Tagetes minuta L. (Asteraceae), Sper ...
... Food choice trials with the slug pests Arion lusitanicus and Deroceras reticulatum were carried out in the laboratory, using seedlings of rape, Brassica napus and several weed species. The attraction of the weeds to the slugs was compared with rape and, subsequently, the potential of the presence of weeds to reduce slug feeding on young rape was assessed. Capsella bursa-pastoris and Taraxacum offi ...
... Fertile rooted plantlets were recovered from leaf mesophyll protoplasts of Capsella bursa-pastoris. Protoplasts cultured over a feeder layer of Brassica napus cells produced 221 colonies, 7 of which regenerated multiple plantlets. The nuclear DNA content of most regenerates varied from 0.89 to 1.0 pg/nucleus, close to the value for seed-grown C. bursa-pastoris (0.94+/-0.03 pg/nucleus). Two regener ...
... Few studies report animal grazing effects on weed populations. A study was conducted to assess weed populations in annual and perennial forage grasses grazed at various intensities by cattle over a 4-yr period. The perennial forages were Bromus inermis and Bromus riparius, and the annual forages were winter Triticosecale and a mixture of Hordeum vulgare and winter Triticosecale. With few exception ...
... Unique long-term historical emergence records were used to assess the association between weed seedling emergence and various elements of meteorological data. These elements included both temperature-based and rainfall-related variables in the 7-d periods before and during which emergence occurred. Five weed species (Stellaria media, Chenopodium album, Capsella bursa-pastoris, Matricaria perforata ...
geographical distribution; random amplified polymorphic DNA technique; flowering; loci; phenotype; ecotypes; pleiotropy; Capsella bursa-pastoris; introduced species; chromosome mapping; leaves; weeds; provenance; linkage (genetics); allozymes; heritability; genetic markers; quantitative traits; California
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... Capsella bursa-pastoris(Brassicaceae) is an annual to biennial predominantly autogamous species distributed worldwide. Using a linkage map with RAPDs and isozymes we studied quantitative trait loci (QTL) controlling phenotypic traits in this invasive species. To obtain a mapping population we crossed two plants occurring in different climatic regions in California, USA (Central Valley and Sierra N ...
... Food requirements of the larvae of nine closely related species of the genus Amara (Coleoptera: Carabidae) were studied in the laboratory. Mealworms, a mixed diet of mealworms and oat flakes, and seeds of Capsella bursa-pastoris and Stellaria media were offered as food. Survival and developmental rate were monitored daily from the 1st larval instar. Amara aenea is omnivorous while A. similata and ...
... We characterized the size and species composition of the weed seedbank after 35 yr of continuous crop rotation and tillage system treatments at two locations in Ohio. Spring seedbanks were monitored during 1997, 1998, and 1999 in continuous corn (CCC), corn––soybean (CS), and corn––oats––hay (COH) rotations in moldboard plow (MP), chisel plow (CP), and no-tillage (NT) plots where the same herbicid ...
... Differential morphological sensitivity of weed species to ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation (290-320 nm) may alter competitive relationships among weeds and associated crop species as the level of this radiation changes. In order to determine relative sensitivity of common chickweed [Stellaria media (L.) Vill.], green foxtail (Setaria viridis L.), lady's-thumb (Polygonum persicaria L.), lamb's-quarte ...
... The possibility of Plum pox potyvirus (PPV) to infect weed species under field condition is investigated. The investigation includes species, forming the weed association along the row of plum and apricot orchards, where trees affected by PPV are founded. By DAS ELISA Method Veronica hederifolia L., Lamum amplexicaule L., Capsella bursa-pastoris L., Taraxacum officinale Webir, Lactuca serriola L., ...
... Results of a chemical weed control trial in ten years old oil olive orchard (cv Nociara), ocated at Francavilla Fontana (Brindisi) in southern Italy are reported. The aim of the trial was to test the effectiveness of some herbicide treatments. Thesis compared were: a) pre-emergence distribution of azafenidin (an active ingredient that isn't yet registered in Italy) at different doses (200-240 and ...
... We have isolated a homolog of the Arabidopsis thaliana IAA amidohydrolase ILR1 from the related species Arabidopsis suecica. Employing PCR primers targeted to the 5' and 3' untranslated regions of ILR1, A. suecica produced an amplified, genomic product (sILR1) of 2027 bp. The cloned sILR1 gene was sequenced, and the DNA homology between sILR1 and ILR1 found to be 98%. The sILR1 cDNA was isolated u ...
... Capsella is a small genus within the mustard family (Brassicaceae). Its three species, however, show many evolutionary trends also observed in other Brassicaceae (including Arabidopsis) and far beyond, including transitions from a diploid, self-incompatible, obligatory outcrossing species with comparatively large and attractive flowers but a restricted distribution to a polyploid, self-compatible, ...
... In the paper effect of limitation of postharvest measure to single cultivating or disking of soil and mineral fertilization level on number, air-dry matter and botanical composition of weeds in the potato-field is presented. Simplifield postharvest measure was increasing insignificantly and more intensive fertilization was limiting the weed infestation of potato-field. Decteasing of weeds number i ...
... In the paper, the percentage shares of the phases of fruiting and diaspore shedding of some weed species during fodder beet, spring wheat and faba bean harvest are presented. The results of the study were gathered in the years 2000-2003 on river alluvial soil made from light loam. The experimental scheme included mechanical and chemical control of the cultivated plants. On weed-free objects treate ...
... Three field trials were conducted from 2003-2004 at Utsunomiya University, Japan, to evaluate the safety and herbicidal activity of pyribenzoxim (benzophenone O-[2,6-bis[(4,6-dimethoxy-2-pyrimidinyl)oxybenzoyl]oxime) in turfgrass. Pyribenzoxim showed a high level of safety in bentgrass (Agrostis palustris Huds.) and zoysiagrass (Zoysia matrella) <= 300 g ai ha⁻¹ and it controlled various major gra ...
... A glasshouse experiment was carried out to investigate the host status of six important weeds in intensive agricultural cropping systems to Meloidogyne chitwoodi and Pratylenchus penetrans. Senecio vulgaris L., Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medic. and Solanum nigrum L. were hosts of M. chitwoodi with reproduction factors of 2.5, 2.6 and 7.8, respectively. Echinochloa crusgalli (L.) Beauv. and Stell ...
... Field studies were carried out in Laingsburg, MI, from 2002 to 2004 on Houghton muck soil to assess the impacts of cover crops and soil fertility regimes on weed populations and celery yield. The cover crops were oilseed radish, cereal rye, hairy vetch, and a bare ground control. The fertility rates were full (180, 90, and 450 kg ha⁻¹ nitrogen [N], phosphorus pentoxide [P₂O₅], and potassium oxide ...
... Polyploidization, often accompanied by hybridization, has been of major importance in flowering plant evolution. Here we investigate the importance of these processes for the evolution of the tetraploid crucifer Capsella bursa-pastoris using DNA sequences from two chloroplast loci as well as from three nuclear low-copy genes. The near-absence of variation at the C. bursa-pastoris chloroplast marke ...
... This study investigated the applicability of minced shepherd's purse root containing high peroxidase activity as a catalytic agent instead of purified and immobilized peroxidase for the remediation of soil contaminated with phenolic pollutants, using 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) as a model pollutant. The removal of 2,4-DCP in the soil was extremely fast when treated with peroxide and minced shephe ...
... A study at Fairbanks, AK, was started in 1984 to determine soil seed longevity of 17 weed species. Seeds were buried in mesh bags 2 and 15 cm deep and were recovered 0.7, 1.7, 2.7, 3.7, 4.7, 6.7, 9.7, and 19.7 yr later. Viability was determined by germination and tetrazolium tests. Seed viability data were fit to an exponential model, separately for each depth, and the likelihood-ratio test was us ...
... The changes of phytosanitary situation recently taking place in sugar beet crops in the Republic of Belarus are shown. It is noticed that in the crop agrocoenosises there is a high infestation level caused by Japanese barnyard millet (Echinochloa crus-galli (L) Pal. Beauv), field sowthistle (Sonchus arvensis L), chickweed (Stellaria media (L) Vill), quick grass (Agropyron repens (L) Pal Beauv), ma ...
... Cool-season weed response to flumioxazin applied in February of 2002 and 2003 was evaluated in Louisiana. Plots naturally infested with cool-season weeds were treated with 840 g ai/ha glyphosate, 530 g ai/ha paraquat, 35 g ai/ha flumioxazin, 70 g/ha flumioxazin, 140 g/ha flumioxazin, 840 g/ha glyphosate plus 35 or 70 g/ha flumioxazin, or 530 g/ha paraquat plus 35 or 70 g/ha flumioxazin. Glyphosate ...
... Understanding the genetic basis of natural variation is of primary interest for evolutionary studies of adaptation. In Capsella bursa-pastoris, a close relative of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), variation in flowering time is correlated with latitude, suggestive of an adaptation to photoperiod. To identify pathways regulating natural flowering time variation in C. bursa-pastoris, we have stud ...
... Over 85 records of 23 species of blooming, herbaceous angiosperms were made at 19 sites in Antigonish County between 7 and 21 January 2006, when daytime temperatures reached 15°C. These observations followed an unusually warm fall and early winter. All species were observed on waste ground or in fields and garden plots, except for Epigaea repens L. which was part of ground vegetation in a sparsely ...
Arabidopsis thaliana; Capsella bursa-pastoris; abscisic acid; acclimation; active sites; amino acids; bioinformatics; cold; cold tolerance; complementary DNA; databases; genes; leucine zipper; molecular cloning; open reading frames; peroxidase; rapid amplification of cDNA ends; reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; salt stress; signal peptide
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... A new rare cold-inducible (RCI) gene designated Cbrci35 was cloned from Capsella bursa-pastoris, an edible wild herb, using the rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) method. The full-length cDNA of Cbrci35 (Database Accession No.: AY566573) was 1300 bp and contained a 978 bp ORF encoding a precursor of 326 amino acid residues with a 23 amino acids signal peptide. The predicted Cbrci35 protein co ...
... Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medic (2n = 4x = 32) is a natural double-low (erucic acid < 1%, glucosinolates < 30 μmol/g) germplasm and shows high degree of resistance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Hybridizations were carried out between two Brassica species viz. B. rapa (2n = 20) and B. napus (2n = 38) as female and C. bursa-pastoris as male parent to introduce these desirable traits into cultivate ...
functional diversity; life history; flowering; microsatellite repeats; seeds; nitrogen; Capsella bursa-pastoris; parents; cluster analysis; soil; weeds; progeny; leaves; United Kingdom
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... The extent of functional trait diversity is quantified for 157 different Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) medic (shepherd's purse) accessions. These individuals encompass replicate progeny generated from seed of 53 different Capsella'maternal lines' that were isolated at random as they emerged from soil cores (used to estimate baseline seed bank numbers and weed diversity) at 34 different arable sites ...
... In the present study, the importance of diet in terms of fecundity is compared for three species of the carabid genus Amara (Coleoptera: Carabidae), using an insect diet, two types of seed diet (Capsella bursa-pastoris, Stellaria media) and a mixed diet. It is expected that the species of carabid studied have different food requirements for reproduction. Diet affects reproduction performance and e ...
... Many plant species show limited dispersal resulting in spatial and genetic substructures within populations. Consequently, neighbours are often related between each other, resulting in sibling competition. Using seed families of the annuals Capsella bursa-pastoris and Stachys annua we investigated effects of spatial pattern (i.e. random versus aggregated) on total and individual performance at the ...
... Granivory (seed feeding) evolved in many animal groups. Field observations hint at the existence of granivory in terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea), for which it was previously unknown. In this paper granivory in terrestrial isopods is addressed for the first time, focusing on (i) seed acceptance in the presence of plant litter and (ii) size as a constraint for acceptance and cons ...
... The arable plant Capsella bursa-pastoris is phenotypically variable in many life history traits, particularly time from germination to flowering. The hypothesis was investigated that, associated with this variation, there are differences in traits that influence plant quality for insect herbivores. Significant within-species variation was found in plant growth, leaf surface characteristics and tis ...
... Herbicides may drift onto road verges or natural areas adjacent to arable fields and affect nontarget plants. The effect of low doses of mecoprop-P on the competitive interactions and plant community dynamics was investigated in a model system using Capsella bursa-pastoris and Geranium dissectum as test plants. Dose-response experiments on single species showed that compared to G. dissectum, C. bu ...
Capsella bursa-pastoris; Cardamine; Heterodera glycines; Lamium amplexicaule; Lamium purpureum; Stellaria media; Thlaspi arvense; alternative hosts; annual weeds; crop production; host plants; host range; legumes; parasitism; population density; scientists; weed control; United States
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... Soybean cyst nematode (Heterodera glycines Ichinohe, SCN) has been reported to parasitize a broad range of host plants, encompassing nearly 150 legume and non-legume genera representing 22 plant families. Several SCN host species are common winter annual weeds in US soybean production fields and include purple deadnettle (Lamium purpureum L.), henbit (Lamium amplexicaule L.), field pennycress (Thl ...
... Buckwheat residues can suppress both emergence and growth of weeds, but the mechanisms of this suppression are not well understood. The main objectives of this research were to evaluate the possible role of (1) low initial nitrogen (N) availability and (2) fungal pathogens in this suppression for three sensitive weed species: Powell amaranth, shepherd's-purse, and corn chamomile. Growth chamber ex ...
... Homeotic changes played a considerable role during the evolution of flowers, but how floral homeotic mutants initially survive in nature has remained enigmatic. To better understand the evolutionary potential of floral homeotic mutants, we established as a model system Stamenoid petals (Spe), a natural variant of Capsella bursa-pastoris (Brassicaceae). In the flowers of Spe plants, petals are tran ...
... In a previously made cross Brassica napus cv. Oro (2n = 38) x Capsella bursa-pastoris (2n = 4x = 32), one F₁ hybrid with 2n = 38 was totally male sterile. The hybrid contained no complete chromosomes from C. bursa-pastoris, but some specific AFLP (amplified fragment length polymorphism) bands of C. bursa-pastoris were detected. The hybrid was morphologically quite similar to 'Oro' except for small ...
... Apart from the common floral architecture in Brassicaceae, variation in flower morphology occurs in several genera within the family and is considered to affect speciation processes. We analysed genetic differentiation and flowering time variation of two floral variants of Capsella bursa-pastoris, the Spe variant and the wild-type, which occur sympatrically in a vineyard in southwest Germany. The ...
... There is growing use of anticancer complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs) worldwide. The purpose of the current study is to assess a sizeable variety of natural and plant sources of diverse origin, to ascertain prospective research directives for cancer treatment and potential new chemotherapy drug sources. In this study, 374 natural extracts (10 μg/mL-5 mg/mL) were evaluated for dose-depe ...
... A population of shepherd's-purse suspected to be resistant to the triazinone herbicide hexazinone, a photosystem II (PS II) inhibitor, was collected from an alfalfa field in 2007 in Oregon. A whole-plant, dose––response assay confirmed that the putative-resistant population was highly resistant to hexazinone. The resistant population was 22-fold more resistant to hexazinone than the susceptible po ...
Arabidopsis thaliana; Barbarea; Capsella bursa-pastoris; Descurainia pinnata; Lepidium virginicum; Malcolmia; Sisymbrium officinale; Thlaspi arvense; genetic resources; genetic techniques and protocols; genomics; models; new crops; physiological response; plant adaptation; salt stress; salt tolerance; wild relatives
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... Salinity is an abiotic stress that limits both yield and the expansion of agricultural crops to new areas. In the last 20 years our basic understanding of the mechanisms underlying plant tolerance and adaptation to saline environments has greatly improved owing to active development of advanced tools in molecular, genomics, and bioinformatics analyses. However, the full potential of investigative ...
... The fatty acid, tocopherol, and phytosterol profiles of arugula (AO; Eruca vesicaria (L.) Cav. subsp. sativa (Mill.) Thell.), upland cress (UCO; Barbarea verna (Mill.) Asch.), and shepherd's purse (SPO; Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.) oils are reported, along with their physical properties. The tocopherol content of SPO (770 mg/kg) was higher than detected in AO (656 mg/kg) and UCO (430 mg/kg ...
... Detailed coenological studies were made at four developmental stages during the vegetation period in three sowing date variants in a long-term multifactorial experiment carried out in the Crop Production Institute of Pannon University. Both experimental years had poor rainfall supplies. The Balázs-Ujvárosi scoring method was used to register the extent of weed infestation and how it changed over t ...
... Many carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) are known to feed on plant seeds, but the level of specialization on this food differs. This is the first study in which seed consumption is assessed for all larval instars and adults of ground beetles. Three species of Amara with syntopic occurrence, Amara aenea (DeGeer), Amara familiaris (Duftschmid) and Amara similata (Gyllenhal), were examined. Larv ...
... Arable weeds are believed to sustain disease outbreaks of the potato crop pathogen Tobacco Rattle Virus (TRV), which is particularly well‐known for the costly damage it may cause to potato tubers. We describe a TRV‐specific TaqMan™ based molecular‐diagnostic quantitative RT‐PCR method which showed that ecotypes of the widespread and common weed Capsella bursa‐pastoris (shepherd's purse) are highly ...
... White blister rust caused by Albugo candida (Pers.) Kuntze is a common and often devastating disease of oilseed and vegetable brassica crops worldwide. Physiological races of the parasite have been described, including races 2, 7 and 9 from Brassica juncea, B. rapa and B. oleracea, respectively, and race 4 from Capsella bursa-pastoris (the type host). A gene named WRR4 has been characterized recen ...
... In California, perennial pepperweed (Lepidium latifolium) is an introduced Brassicaceae plant that is invasive, highly competitive, and listed as a noxious weed that grows in areas such as marshes, meadows, roadsides, and irrigation ditches. From 2008 through 2010, perennial pepperweed growing near farms in Monterey and Santa Clara counties was infected with white rust. Symptoms were light green-t ...
... Premise of the study: We developed microsatellite markers to investigate genetic diversity within and among populations of Capsella rubella and Capsella bursa-pastoris and between these two species. METHODS: and Results: Fourteen polymorphic microsatellite loci were identified in the two species and one more polymorphic microsatellite locus only in C. rubella. Samples from different European local ...
... A full-length curtovirus genome was PCR-amplified and cloned from peppers in Mexico with symptoms of curly top disease. The cloned DNA of this isolate, MX-P24, replicated in Nicotiana tabacum protoplasts and was infectious in N. benthamiana plants. Sequence analysis revealed that the MX-P24 isolate had a typical curtovirus genome organization and was most similar to beet mild curly top virus (BMCT ...
... The change from outbreeding to selfing is one of the most frequent evolutionary transitions in flowering plants. It is often accompanied by characteristic morphological and functional changes to the flowers (the selfing syndrome), including reduced flower size and opening. Little is known about the developmental and genetic basis of the selfing syndrome, as well as its adaptive significance. Here, ...
... Thirteen plant species were tested for their suitability as hosts for Abagrotis orbis (Grote), a climbing cutworm pest of grapevines in British Columbia. Choice tests were also conducted to investigate larval feeding preferences for the Brassicaceae species joi choi, Brassica rapa variety. Chinensis L., spring draba; Draba verna L.; and shepherd's purse, Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik; compare ...
... White rust, caused by Albugo candida, is a serious pathogen of Brassica juncea (Indian mustard) worldwide and poses a potential hazard to the presently developing canola-quality B. juncea industry in Australia. Nine isolates of A. candida, representing strains collected from B. juncea, B. rapa, B. oleracea, B. tournefortii, Raphanus raphanistrum, R. sativa, Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa, Capsella ...
... The diamondback moth Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) is an important pest of cultivated brassicaceous crops worldwide. The host plant preferences, developmental biology and survival and longevity of P. xylostella are relatively well understood on commercial crop species; however, its relationship with brassicaceous weeds is poorly known. Sinapis arvensis L., Erysimum cheirantho ...
... The objective of the study was to analyse the variability of the weed infestation of several winter wheat cultivars in relation to the soil tillage system applied and to the height of preceding crop stubble. The study was conducted in the years 2008-2010 in Lower Silesia, Poland. The following factors were studied in the experiment: factor I - stubble height a/ short stubble (10 cm) b/ tall stubbl ...
... Capsella bursa-pastoris, a winter annual weed in the mustard family, can not be controlled by tribenuron after the herbicide has been continuously used for several years. The resistant biotype Lz-R was the generation of a population collected from Liangzhu, a place where tribenuron had been used for more than 15 consecutive years. To confirm and characterize the resistance of C. bursa-pastoris to ...
... Species that colonise habitats on an annual basis are important for studying and understanding evolutionary changes and adaptations in the course of environmental shifts, caused, for instance, by global change phenomena. These species are characterised by a weedy ecology enabling them to react fast to environmental changes. As a model species, we selected Capsella bursa-pastoris (Brassicaceae, She ...
flowering; fruits; seeds; Capsella bursa-pastoris; branching; tetraploidy; latitude; provenance; progeny; field experimentation; genetic variation; phenotypic variation; population structure; habitats; leaves; quantitative traits; Scandinavia; Russia
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... Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik. is a self compatible tetraploid annual species which has successfully spread to most continents and is mostly confined to man-made habitats. The colonising success may be associated with fine-scaled ecotypic differentiation, and regional adaptation. Seeds of 377 individuals from 40 provenances were collected over a distance of more than 2500km from the Kola Peni ...
... 1. We conducted a large‐scale field study to determine how the interactive effects of earthworms (Aporrectodea caliginosa) and summer drought affected plant communities containing barley (Hordeum vulgare), shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa‐pastoris) and common groundsel (Senecio vulgaris), and how such effects then influenced populations of the aphid Rhopalosiphum padi and its parasitoid, Aphidius ...
... The centromere is an essential chromosomal component assembling the kinetochore for chromosome attachment to the spindle microtubules and for directing the chromosome segregation during nuclear division. Kinetochore assembly requires deposition of the centromeric histone H3 variant (CENH3) into centromeric nucleosomes. CENH3 has a variable N-terminal and a more conserved C-terminal part, including ...
... Shepherd's purse seeds were collected from winter wheat fields and road sides in Hebei Province, China. Their sensitivities to tribenuron-methyl were evaluated in a whole plant dose response assay in the greenhouse. Results revealed that HB-1, HB-2, HB-3, HB-4, HB-6, HB-7, HB-17, HB-18, HB-19, HB-20, HB-21, and HB-22 populations were susceptible to tribenuronmethyl characterised by very low GRâ â ...
... In the Central Coast of California, USA, wine grape growers are making efforts to identify weed control practices that preserve biodiversity in their vineyards while maintaining yields. A field study was conducted in Paso Robles, California in 2006 and 2007 evaluating the effect on plant and ground dwelling arthropod communities of five weed control practices conducted under the vines within the r ...
... BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Myxospermy is a term which describes the ability of a seed to produce mucilage upon hydration. The mucilage is mainly comprised of plant cell-wall polysaccharides which are deposited during development of those cells that comprise the seed coat (testa). Myxospermy is more prevalent among those plant species adapted to surviving on arid sandy soils, though its significance in d ...
Iris yellow spot tospovirus; Capsella bursa-pastoris; Chenopodium album; production technology; weed hosts; Potato leafroll virus; potatoes; onions; viruses; Potato virus Y; vegetable growing; Taraxacum officinale; New York
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... A season-long survey of common weeds was taken near onion and potato fields located within a large vegetable production region in western New York in 2008 and 2009. The objective was to determine the abundance of weed species known as hosts for Iris yellow spot virus (IYSV), a serious pathogen of onion, Potato leafroll virus (PLRV) and Potato virus Y (PVY), which are major pathogens of potato. Nin ...
... The increasing use of AHAS-inhibiting herbicides has resulted in evolved resistance in key dicot weeds infesting cereal cropping systems worldwide. Shepherd’s purse (Capsellabursa-pastoris) is a common dicot weed species in wheat in China with populations that have evolved resistance to the AHAS herbicide tribenuron-methyl. The seeds of eight resistant populations were collected from wheat fields ...
... Small heat shock proteins (sHSPs) are crucial components of the plant response to heat shock. We identified and analyzed eight sHSP genes of Capsella bursa-pastoris to better understand the ability of this species to adapt. Eight genes were initially cloned and sequenced from the mature embryo cDNA pool. They belong to the cytosolic I (CI), cytosolic II (CII), and cytosolic III (CIII) subfamilies. ...
... KIN genes are crucial members of the cold-regulated (COR) gene family, and are exclusively involved in normal developmental processes in many organs and respond to a variety of abiotic stresses in plants. Here, we cloned and sequenced not only two completely-spliced KIN transcripts (CbKIN1-S and CbKIN2-S), but also two intron-containing KIN transcripts (CbKIN1-U and CbKIN2-U), from Capsella bursa- ...
... BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The duration of the plant life cycle is an important attribute that determines fitness and coexistence of weeds in arable fields. It depends on the timing of two key life-history traits: time from seed dispersal to germination and time from germination to flowering. These traits are components of the time to reproduction. Dormancy results in reduced and delayed germination, th ...
... Inducers of C-repeat binding factor (CBF) expression [inducer of CBF expression 1 (ICE1)-like], being MYC-type transcription factors, play an important role in plant tolerance to low temperatures and other abiotic environmental stresses. These ICEs are the key activators binding to C-repeat/dehydration-responsive elements, triggering the response of CBF signaling and other cold-related genes under ...
... As the crucial members of the cold-regulated (COR) gene family, KIN genes are involved in diverse abiotic stress responses in plants. In the present study, KIN genes from the widespread plant Capsella bursa-pastoris were identified and analyzed to better understand the powerful adaptation of this species. Two KIN genes were cloned and sequenced by 3′ RACE. As some COR genes are homologous to LEA g ...
... Fuel properties are largely dependent on the fatty acid (FA) composition of the feedstock from which biodiesel is prepared. Consequently, FA profile was employed as a screening tool for selection of feedstocks high in monounsaturated FAs for further evaluation as biodiesel. Those feedstocks included ailanthus (Ailanthus altissima L.), anise (Pimpinella anisum L.), arugula (Eruca vesicaria L.), cre ...
... The cold-responsive (COR) genes involved in C-repeat binding factor signaling pathway function essentially in cold acclimation of higher plants. A novel COR gene CbCOR15a from shepherd’s purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris) was predicted to be a homolog of COR15 in Arabidopsis. The analysis of tissue specific expression pattern as well as characterization of the CbCOR15a promoter revealed that the expr ...
necrosis; Peronospora parasitica; herbaria; public gardens; mildews; conidia; Cleome hassleriana; Capsella bursa-pastoris; ribosomal DNA; downy mildew; internal transcribed spacers; pathogens; ornamental plants; parks; conidiophores; microscopy; flowers; genetic databases; stomata; United States; South Africa; New Zealand; Malawi; Uganda; South Korea; Romania; Venezuela; Poland
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... Spider flower, Tarenaya hassleriana (Chodat) H. H. Iltis (synonym Cleome hassleriana; C. spinosa), which is native to South America, is now cultivated as an ornamental plant worldwide. In Korea, this plant has recently become popular in gardens and parks because of its beautiful flowers. During July 2010, plants showing typical symptoms of downy mildew were observed in public gardens along the lak ...
... Tatsoi (Brassica narinosa L.H. Bailey), also called spinach mustard or spoon mustard, is cultivated for edible greens in Asia. In Korea, this plant has recently become popular as a sprout vegetable that is grown to harvestable size in 5 to 6 days. During April 2012, tatsoi seedlings showing typical symptoms of downy mildew were found in plastic greenhouses in Pyeongtaek City of Korea. Infection re ...
... Wild arable plants can be an economic burden but they also support diverse arable food webs and contribute to valuable ecosystem functions. These benefits may have been compromised over recent decades by declining weed diversity. The decline in wild arable plant diversity has been viewed predominantly in terms of species shifts a view that ignores the genetic and functional variation existing with ...
... Large-scale gene expression analyses were conducted during embryonic development of Capsella bursa-pastoris using the cDNA-AFLP technique, and 231 differentially expressed genes were identified. Most of the transcript-derived fragments (TDFs) were identified against Arabidopsis sequences and a minority against other plant sequences by searching in NCBI database. A total of 128 TDFs, homologous to ...