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flowers; wild flowers, etc ; agriculture; arable soils; bees; environment; intensive farming; species richness; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Arable plants and wild bees are negatively affected by agricultural intensification, one of the major drivers of global biodiversity loss. However, it remains unclear how endangered and low competitive arable plants (rare arable plants) contribute to the persistence of flower-visiting wild bees by providing additional flower resources in agricultural landscapes. Thus, the effects of sowing 10 rare ...
Claire Carvell; Nadine Mitschunas; Rachel McDonald; Sarah Hulmes; Lucy Hulmes; Rory S. O'Connor; Michael P.D. Garratt; Simon G. Potts; Michelle T. Fountain; Dinara Sadykova; Mike Edwards; Marek Nowakowski; Richard F. Pywell; John W. Redhead
flowers; wild flowers, etc ; Syrphidae; agri-environmental policy; apples; applied ecology; botanical composition; solitary bees; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Sown wildflower areas are increasingly recommended as an agri-environmental intervention measure, but evidence for their success is limited to particular insect groups or hampered by the challenges of establishing seed mixes and maintaining flower abundance over time. We conducted a replicated experiment to establish wildflower areas to support insect pollinators in apple orchards. Over three year ...
flowers; wild flowers, etc ; applied ecology; case studies; ecological restoration; ecosystems; phenology; pollinators; provenance; species diversity; Show all 10 Subjects
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... The selection of plant provenance for ecological restoration is an intensively debated topic. Throughout this debate, arguments mostly focus on plant performance, but little attention is paid to the effects of provenance on other members of the restored ecosystem. On the other hand, in restoration projects that focus specifically on supporting interacting biota, for example, wildflower strips amon ...
flowers, etc ; Opuntia polyacantha; pollen; pollen viability; Show all 4 Subjects
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... Staminodes are floral structures occurring in approximately one-third of the angiosperms. These organs often go unnoticed in nature because they may mimic other floral parts. Consequently, their macro- and micromorphological portrayal in the literature is limited. This study presents a detailed descriptive account of staminodes in the Cactaceae, specifically the Plains Prickly Pear, Opuntia polyac ...
flowers; wild flowers, etc ; European Union; agricultural land; applied ecology; birds; botanical composition; forbs; habitats; landscapes; species richness; vegetation; Germany; Show all 13 Subjects
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... Farmland bird populations are in a deep crisis across Europe. Agri-environment schemes (AES) were implemented by the European Union to stop and reverse the general decline of biodiversity in agricultural landscapes. In Germany, flower strips are one of the most common AES. Establishing high-quality perennial wildflower strips (WFS) with species-rich native forb mixtures from regional seed propagat ...
... Post harvest handling of flower crops is a vast sector witnessing the unprecedented load of chemicals being applied on flower commodities to retain their freshness and display quality. Concerns about unregulated use of synthetic chemicals are often not raised as the commodities in question are not consumed as eatables. Several studies from leading flower markets of Europe, Africa and other countri ...
flowers, etc ; Magnolia denudata; adipocytes; cytotoxicity; glycosides; mice; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Isoacteoside is a caffeoyl phenylethanoide glycoside found in various plant parts, such as the flower of Magnolia denudata. In particular, magnolia has been studied for its anti-obesity, anticancer, and anti-inflammatory effects. However, isoacteoside has not been extensively studied, except for its anti-inflammatory effects. In this study, the anti-obesity effects of isoacteoside were investigate ...
flowers, etc ; Bombus impatiens; animal behavior; bees; flight; methodology; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Flying insects encounter a considerable amount of multisensorial information during their first foraging trip and need to extract and process relevant cues to efficiently navigate their environment and locate food sources. Previous studies used static stimuli to investigate visual information processing during flight and the role of floral features on detection, landing, and flower handling behavi ...
flowers, etc ; males; pollination; spermatozoa; Australasian region; South America; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Animals and plants trick others in an extraordinary diversity of ways to gain fitness benefits. Mimicry and deception can, for example, lure prey, reduce the costs of parental care or aid in pollination–in ways that impose fitness costs on the exploited party. The evolutionary maintenance of such asymmetric relationships often relies on these costs being mitigated through counter-adaptations, low ...
flowers, etc ; cathodes; electrolytes; environmental protection; nanosheets; surface area; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) have become a focus due to their high safety, low cost, and environmental protection. Vanadium-based materials are commonly used as cathodes in AZIBs. As technology improves, more types of vanadium-based materials are successfully synthesized and applied. To find more suitable cathode materials, we first investigated the utility of V₁.₁₁S₂ spheres for AZIB cathod ...
flowers, etc ; Orchidaceae; bees; color; flower color; fly pollination; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Plant–pollinator interactions provide a natural experiment in signal evolution. Flowers are known to have evolved colour signals that maximise their ease of detection by the visual systems of important pollinators such as bees. Whilst most angiosperms are bee pollinated, our understanding on how the second largest group of pollinating insects, flies, may influence flower colour evolution is limite ...
flowers, etc ; Vitis vinifera; genes; grapes; microRNA; parthenocarpy; seed growth; Show all 7 Subjects
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... MicroRNA156 (miR156) is an important conserved miRNA family in plants. Recently, we revealed VvmiR156a could involve in the modulation of gibberellin (GA)‐mediated flower and berry development process of grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.). However, how to manipulate this process is unclear. For this, we used the GA‐induced grapevine parthenocarpy system to investigate the regulatory roles of VvmiR156a ...
flowers, etc ; Canna indica; flowering; meristems; phase transition; plant growth; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Flowers of Canna indica (Cannaceae) are arranged in 1- or 2-flowered cincinni along the inflorescence branches. Compared with the compound branches bearing 2-flowered cincinni, the more frequent 1-flowered type have simpler structures during anthesis. The lateral cincinnus meristem (CM) has been traditionally described as terminating at the second floral meristem (FM2), which may cease development ...
flowers, etc ; Artemisia annua; Chrysanthemum; phytomass; plant growth; rootstocks; scions; Show all 7 Subjects
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... To study the effect of grafting on the growth and flowering of spray chrysanthemum, Artemisia annua was used as the rootstock and eight spray chrysanthemum varieties 'Zhongshan Jinyang' ('ZSJY'), 'Zhongshan Xinmolian' ('ZSXML'), 'Zhongshan Xuerong' ('ZSXR'), 'Zhongshan Yinggui' ('ZSYG'), 'Zhongshan Zaohong' ('ZSZH'), 'Zhongshan Zhiying' ('ZSZY'), 'Zhongshan Zisongguo' ('ZSZSG'), and 'Zhongshan Ziw ...
flowers, etc ; Humulus lupulus; cultivars; gibberellic acid; meristems; phase transition; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Exogenous gibberellic acid (GA₃) treatments applied to shoot apical meristematic tissue prior to or simultaneously with the start of short day photoinduction stimulated flower set of Humulus lupulus L. (hop) cultivar ‘Centennial’. Applications during the vegetative phase change resulted in the largest flower set promotion. GA₃ dosage and time of application relative to the start of the photoinduct ...
flowers, etc ; Eriobotrya japonica; cultivars; fruit trees; horticultural crops; loquats; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica Lindl.) is an evergreen fruit tree species of the Rosaceae, and its unique flowering time greatly hinders its production. To explore the artificial regulation of loquat flowering time, we removed the main inflorescence (by cutting it) to induce reflowering. For different loquat tree cultivars with different stages, the inflorescence was removed by cutting the main flora ...
flowers, etc ; Syrphidae; entomology; lectotypes; new species; taxonomic keys; India; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Flower fly species of the genus Monoceromyia Shannon (Diptera: Syrphidae) in India are reviewed and two new species, M. flavoscutata Sankararaman, Anooj and Mengual, sp. nov. and M. nigra Sankararaman, Anooj and Mengual, sp. nov., are described from Tamil Nadu and Arunachal Pradesh (India), respectively. A new synonym is proposed: M. multipunctata (Hull, 1941) is synonymised under M. polistoides ( ...
flowers, etc ; databases; flower color; geographical distribution; herbivores; insects; phylogeny; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Florivory is an ancient interaction which has rarely been quantified due to a lack of standardized protocols, thus impairing biogeographical and phylogenetic comparisons. We created a global, continuously updated, open‐access database comprising 180 species and 64 families to compare floral damage between tropical and temperate plants, to examine the effects of plant traits on floral damage, and t ...
flowers, etc ; acylation; anthocyanins; biosynthesis; color; fruit color; glucosylation; horticulture; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Flower and fruit color is one of the most important features of horticultural plants. Its formation and regulation are always affected by both internal and external factors. Among these factors, the UDP-glucose: flavonoid 3-O-glucosyltransferase (UFGTs) have a major role in the development and production of flowers and fruits colors. The UFGT enzymes are critical for upholding anthocyanin synthesi ...
flowers, etc ; agriculture; computer software; electronics; kiwifruit; pollination; prototypes; robots; torque; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Robotic simulation is an important method for verifying robot design parameters and the feasibility of various schemes. We simulated and analysed the effectiveness of the design parameters of a robotic arm for kiwifruit pollination and verified the rationality of the robotic arm’s movement during pollination. First, the basic parameters and working space of the robotic arm for kiwifruit pollinatio ...