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Rohloff, Jens. "Cultivation of Herbs and Medicinal Plants in Norway - Essential Oil Production and Quality Control". Doctoral thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Biology, 2003. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-415.
Texto completoEssential oils (EO) are plant secondary metabolites that are known for their fragrance and food flavour properties. They consist of a complex mixture of mono- and sesquiterpenes, phenyl propanoids and oxygenated compounds. EOs can be present in different plant organs and materials, and their storage is related to specialised secretory structures. The yield of EOs from plant raw materials by distillation or pressing may on average vary from 0.1 – 1%, thus restricting the major EO production to the plant group of aromatic plants. Due to their function as signalling compounds between different types of organisms and diverse biological systems, their general antimicrobial and antioxidative effects and medicinal activity, EOs offer a promising potential for future applications within the fields of agriculture, medicine, pharmaceutical industry and biotechnology.
Changed consumer demands and raised interest in natural product compounds, especially essential oils, have formed the basis for initiating the research project “Norwegian Herb Production (Norsk Urteproduksjon NUP)” to encourage the cultivation, processing, marketing and distribution of aromatic and medicinal plants. The production, composition and quality characteristics of EOs (yield and terpene composition) from chamomile, lemon balm, oregano, peppermint, sachalinmint, thyme and yarrow have been investigated in the project period between 1994-1998.
Much focus has been put on the application of solid-phase microextraction (SPME) coupled with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) for the analysis of EO volatiles from various aromatic and medicinal plants. SPME is a fast, solvent-free and non- destructive sample preparation technique where the analytes are extracted from fluid or solid matrices by headspace (HS) or direct immersion sampling (DI). Apart from EO isolation by common distillation, the applicability and sensitivity of the SPME fibre has made it feasible to carry out qualitative and semi-quantitative HS analyses of aromatic plants with regard to changes of EO metabolism during ontogenesis and plant development.
Based on NUP-results from field trials in the period between 1995-1996, the mint species peppermint (Mentha × piperita L.) and sachalinmint (Mentha sachalinensis (Briq.) Kudô) have been studied in detail (Papers B, D and E). Comparative analyses by applying distillation sampling and SPME have been carried out in order to study the advantages and disadvantages of both techniques (Papers B and E). It could be shown, that SPME offers a fast and reliable method for detecting quality-impact compounds from the p-menthane group (menthol, menthone, neomenthol, isomenthone and menthyl acetate). A distinct increase in the menthol/menthone ratio in the basipetal direction could be detected for peppermint and sachalinmint by applying SPME, thus revealing within-plant quality differences according to pharmacopeial requirements. Taking the increase of EO production from the vegetative to the generative growth stage into account, the harvest of mint plants in bloom will result in better EO yield and quality with regard to higher amounts of menthol.
When applying HS-SPME on complex EO volatile matrices such as known for yarrow (Achillea millefolium L.; Paper C), one might deal with fibre-partitioning effects of the different mono- and sesquiterpenes due to their physical and chemical properties. Despite these disadvantages, HS-SPME appears to be a sensitive extraction method for the screening of EO volatiles from complex sample matrices. Comparative analyses of volatiles from rose root rhizomes (Rhodiola rosea L.) have been carried out in order to characterize the rose-like odour compounds (Paper F). A total of 75 and 59 compounds have been identified by distillation sampling and HS-SPME, respectively, thus underscoring the excellent extraction properties and applicability of the SPME fibre.
Paper A gives a brief overview of EO biosynthesis and chemical structures, plant sources and methods of EO production. Before leading over to the main topic of HS-SPME applications by referring to numerous examples from the research work at The Plant Biocenter in the past 5 years, an introduction of solid-phase microextraction with regard to devices, procedures and extraction parameters is given.
The advantages and disadvantages of distillation vs. SPME are outlined on the background of comparative analyses of peppermint, chamomile, basil and dill. Furthermore, the utilization of HS-SPME for quantitative studies with regard to extraction time and analyte concentration is being highlighted. Examples for the screening of chemotypes (hops −Humulus lupulus L.) and cultivars (dill – Anethum graveolens L.) and ontogenetic studies are given (Mentha species; arnica −Arnica montana L.). Finally, the applicability of HS-SPME for the quality assessment of processed herbs (sweet basil −Ocimum basilicum L.) and phytomedicinal preparations (red coneflower – Echinacea purpurea L.) is being discussed.
The advantages of HS-SPME over classical distillation and headspace applications are impressive due to drastically reduced analysis time and will introduce new frontiers in plant volatile research with regard to secondary metabolism, plant-insect interactions and in vivo studies. The user-friendliness of operating SPME will initiate the development of future applications and equipment for the monitoring of volatiles for plant biological and environmental studies, extraction automation, on-site sampling and on-fibre storage of analytes.
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Hadj, Amor Khaoula. "Classification et inférence de réseaux de gènes à partir de séries temporelles très courtes : application à la modélisation de la mémoire transcriptionnelle végétale associée à des stimulations sonores répétées". Electronic Thesis or Diss., Université de Toulouse (2023-....), 2024. http://www.theses.fr/2024TLSES037.
Texto completoAdvancements in new sequencing technologies have paved the way for accessing dynamic gene expression data on a genome-wide scale. Classical ensemble approaches traditionally used in biology fall short of comprehending the underlying the complex molecular mechanisms. Consequently, developing analytical methods to understand further such data poses a significant challenge for current biology. However, the technical and experimental costs associated with transcriptomic data severely limit the dimension of real datasets and their analytical methods. Throughout my thesis, at the intersection of applied mathematics and plant biology, I focused on implementing an inference method for dynamic regulatory networks tailored to a real and original dataset describing the effect of repeated acoustic stimulations on genes expressions of Arabidopsis thaliana. I proposed a clustering method adapted to very-short time series that groups genes based on temporal variations, adjusting the data dimension for network inference. The comparison of this method with classical methods showed that it was the most suitable for very-short time series with irregular time points. For the network inference, I proposed a model that takes into account intra-class variability and integrates a constant term explicitly describing the external stimulation of the system. The evaluation of these classification and inference methods was conducted on simulated and real-time series data, which established their high performance in terms of accuracy, recall, and prediction error. The implementation of these methods to study the priming of the immune response of Arabidopsis thaliana through repeated sound waves. We demonstrated the formation of a transcriptional memory associated with stimulations, transitioning the plant from a naïve state to a primed and more resistant state within 3 days. This resistant state, maintained by stimulations and transcription factor cascades, enhances the plant's immune resistance by triggering the expression of resistance genes in healthy plants, diversifying the number of genes involved in the immune response, and intensifying the expression of numerous resistance genes. The inference of the network describing the transcriptional memory associated with repeated sound stimulations allowed us to identify the properties conferred to plants. Experimentally validated predictions showed that increasing the frequency between stimulations does not result in a more significant resistance gain, and the transcriptional memory lasts only 1.5 days after the last stimulation
Sakamoto, Tetsu. "The tomato RLK superfamily: phylogeny and functional predictions about the role of the LRRII- RLK subfamily in antiviral defense". Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 2012. http://locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/4804.
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Receptores cinases (RLKs) compõem uma grande famíla de proteínas transmembrânicas que possuem funções importantes na propagação e percepção de sinais celulares nas plantas. Em Arabidopsis thaliana, a superfamília de RLK é composta de mais de 600 membros e vários destes, principalmente aqueles que possuem repetições ricas em leucina (LRR), são considerados excelentes alvos para manipulação molecular em cultivares superiores no intuito de aumentar a produtividade e a resistência contra estresses bióticos e abióticos. A subfamília LRRII é particularmente relevante neste aspecto uma vez que seus membros apresentam funções duplas tanto no desenvolvimento quanto na resposta de defesa da planta. Apesar da relevância desta superfamília e da recente finalização do sequenciamento do genoma de tomateiro, a superfamília de RLK de tomate ainda não se encontra caracterizada e são poucos os trabalhos que analisaram a função biológica de seus membros. Neste trabalho, foi construído um inventário completo dos membros da superfamília de RLK de tomate. Para identificar os membros da superfamília RLK em tomate, foi realizado uma análise filogenética utilizando a superfamília de RLK de Arabidopsis como modelo. Um total de 647 RLKs foram recuperados do genoma de tomate e estes encontravam- se organizados no mesmo clado das subfamílias de RLKs de Arabidopsis. Apenas oito das 58 subfamílias exibiram expansão/redução específica no número de menbros comparado com Arabidopsis e apenas seis RLKs foram específicos em tomate, indicando que os RLKs de tomate compartilham aspectos funcionais e estruturais com os RLKs de Arabidopsis. Também foi caracterizado a subfamília LRRII através de análises filogenéticos, genômico, expressão gênica e interação com o fator de virulência de begomovírus, o nuclear shuttle protein (NSP). Os membros da subfamília LRRII de tomate e Arabidopsis demonstraram-se altamente conservados tanto em sequência quanto em estrutura. No entanto, a maioria dos pares ortólogos não mostraram conservados em relação à expressão gênica, indicando que estes ortólogos tenham se divergido na função após a especiação do ancestral comum entre o tomate e Arabidopsis. Baseado no fato de que membros de RLKs de Arabidopsis (NIK1, NIK2, NIK3 e NsAK) interagem com o NSP de begomovirus, foi verificado se ortólogos de NIKs, BAK1 e NsAK interagem com o NSP de Tomato Yellow Spot Virus (ToYSV). Os ortólogos dos genes que interagem com o NSP em tomate, SlNIKs e SlNsAK, interagiram especificamente com NSP na levedura e demonstraram um padrão de expressão consistente com o padrão de infecção de geminivírus. Além de sugerir uma analogia funcional entre estes ortólogos, estes resultados confirmam a observação anterior de que as interações NSP-NIK não são específicos para um vírus ou para um hospedeiro. Portanto, a sinalização antiviral mediado por NIK provavelmente ocorre em tomate, sugerindo que NIKs de tomate sejam alvos potenciais para manipular a resistência contra begomovírus que infectam esta planta.
Receptor-like kinases (RLKs) represent a large family of transmembrane proteins that play important roles in cellular signaling perception and propagation in plants. In Arabidopsis thaliana, the RLK superfamily is made-up of over 600 proteins and many of these RLKs, mainly those bearing leucine-rich repeats (LRR), have been considered as excellent targets for engineering superior crops with enhancement of yield and resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses. The LRRII-RLK subfamily is particularly relevant due to the dual function of its members in both development and defense. In spite of the relevance of the RLK family and the completion of the tomato genome sequencing, the tomato RLK family has not been characterized and a framework for functional predictions of the members of the family is lacking. In this investigation we disclosed a complete inventory of the members of the tomato RLK family. To generate a complete list of all members of the tomato RLK superfamily, we performed a phylogenetic analysis using the Arabidopsis RLKs as a template. A total of 647 RLKs were identified in the tomato genome, which were organized into the same RLK subfamily clades as Arabidopsis. Only eight of 58 RLK subfamilies exhibited specific expansion/reduction compared to their Arabidopsis counterparts and only six proteins were lineage-specific in tomato, indicating that the tomato RLKs share functional and structural conservation with Arabidopsis. We also characterized the LRRII-RLK family by phylogeny, genomic analysis, expression profile and interaction with the virulence factor from begomoviruses, the nuclear shuttle protein (NSP). The LRRII subfamily members from tomato and Arabidopsis were highly conserved in both sequence and structure. Nevertheless, the majority of the orthologous pairs did not display similar conservation in the gene expression profile, indicating that these orthologs may have diverged in function after speciation of tomato and Arabidopsis common ancestor. Based on the fact that members of the Arabidopsis RLK superfamily (NIK1, NIK2, NIK3 and NsAK) interact with the begomovirus nuclear shuttle protein (NSP), we examined whether the tomato orthologs of NIK, BAK1 and NsAK genes interacted with NSP of Tomato Yellow Spot Virus (ToYSV). The tomato orthologs of NSP interactors, SlNIKs and SlNsAK, interacted specifically with NSP in yeast and displayed an expression pattern consistent with the pattern of geminivirus infection. In addition to suggesting a functional analogy between these phylogenetically classified orthologs, these results expand our previous observation that NSP-NIK interactions are neither virus-specific nor host-specific. Therefore, NIK-mediated antiviral signalling is also likely to operate in tomato, suggesting that tomato NIKs may be good targets for engineering resistance against tomato-infecting begomoviruses.
Firetti-Leggieri, Fabiana. "Biossistematica das especies do complexo Anemopaegma arvense (Vell.) Stellf. ex de Souza (Bignoniaceae, Bignonieae) = aspectos anatomicos, citologicos, moleculares, morfologicos e reprodutivos". [s.n.], 2009. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/315193.
Texto completoTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Biologia
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Resumo: O complexo Anemopaegma arvense é constituído por espécies e variedades de difícil delimitação. As opiniões dos taxonomistas, baseadas em caracteres morfológicos, são controversas em considerálas uma única espécie altamente polimórfica ou separá-las. Com o intuito de auxiliar na circunscrição de tais táxons, realizou-se um estudo biossistemático que englobou os seguintes assuntos: morfologia e morfometria de caracteres vegetativos e reprodutivos, anatomia da lâmina foliolar, contagem cromossômica, aplicação de marcadores AFLP para a delimitação genética, fenologia, biologia floral e polinização, sistema reprodutivo e hibridação e, poliembrionia em espécies do gênero com distintos níveis de ploidia. As morfoespécies do complexo diferem principalmente na morfologia foliar, sendo os táxons de Anemopaegma acutifolium caracterizados por folíolos elípticos a estreitamente oblanceolados com razão comprimento/largura do folíolo 3,5 a 18,5, os de A. arvense por folíolos lineares a estreitamente oblanceolados (razão 22,2 a 45,5) e, A. glaucum por folíolos largamente oblanceolados, oblongos a obovados (razão entre 1,69 e 3,9). A partir de caracteres morfológicos, como crescimento indeterminado dos ramos, exclui-se A. scabriusculum do complexo. O estudo morfométrico de caracteres foliares se mostrou útil para a separação das espécies. Já a morfometria de caracteres reprodutivos não foi informativa para a delimitação de tais táxons. Anatomicamente, as espécies e morfoespécies do complexo diferem quanto à disposição dos estômatos, tipo de epiderme constituição do sistema vascular da nervura mediana e composição da bainha dos feixes vasculares das nervuras laterais. Dentre as morfoespécies de A. acutifolium, A. acutifolium "típica" difere das demais por possuir folíolos anfiestomáticos e A. acutifolium "sarmentosa" por apresentar epiderme da face adaxial com desdobramentos pontuais. Já A. arvense é caracterizada pela ausência de cordões floemáticos no sistema vascular da nervura mediana e por possuir a margem destituída de parênquima fundamental subepidérmico. As morfoespécies de A. glaucum, "típica" da Bahia e "não glauca", são diferenciadas das demais pela ausência de calotas de fibras sobre o xilema nas nervuras laterais de grande e médio calibre. A. scabriusculum difere das outras espécies por possuir extensão de bainha nos feixes vasculares de grande e médio calibre e estômatos agrupados nas regiões internervurais com câmaras subestomáticas unidas. A contagem cromossômica revelou a condição poliplóide das espécies e morfoespécies do complexo, tendo estas 2n = 80. Os marcadores AFLP, apesar de serem bastante utilizados para a separação de táxons em nível infra-específico, não se mostraram eficientes para a delimitação das espécies do complexo Anemopaegma arvense. Quanto ao comportamento fenológico, A. acutifolium, A. arvense e A. glaucum apresentaram eventos anuais de brotamento, floração e frutificação. Já os indivíduos de A. scabriusculum têm dois a três eventos de floração e frutificação por ano. As flores das espécies são bastante semelhantes quanto à morfologia e recursos produzidos e são polinizadas pelas mesmas espécies de abelhas. Através de polinizações controladas constatou-se que tais espécies são auto-compatíveis e interférteis, havendo, portanto, alta probabilidade de formação de híbridos em populações simpátricas destas espécies. Notou-se uma relação positiva entre poliploidia e poliembrionia nas espécies do gênero aqui abordadas, tendo as sementes das espécies poliplóides mais de um embrião e as da espécie diplóide, A. album, somente um embrião.
Abstract: Anemopaegma arvense complex is constituted by species and varieties of difficult delimiting. Taxonomists opinions based upon morphologic features are controversial as to considering them either an only highly polymorphic species or separating them into different taxa. In order to help with the circumscription of such taxa, a biosystematic study was conducted which included the following subjects: morphology and morphometry of vegetative and reproductive features, leaflet blade anatomy, chromosome counting, AFLP markers application for genetic delimitation, phenology , floral biology and pollination, reproductive system and hybridization and polyembryony of the genus species with different ploidy levels .The morphs of the complex differ mainly in leaf morphology where the Anemopaegma acutifolium taxa are characterized by elliptical leaflets with the lengh / width ratio of leaflet falling within the range 3,5 to 18,5; A. arvense characterized by linear leaflets to narrowly oblanceolate (ratio between 22,2 and 45,5) and, A. glaucum by leaflets broadly oblanceolate, from oblong to obovate (ratio between 1,69 and 3,9).Taking into account morphologic features such as undetermined growth of the branches, A. scabriusculum may be excluded off the complex. The morphometric study of the leaf features has been found useful for species separation. However, the morphometry of reproductive features were not informative enough for the delimitation of such taxa. Anatomically, the species and morphs of the complex differ from one another as to the stomata disposition, epidermis type, vascular system constitution of the midrib and, composition of the vascular bundle of the lateral veins. Among the A. acutifolium morphs, A. acutifolium "típica" differs from the others for possessing anphistomatic leaflets and, A. acutifolium "sarmentosa" for presenting the adaxial face epidermis with punctual unfoldings. As for A. arvense, it is characterized by the absence of phloematic strings in the midrib vascular system and parenchyma absent in the marginal region. As for the two morphs, A. glaucum "típica" of Bahia and "não glauca", they are differentiated from the others by the absence of fibers caps on the xilem on the lateral ribs of large and medium caliber. A. scabriusculum differs from the other species for possessing extension sheath in the vascular bundles of large and medium caliber and, stomata grouped between vascular bundles presenting substomatic cameras linked to one another. The chromosome counting revealed polyploidy condition of the species and the morphs of the complex, those presenting 2n = 80. The AFLP markers, in spite of being quite utilized for taxa separation in an infraspecific level, were not found efficient for the species delimitation of Anemopaegma arvense complex. With relation to the phenologic behavior, A. acutifolium, A. arvense and A. glaucum presented annual events of sprouting, blooming and fructification. However, A. scabriusculumindividuals presented two to three blooming and fructification events a year. The flowers of the species are very similar to one another as to their morphology and to the resources provided by them and are pollinated by the same species of bees. Through controlled pollinations, it could be verified, that such species are self- ompatible and inter fertile, bearing, therefore, high probability of hybrid formation in sympatric populations of those species. A positive relationship between polyploidy and polyembryony in the species of the genus studied here was observed, as well as the fact that more than one embryo were found for polyploidy species seeds whereas for diploid species, A. album, only one embryo has been registered.
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Brickman, Jacklyn E. "Experiments in Biological Planet Formation and Plants: Nourishing Bodies, Nourishing Planets". The Ohio State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1595340630648528.
Texto completoCarvalho, Paula Andréa Sampaio de Vasconcelos [UNESP]. "Concentração de resveratrol e expressão de resveratrol sintase em espécies de Arichis". Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/108549.
Texto completoO resveratrol é uma fitoalexina produzida em função de estresses bióticos e abióticos e foi encontrado em um número limitado de espécies de plantas, incluindo o amendoim (Arachis hypogaea) e seus parentes silvestres. Este tem também propriedades antioxidantes e em função disso é um promissor antitumoral, cardioprotetor e neuroprotetor. O amendoim é um alotetraploide de constituição genômica AB sendo A. ipaënsis e A. duranensis os doadores de seus genomas B e A, respectivamente. Estudos prévios demonstraram que algumas espécies silvestres do gênero Arachis produzem resveratrol e que ampla variabilidade genética para diferentes características existe entre acessos das espécies silvestres, incluindo ampla variação nos níveis de resistência a doenças fúngicas e nematoides. Portanto, a avaliação de um maior número do gênero e a investigação da variação da produção de resveratrol também entre acessos é fundamental para uma exploração mais adequada das espécies silvestres do gênero Arachis. O melhor entendimento das causas da variação na produção de resveratrol sem dúvida contribuirá para o uso das mesmas e o primeiro passo para esse entendimento sem duvida passa pela identificação do padrão de expressão da resveratrol sintase (RS). Este trabalho tem como objetivos avaliar a variação na produção de resveratrol entre espécies (A. hypogaea, A. stenosperma, A. valida, A. wiliamsii, A. duranensis, A. ipaënsis e um anfidiploide sintético proveniente do cruzamento artificial entre A. duranensis e A. ipaënsis) e entre acessos de duas espécies(A. hypogaea e A. stenosperma) por meio de HPLC e avaliar a expressão relativa da resveratrol sintase por meio de RT-qPCR em A. hypogaea, A. duranensis, A. ipaënsis e um anfidiploide sintético. Folhas foram coletadas de plantas cultivadas em casa de vegetação para os grupos teste e controle e três repetições biológicas ...
Resveratrol is a phytoalexin produced under biotic and abiotic stresses. It has been found in a restricted number of plant species including peanut (Arachis hypogaea) and its wild relatives. This phytochemical has antioxidant properties, being considered a promising antitumour, cardioprotective and neuroprotective agent. Peanut is an allotetraploid specie with an AABB genomic constitution. Arachis ipaënsis and A. duranensis are the donors of the B genome and the A genome, respectively. Previous studies have shown that wild species of the genus Arachis can produce resveratrol. Therefore, the evaluation of other species of thus genus and the analysis of the variation in the production of resveratrol between accessions is essential for better exploitation of wild species in the genus Arachis. It also important the understanding of the variation in resveratrol concentration between species and accessions and that could be reached through the better understating of the role resveratrol synthase.. . The aims of this work were to evaluate the variation in resveratrol production between species (A. hypogaea, A. stenosperma, A. valida, A. wiliamsii, A. duranensis, A. ipaënsis and in a synthetic amphidiploid derived from these two wild species A. duranensis and A. ipaënsis) and between accessions of the same specie (A. hypogaea and A. stenosperma) through HPLC, and to quantify the expression of resveratrol synthase by RT-qPCR in A. hypogaea, A. duranensis, A. ipaënsis and in a synthetic amphidiploid. Leaves for the test and control groups were collected from plants cultivated in a greenhouse and three biological replicates were evaluated for each specie. The synthesis of resveratrol in leaves was induced by treatment with UV for 2 hours and thirty minutes and then the difference in the concentration of resveratrol between species and between the accessions and cultivars of the same species was analyzed. We found new ...
Carvalho, Paula Andréa Sampaio de Vasconcelos. "Concentração de resveratrol e expressão de resveratrol sintase em espécies de Arichis /". Botucatu, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/108549.
Texto completoCoorientador: Tânia da Silveira Agostini Costa
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Banca: Edvaldo Aparecido Amaral da Silva
Resumo: O resveratrol é uma fitoalexina produzida em função de estresses bióticos e abióticos e foi encontrado em um número limitado de espécies de plantas, incluindo o amendoim (Arachis hypogaea) e seus parentes silvestres. Este tem também propriedades antioxidantes e em função disso é um promissor antitumoral, cardioprotetor e neuroprotetor. O amendoim é um alotetraploide de constituição genômica AB sendo A. ipaënsis e A. duranensis os doadores de seus genomas B e A, respectivamente. Estudos prévios demonstraram que algumas espécies silvestres do gênero Arachis produzem resveratrol e que ampla variabilidade genética para diferentes características existe entre acessos das espécies silvestres, incluindo ampla variação nos níveis de resistência a doenças fúngicas e nematoides. Portanto, a avaliação de um maior número do gênero e a investigação da variação da produção de resveratrol também entre acessos é fundamental para uma exploração mais adequada das espécies silvestres do gênero Arachis. O melhor entendimento das causas da variação na produção de resveratrol sem dúvida contribuirá para o uso das mesmas e o primeiro passo para esse entendimento sem duvida passa pela identificação do padrão de expressão da resveratrol sintase (RS). Este trabalho tem como objetivos avaliar a variação na produção de resveratrol entre espécies (A. hypogaea, A. stenosperma, A. valida, A. wiliamsii, A. duranensis, A. ipaënsis e um anfidiploide sintético proveniente do cruzamento artificial entre A. duranensis e A. ipaënsis) e entre acessos de duas espécies(A. hypogaea e A. stenosperma) por meio de HPLC e avaliar a expressão relativa da resveratrol sintase por meio de RT-qPCR em A. hypogaea, A. duranensis, A. ipaënsis e um anfidiploide sintético. Folhas foram coletadas de plantas cultivadas em casa de vegetação para os grupos teste e controle e três repetições biológicas ...
Abstract: Resveratrol is a phytoalexin produced under biotic and abiotic stresses. It has been found in a restricted number of plant species including peanut (Arachis hypogaea) and its wild relatives. This phytochemical has antioxidant properties, being considered a promising antitumour, cardioprotective and neuroprotective agent. Peanut is an allotetraploid specie with an AABB genomic constitution. Arachis ipaënsis and A. duranensis are the donors of the B genome and the A genome, respectively. Previous studies have shown that wild species of the genus Arachis can produce resveratrol. Therefore, the evaluation of other species of thus genus and the analysis of the variation in the production of resveratrol between accessions is essential for better exploitation of wild species in the genus Arachis. It also important the understanding of the variation in resveratrol concentration between species and accessions and that could be reached through the better understating of the role resveratrol synthase.. . The aims of this work were to evaluate the variation in resveratrol production between species (A. hypogaea, A. stenosperma, A. valida, A. wiliamsii, A. duranensis, A. ipaënsis and in a synthetic amphidiploid derived from these two wild species A. duranensis and A. ipaënsis) and between accessions of the same specie (A. hypogaea and A. stenosperma) through HPLC, and to quantify the expression of resveratrol synthase by RT-qPCR in A. hypogaea, A. duranensis, A. ipaënsis and in a synthetic amphidiploid. Leaves for the test and control groups were collected from plants cultivated in a greenhouse and three biological replicates were evaluated for each specie. The synthesis of resveratrol in leaves was induced by treatment with UV for 2 hours and thirty minutes and then the difference in the concentration of resveratrol between species and between the accessions and cultivars of the same species was analyzed. We found new ...
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Jin, Xin. "Isoprenoid and flavonoid biosynthesis and regulation in higher plants". Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Lleida, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/667579.
Texto completoEsta tesis se centra principalmente en el análisis funcional y en la caracterización de los genes que codifican para algunos metabolitos secundarios y en el estudio de su regulación en las plantas. Los objetivos generales fueron (a) profundizar en el conocimiento de la regulación transcripcional del gen de la biosíntesis de los carotenoides, la β-caroteno hidroxilasa 2 (BCH2) en el maíz, y (b) analizar la función de las dos isopentenil difosfato isomerasas (OsIPPI) de arroz, determinando además su localización subcelular. Simultáneamente, se estudió cómo la luz afecta a la vía metabólica y a la producción de pelargonidina en el arroz; se identificaron también los genes esenciales de su biosíntesis en Gentiana lutea L. var. aurantiaca. Las plantas de maíz y arroz se transformaron con los genes de los factores de transcripción ZmMYB y ZmPBF. Se analizó la expresión génica transitoria y se realizó transformación estable. Los resultados obtenidos indicaron que tanto ZmPBF como ZmGAMYB pueden transactivar la expresión de ZmBCH2 en endospermo de maíz, y ZmPBF y ZmGAMYB transactivar independientemente el promotor de ZmBCH2 en arroz. Los dos parálogos de IPPI (OsIPPI1 y OsIPPI2) aislados previamente en arroz tuvieron un patrón de expresión diferente; el ARNm de OsIPPI1 fue más abundante que el ARNm de OsIPPI2 en todos los tejidos. Se usó la microscopía de fluorescencia confocal y microscopía inmunoelectrónica para determinar la localización de ambas proteínas. Estas se localizan en el retículo endoplásmico (RE), así como en los peroxisomas y las mitocondrias, mientras que solo se detectó OsIPPI2 en los plastidios. La detección de ambas isoformas en el RE indica que DMAPP se puede sintetizar de novo en este compartimiento. Diferentes técnicas como UPLC, GC-MS y qRT-PCR también se utilizaron para perfilar los metabolitos primarios y secundarios y la expresión génica en plántulas de arroz des-etioladas. Los resultados revelaron que los genes involucrados en la en el metabolismo primario y secundario están regulados por la luz, especialmente en la biosíntesis de isoprenoides en hojas de arroz. Once derivados de pelargonidina se identificaron en los pétalos de G. lutea y se perfilaron los genes de la vía de biosíntesis, revelando que DFR, ANS y 3GT afectan principalmente a la acumulación de los glucósidos de pelargonidina. Todos estos resultados contribuyen al conocimiento, a diferentes niveles, de la regulación de las rutas biosinteticas de los carotenoides en plantas superiores.
This thesis mainly focuses on functional analysis and characterization of a number of secondary metabolite biosynthetic genes and the regulation of the corresponding secondary metabolite biosynthetic pathway in plants. The overall aims were to elucidate the transcriptional regulation of β-carotene hydroxylase 2 gene (BCH2) in maize, the functional analysis of rice isopentenyl diphosphate isomerases (OsIPPI), and determine their subcellular localization. Simultaneously, the influence of light on the metabolic pathway in rice was studied and the pelargonidin quantification and essential pelargonidin biosynthesis genes in Gentiana lutea L. var. aurantiaca were identified. Maize and rice plants were transformed with transcription factor genes ZmMYB and ZmPBF, via transient gene expression and stable transformation respectively. The results indicated that both ZmPBF and ZmGAMYB can transactivate ZmBCH2 expression in maize endosperm and ZmPBF and ZmGAMYB independently transactivate the ZmBCH2 promoter in rice. The two IPPI paralogs (OsIPPI1 and OsIPPI2) isolated previously in rice had a different expression pattern; OsIPPI1 mRNA was more abundant than OsIPPI2 mRNA in all tissues. Confocal fluorescence microscopy and immuno-electron microscopy were used to determine the localization of both proteins. These localized to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) as well as peroxisomes and mitochondria, whereas only OsIPPI2 was detected in plastids. The detection of both isoforms in the ER indicates that DMAPP can be synthesized de novo in this compartment. UPLC, GC-MS and qRT-PCR were used to profile the primary and secondary metabolites and gene expression in de-etioleted rice seedlings. The results revealed both primary and secondary metabolism and the corresponding genes are regulated by light, especially isoprenoids biosynthesis in rice leaves. Eleven pelargonidin derivatives were identified in the petals of G. lutea and the biosynthetic pathway genes were profiled, revealing DFR, ANS and 3GT mainly affect the accumulation of pelargonidin glucosides. Collectively my results provide novel insights of the regulation of carotenoid and flavonoid biosynthesis in higher plants at different levels.
Smith, Madeleine Joy. "The biology and molecular biology of Polymyxa species and their interactions with plants and viruses". Thesis, University of Warwick, 2008. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/3792/.
Texto completoAlmeida, Juliana Dantas de. "Origem, evolução e direcionamento da proteína THI1 em plantas". Universidade de São Paulo, 2004. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/11/11137/tde-03082004-152655/.
Texto completoTHI1 is probably a bifunctional protein, since it is involved in thiamin biosynthesis and organelar genome stability mainly the mitochondrial. Interestingly, the thiamin biosynthesis occurs at different compartments in plants (chloroplasts) and yeasts (mitochondria). Functional complementation assays showed that Arabidopsis thaliana thi1 gene is able to complement a yeast mutant strain for the hortolog gene. The Arabidopsis thaliana THI1 is encoded by a single copy gene. A detailed analysis of the THI1 N-terminal region, that is responsible for its targeting in cells, reveled the presence of two in tanden directing sequences. At N-terminal region there is a chloroplastic transit peptide followed by a region able to form an anfifilic α-helix frequently present in mitochondrial presequences. Aiming to evaluate if the THI1 final localization could present a temporal or spacial regulation, transgenic plants expressing THI1 fused to GFP ("green fluorescent protein") where obtained. Confocal microscopy analysis of these transgenic plants showed that THI1 is mainly found in chloroplasts and barely found in mitochondrias. Different from what happens in Arabidopsis thaliana, in sugar cane where founded at least three thi1 isoforms/paralogs. The amino acids sequence alignment of these isoforms with the thi1 one, reveled high similarity including the targeting sequence. To evaluate the directing standard of these sugarcane isoforms, gene constructions made by the complete targeting sequence or the chloroplastic transit peptide or the mitochondrial presequence, fused to GFP under the guidance of 35S promotor, where obtained. A transient expression of these gene constructios in epidermal onion cells prove that in the case of the constructions containing either the complete targeting sequence or the chloroplastic transit peptide the directing occurred only to chloroplasts. On the other hand, the constructions containing the mitochondrial pre sequence, GFP were kept defused in the citoplasm. Besides the directing aspect, THI1 were evaluated under the filogenetic point of view. Filogenetic analysis showed that thi1 is rarely found in bacteria but is widely distributed in Archaea. The genetic distances pointed out that probably eucaryotes THI1 came from Archaea. This gene in a few bacterias probably were inherited by lateral transference.
Amaral, Ingrid. "Biologia e tabela de vida de Brevipalpus yothersi (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) oriundos de diferentes regiões citrícolas do Estado de São Paulo /". Jaboticabal, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/137926.
Texto completoBanca: Marineide Rosa Vieira
Banca: Renato Beozzo Bassanezi
Resumo: O ácaro Brevipalpus yothersi Baker é vetor da leprose dos citros, principal doença viral da citricultura mundial. Informações sobre a biologia de B. yothersi são essenciais para compreender a dinâmica populacional do ácaro no campo e inferir se mudanças no manejo do pomar em função da região pode alterar a biologia do ácaro. O objetivo do trabalho foi determinar a biologia e elaborar a tabela de vida de fertilidade de B. yothersi coletados em diferentes regiões citrícolas do estado de São Paulo. Os experimentos foram realizados no Laboratório de Acarologia, pertencente à Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias - FCAV/UNESP, Jaboticabal - SP. Os ácaros foram coletados em pomares cítricos das regiões de Barretos, Jales e Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo, posteriormente, em laboratório, foram multiplicados em frutos de laranja. Os parâmetros biológicos avaliados foram duração das fases de desenvolvimento, oviposição, período de incubação, viabilidade dos ovos, longevidade, taxa líquida de reprodução (Ro), tempo médio de geração (T), taxa intrínseca de crescimento populacional (rm) e taxa finita de crescimento populacional (λ). Estes parâmetros foram avaliados em dois experimentos, o primeiro consistiu na biologia de B. yothersi em frutos isentos de resíduos de produtos fitossanitários à 23±1ºC e o segundo sob frutos com resíduo de espirodiclofeno à 25±1ºC. As observações foram realizadas diariamente, pela manhã e ao fim da tarde. A duração do desenvolvimento, longevidade, período d... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)
Abstract: The mite Brevipalpus yothersi Baker is the vector of the citrus leprosis, major viral disease of citrus worldwide. Information about B. yothersi's biology are essential to understanding the population dynamics of the mite in the field and infer whether changes in orchard management by region can change the mite biology. The objective was to determine the biology and prepare the fertility life table of B. yothersi collected in different citrus regions of São Paulo state. The experiments were performed in Acarology Laboratory, belonging to the Faculty of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences - FCAV/UNESP, Jaboticabal - SP. The mites were collected in citrus orchards in the regions of Barretos, Jales and Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo, later in the laboratory were multiplied in orange fruits. The biological parameters assessed were duration of the stages of development, oviposition, incubation period, egg viability, longevity, net reproductive rate (Ro), mean generation time (T), intrinsic rate of increase (rm) and finite rate increase (λ). These parameters were evaluated in two experiments, the first consisted the biology of B. yothersi in fruits free of residues of pesticides at 23 ± 1°C and the second consisting of the biology of B. yothersi under fruit with spirodiclofen residue at 25 ± 1°C . The observations were performed daily, in the morning and in the afternoon. The duration of the development, longevity, pre-oviposition period, oviposition rate and number of B. yothersi eggs s... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)
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Runguphan, Weerawat. "Reprogramming alkaloid biosynthesis in Catharanthus roseus : synthetic biology in plants". Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/65274.
Texto completoVita. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references.
The medicinal plant Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) produces over 130 monoterpene indole alkaloid (MIA) natural products. Many of these compounds have pharmaceutical value, such as the anticancer agents vinblastine and vincristine. Unnatural modifications can impart novel bioactivity to the parent natural product. Advances in synthetic biology and microbial engineering have allowed overproduction of natural products and their analogs in non-native organisms such as yeast and E. coli. However, re-engineering of plant pathways to yield "novel" products has been limited, particularly when compared to the successes achieved in prokaryotic systems. This thesis describes several strategies to re-engineer MIA biosynthesis in periwinkle to produce novel alkaloids. The first strategy involves the introduction of a biosynthetic enzyme with redesigned substrate specificity into periwinkle. The resulting transgenic plant culture produces a variety of unnatural alkaloid compounds when co-cultured with precursors that the re-engineered enzyme has been designed to accept. The second strategy improves upon this work by enabling periwinkle to autonomously synthesize precursor analogs in situ. Specifically, the prokaryotic halogenation machinery was introduced into the genome of periwinkle, which lacks the biosynthetic ability to produce halogenated compounds. These halogenases function within the context of the plant cell to generate halogenated precursor, which is then shuttled into MIA metabolism to yield halogenated alkaloids. Altogether, a new functional group-an organohalide-was introduced into plant secondary metabolism in a regioselective and predictable manner. The third strategy involves RNAi-mediated suppression of MIA biosynthesis in periwinkle. Alkaloid production was obliterated in the resulting transgenic plant culture. The silenced plant culture produces a variety of fluorinated alkaloids when co-cultured with fluorinated starting substrate. The yields of some unnatural alkaloids were improved since the natural precursor was absent. Finally, the fourth strategy describes chemical functionalization of halogenated MIAs. Postbiosynthetic chemical derivatizations of halogenated MIAs using palladium-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions robustly afforded aryl and heteroaryl analogs of MIAs. Altogether, the work described in this thesis demonstrates the versatility of medicinal plants in the generation of unnatural alkaloids. Thus, despite their genetic complexity, plants are a viable platform for synthetic biology efforts.
by Weerawat Runguphan.
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Ohlsson, Åse. "Do plants change their defence strategy from a structural defence to a chemical one as a response to heavier herbivory?" Thesis, Södertörn University College, School of Life Sciences, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-310.
Texto completoTo the main part, this paper is the result of a literature survey and to the minor part of a field survey. The study is found on the question of, if and why unpalatable plant species invade heavily grassed rangelands and if plants change their defence strategy from a mechanical defence to a chemical defence if the herbivory pressure increase. I conclude that defended plants do invade heavily grassed rangelands if the rangelands lose essential recourses (often nutrients) and/or the defended plants are strongly avoided by mammalian herbivores. I also conclude that plants do go from a mechanical defence strategy to a chemical strategy if their environment loses essential recourses under a threshold. This firstly depends on that mechanical defended plants can not develop a complete defence if they suffer from a shortage in the nutrient supply, and secondly of that plants in resources rich environments often have lager possibilities of responding to herbivory with regrowth. They do not therefore have to defend them self as hard as plants in environments with low supply of recourses.
Filipski, Jules. "Reproductive biology of the endangered plant, Phlox hirsuta (E.E. Nelson)". View full-text version online, 2005. http://soda.sou.edu/awdata/060221b1.pdf.
Texto completo"A thesis submitted to the Department of Biology and the Graduate School of Southern Oregon University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Science." Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-75) Also available via Internet as PDF file through Southern Oregon Digital Archives: http://soda.sou.edu. Search Bioregion Collection.
Albrecht, Matthew A. "Reproductive Biology of Medicinal Woodland Herbs Indigenous to the Appalachians". Ohio : Ohio University, 2006. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1163427974.
Texto completoJobson, Richard William. "Molecular phylogenetics and evolutionary processes in the carnivorous plant family Lentibulariaceae (Asteridae:Lamiales) /". [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2002. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe16812.pdf.
Texto completoFank-de-Carvalho, Suzane Margaret. "Contribuição ao conhecimento da anatomia, micromorfologia e ultraestrutura foliar de Amaranthaceae do Cerrado". [s.n.], 2011. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/317998.
Texto completoTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Biologia
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Resumo: A família Amaranthaceae no sensu lato, incluindo Chenopodiaceae, é formada por cerca de 2.360 espécies, 145 delas encontradas no Brasil; 94 espécies subsistem em diversas fitofisionomias do Bioma Cerrado, 71 são endêmicas de diferentes regiões e biomas brasileiros e 27 aparecem em listas regionais de espécies ameaçadas de extinção. Visando contribuir para o conhecimento das espécies dessa família, foram estudados aspectos ecológicos, micromorfológicos, anatômicos e ultraestruturais de folhas de Amaranthaceae nativas do Brasil, com ênfase nos gêneros Alternanthera, Gomphrena, Froelichiella, Hebanthe e Pfaffia. As espécies nativas de regiões abertas de cerrado apresentam adaptações que favorecem a sobrevivência em condições adversas (seca e fogo), tais como raízes tuberosas ou lenhosas e xilopódios, hábito herbáceo e/ou subarbustivo, pilosidade densa nas porções aéreas, senescência de ramos aéreos durante as fases mais secas, dependência de fogo ou chuva para rebrotação e/ou floração, frutificação rápida seguida de dispersão anemocórica, epidermes com cutículas bem desenvolvidas e metabolismo fotossintético C4. O comportamento pirofítico das espécies favorece o estabelecimento pioneiro das mesmas, principalmente nas áreas abertas do Cerrado. As superfícies foliares de algumas espécies do gênero Gomphrena apresentam cristais de cera epicuticular do tipo plaquetas, orientadas paralelamente, aspecto anteriormente descrito apenas em espécies de Chenopodiaceae. Em duas espécies foram encontrados fungos Ascomyceto colonizando folhas, cujos aspectos ultraestruturais foram descritos. A anatomia Kranz foi caracterizada em seis espécies do gênero Gomphrena, que também possuem cloroplastos dimórficos, demonstrando estrutura foliar compatível com o metabolismo fotossintético C4. Na análise das duas espécies do gênero Alternanthera (uma C3 e outra intermediária C3-C4) verificou-se que a posição das organelas nas células da bainha pode ser um elemento chave na determinação do tipo metabólico. As espécies de Froelichiella, Hebanthe e Pfaffia possuem anatomia e ultraestrutura compatíveis com o metabolismo C3. A anatomia foliar e a ultraestrutura das espécies estudadas apresentam um padrão já descrito para outras espécies da família Amaranthaceae, exceto para os gêneros Hebanthe e Froelichiella, cuja descrição anatômica e ultraestrutural foi realizada pela primeira vez. A evolução do metabolismo C4 pode estar relacionada, pelo menos em parte, ao desenvolvimento da anfiestomia associada à maior espessura do limbo foliar em espécies herbáceas. Plastoglóbulos bem desenvolvido foram encontrados em cloroplastos de algumas das espécies do Cerrado e parecem associados aos mecanismos de defesa, além do metabolismo de lipídios. A família Amaranthaceae pode ser um bom marcador da biodiversidade de dicotiledôneas de pequeno porte e da capacidade de regeneração das áreas de campos rupestres, campos úmidos e outros tipos de vegetação aberta dos cerrados. A riqueza de informações obtidas durante o estudo de espécies dessa família ilustram a importância da ampliação das pesquisas básicas e aplicadas em suas espécies, especialmente as que ocorrem naturalmente no Cerrado. A ampliação do conhecimento relativo à anatomia e à especialização das organelas de diferentes gêneros para o metabolismo fotossintético pode contribuir para o entendimento da evolução da via C4 e do ambiente onde as plantas se especializaram. O estudo do Bioma Cerrado pretende ampliar as justificativas para esforços de preservação de sua biodiversidade.
Abstract: The Amaranthaceae family sensu lato, including Chenopodiaceae, is comprised of approximately 2,360 species, 145 of them found in Brazil. 94 species exist in various vegetation types of the Cerrado, 71 are endemic to different regions and Brazilian biomes, and 27 appear in regional lists of endangered species. To contribute to the knowledge of this family species the ecological aspects, micromorphology, anatomy and ultrastructure of leaves of brazilian Amaranthaceae were studied, with emphasis on the genera Alternanthera, Gomphrena, Froelichiella, Hebanthe and Pfaffia. The native species of open areas of Cerrado (a savannah-like vegetation) exhibit adaptations that promote survival in adverse conditions (drought and fire), such as tuberous or woody roots, xylopodium, herbaceous or subshrub habit, dense pubescence in aerial portions, senescence of shoots and leaves during the driest season, dependence on rain or fire to resprout and/or flowering, fruiting followed by rapid wind dispersion, tick cuticle on epidermis and C4 photosynthetic metabolism. The species' fire behavior favors their establishment as pioneers, especially in open areas of the Cerrado. Leaf surfaces of some species of the genus Gomphrena present epicuticular wax crystals in platelet form, oriented in parallel, an aspect previously described only in Chenopodiaceae species. In two of the species studied Ascomycete fungi were found colonizing its leaves, and ultrastructural aspects were described. Kranz anatomy was found in six species of the genus Gomphrena, which also have dimorphic chloroplasts, showing leaf structure compatible with the C4 photosynthetic metabolism. In the analysis of two species of Alternanthera (a C3 and a C3-C4 intermediate) showed that besides the Kranz anatomy, the position of organelles in bundle sheath cells can be a key element in determining the metabolic type. The Froelichiella, Hebanthe and Pfaffia species have leaf anatomy and ultrastructure consistent with C3 metabolism. The leaf anatomy and ultrastructure have a pattern already described for other species of the Amaranthaceae family, except for the genera Hebanthe and Froelichiella, whose anatomical and ultrastructural aspects were described for the first time. The evolution of C4 metabolism may be related, at least in part, to the development of amphystomy associated with increased leaf thickness in herbaceous species. Large plastoglobuli were found in chloroplasts of some Cerrado species and appear associated with defense mechanisms, and lipid metabolism. The Amaranthaceae family can be a good marker of the biodiversity of nonwoody Eudicotyledons with ability to regenerate areas of rocky fields, wet grasslands and other open vegetation of the cerrado. These results illustrate the importance of expansion of basic and applied research in Amaranthaceae species, especially those that occur naturally in Brazilian cerrados. The expansion of knowledge concerning the anatomy and the specialization of organelles of different genera to perform its photosynthetic metabolism may contribute to understanding of the evolution of C4 pathway and the environment where plants specialize. The study of Cerrado Biome aims to broaden the justification for efforts to preserve its biodiversity.
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Biologia Celular
Doutor em Biologia Celular e Estrutural
Mildén, Mikael. "Local and regional dynamics of Succisa pratensis". Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Botaniska institutionen, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-762.
Texto completoBlanc, Patrick. "Biologie des plantes des sous-bois tropicaux". Paris 6, 1989. http://www.theses.fr/1989PA066054.
Texto completoBaron, Daniel [UNESP]. "Estudo da compatibilidade de atemoia ((Annona cherimola Mill. X Annona squamosa L. CV. 'THOMOSON') enxertada em araticum-de-terra-fria [Annona emarginata (Schltdl.) H. Rainer variedade terra-fria] e biribá [[Annona mucosa (Bai.) H. Rainer]". Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/123795.
Texto completoFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
A enxertia é utilizada de maneira eficaz para o cultivo de espécies frutíferas comercias, uma vez que é necessário garantir as caraterísticas genéticas de espécies produtivas com o emprego de clones selecionados. Apesar da enxertia ser técnica comum e amplamente difundida, os mecanismos de compatibilidade em frutíferas lenhosas ainda não estão bem elucidados. Desta forma, o objetivo desta tese foi estudar a restabelecimento da atemoieira (Annona cherimola Mill. x A. squamosa L. cv. 'Thompson') enxertada em atemoieira (A. cherimola Mill. x A. squamosa L. cv. 'Thompson'), araticum-mirim [A. emarginata (Schltdl.) H. Rainer variedade mirim, araticum-de-terra-fria [A. emarginata (Schltdl.) H. Rainer variedade terra-fria e biribá [A. mucosa (Bail.) H. Rainer]. Após a enxertia foram realizadas avaliações das trocas gasosas; de crescimento vegetal; análises da concentração iônica de elementos minerais no tecido foliar e radicular; determinações das concentrações de compostos fenólicos totais e atividade da peroxidase; expressão do gene UGP e atividade enzimática da UDP-glicose pirofosforilase. Os porta-enxertos modularam as trocas gasosas alterando a eficiência de carboxilação e a transpiração. Variações no crescimento e nas concentrações de elementos essenciais em folhas e raízes também foram observadas em função das combinações copa/porta-enxerto. Em relação a atividade da peroxidase, observou-se aumento no porta-enxerto araticum-mirim em relação às demais espécies. Por outro lado, não foram verificadas diferenças nas concentrações de compostos fenólicos nas regiões enxertadas, no entanto tais concentrações foram maiores do que nos péfrancos. A enxertia alterou a expressão do gene UGP, o que indica a possibilidade de maior formação de tecido de parede celular, sendo que a combinação atemoia enxertada ...
Grafting is used efficiently for the commercial cultivation of fruit species, because it is necessary to ensure the genetic characteristics of productive species with the use of selected clones. Although grafting is common and widespread technique, mechanisms for compatibility in woody fruit are not well elucidated. Thus, the aim of this thesis was to study of restoring of atemoya (Annona cherimola Mill. x A.squamosa L. cv. 'Thompson') grafted onto atemoya (A. cherimola Mill. x Annona squamosa L. cv. 'Thompson'), araticum-mirim [A. emarginata (Schltdl.) H. Rainer 'variety mirim'], araticum-de-terra-fria [A. emarginata (Schltdl.) H. Rainer 'variety terra-fria'] and biribá [A. mucosa (Bail.) H. Rainer]. After grafting were evaluated gas exchange; plant growth; ionic concentration of mineral elements in the leaf and root tissues; determinations of the concentrations of phenolic compounds and peroxidase activity; UGP gene expression and enzymatic activity of UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (UGPase). Rootstocks modulate gas exchange by altering the carboxylation efficiency and transpiration, without, however showed favorable water economy. Changes in growth and concentrations of mineral elements in leaves and roots were also observed as a function of scion/rootstock combinations. In relation to the peroxidase activity, there was an increase in 'araticum-mirim' rootstock in relation to other species. Moreover, there were no differences in the concentrations of phenolic compounds in the grafted union, although these concentrations were higher than in rootstock. Grafting altered UGP gene expression, and the combination atemoya grafted onto 'araticum-de-terra-fria' (previously regarded as compatible combination) showed an increase in gene expression since the early stages after grafting. The results showed that there UGPase enzymatic activity, but there is no difference in this activity between different scion/ rootstock ...
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Baron, Daniel. "Estudo da compatibilidade de atemoia ((Annona cherimola Mill. X Annona squamosa L. CV. 'THOMOSON') enxertada em araticum-de-terra-fria [Annona emarginata (Schltdl.) H. Rainer "variedade terra-fria] e biribá [[Annona mucosa (Bai.) H. Rainer] /". Botucatu, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/123795.
Texto completoCoorientador: Ivan de Godoy Maia
Banca: Magali Ribeiro da Silva
Banca: Carmen Silvia Fernandes Boaro
Banca: Ivan de la Cruz Chacón
Banca: Celso Luis Marino
Resumo: A enxertia é utilizada de maneira eficaz para o cultivo de espécies frutíferas comercias, uma vez que é necessário garantir as caraterísticas genéticas de espécies produtivas com o emprego de clones selecionados. Apesar da enxertia ser técnica comum e amplamente difundida, os mecanismos de compatibilidade em frutíferas lenhosas ainda não estão bem elucidados. Desta forma, o objetivo desta tese foi estudar a restabelecimento da atemoieira (Annona cherimola Mill. x A. squamosa L. cv. 'Thompson') enxertada em atemoieira (A. cherimola Mill. x A. squamosa L. cv. 'Thompson'), araticum-mirim [A. emarginata (Schltdl.) H. Rainer "variedade mirim", araticum-de-terra-fria [A. emarginata (Schltdl.) H. Rainer "variedade terra-fria" e biribá [A. mucosa (Bail.) H. Rainer]. Após a enxertia foram realizadas avaliações das trocas gasosas; de crescimento vegetal; análises da concentração iônica de elementos minerais no tecido foliar e radicular; determinações das concentrações de compostos fenólicos totais e atividade da peroxidase; expressão do gene UGP e atividade enzimática da UDP-glicose pirofosforilase. Os porta-enxertos modularam as trocas gasosas alterando a eficiência de carboxilação e a transpiração. Variações no crescimento e nas concentrações de elementos essenciais em folhas e raízes também foram observadas em função das combinações copa/porta-enxerto. Em relação a atividade da peroxidase, observou-se aumento no porta-enxerto araticum-mirim em relação às demais espécies. Por outro lado, não foram verificadas diferenças nas concentrações de compostos fenólicos nas regiões enxertadas, no entanto tais concentrações foram maiores do que nos péfrancos. A enxertia alterou a expressão do gene UGP, o que indica a possibilidade de maior formação de tecido de parede celular, sendo que a combinação atemoia enxertada ...
Abstract: Grafting is used efficiently for the commercial cultivation of fruit species, because it is necessary to ensure the genetic characteristics of productive species with the use of selected clones. Although grafting is common and widespread technique, mechanisms for compatibility in woody fruit are not well elucidated. Thus, the aim of this thesis was to study of restoring of atemoya (Annona cherimola Mill. x A.squamosa L. cv. 'Thompson') grafted onto atemoya (A. cherimola Mill. x Annona squamosa L. cv. 'Thompson'), araticum-mirim [A. emarginata (Schltdl.) H. Rainer 'variety mirim'], araticum-de-terra-fria [A. emarginata (Schltdl.) H. Rainer 'variety terra-fria'] and biribá [A. mucosa (Bail.) H. Rainer]. After grafting were evaluated gas exchange; plant growth; ionic concentration of mineral elements in the leaf and root tissues; determinations of the concentrations of phenolic compounds and peroxidase activity; UGP gene expression and enzymatic activity of UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (UGPase). Rootstocks modulate gas exchange by altering the carboxylation efficiency and transpiration, without, however showed favorable water economy. Changes in growth and concentrations of mineral elements in leaves and roots were also observed as a function of scion/rootstock combinations. In relation to the peroxidase activity, there was an increase in 'araticum-mirim' rootstock in relation to other species. Moreover, there were no differences in the concentrations of phenolic compounds in the grafted union, although these concentrations were higher than in rootstock. Grafting altered UGP gene expression, and the combination atemoya grafted onto 'araticum-de-terra-fria' (previously regarded as compatible combination) showed an increase in gene expression since the early stages after grafting. The results showed that there UGPase enzymatic activity, but there is no difference in this activity between different scion/ rootstock ...
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Castro, Sílvia Raquel Cardoso. "Reproductive biology conservation of the endemic Polygala vayredae". Doctoral thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/935.
Texto completoExiste um consenso generalizado de que o estudo da biologia reprodutiva de espécies endémicas, raras ou ameaçadas é essencial para compreender o seu estado actual e no desenvolvimento de estratégias adequadas de conservação in situ e ex situ. Polygala vayredae Costa (Polygalaceae) é uma espécie endémica da cadeia pré-Pirenaica oriental classificada como vulnerável de acordo com as categorias da IUCN. Os objectivos da presente Tese de Doutoramento consistiram em estudar a biologia reprodutiva de P. vayredae, avaliando de que forma pode afectar o ciclo de vida, em fornecer informação de base para futuros programas de conservação e em explorar em maior profundidade as interacções planta-animal e os processos de evolução de determinados traços florais. Para alcançar estes objectivos foram investigados os seguintes tópicos: biologia floral e sistema de reprodução (Capítulo 2), mecanismo de apresentação secundária de pólen (ASP, Capítulo3), ecologia da polinização (Capítulo 4) e mecanismos de dispersão (Capítulo 5). Os resultados revelaram que (1) P. vayredae depende estritamente de vectores de polinização para produzir sementes, (2) as suas características florais (corola fechada, accionada por comportamentos específicos do insecto) limitam o conjunto de polinizadores eficientes, (3) a sua longevidade floral favorece a transferência de pólen mas apresenta também custos reprodutivos sobre o êxito feminino, (4) a ASP acarreta custos reprodutivos sobre o êxito das componentes masculina e feminina, (5) as flores de P. vayredae são visitadas por um diversificado conjunto de insectos, dos quais apenas quatro espécies se comportam como polinizadores eficientes, (6) os polinizadores eficientes são, frequentemente, escassos e variáveis ao longo do tempo e do espaço, (7) os visitantes ineficientes exercem um efeito negativo sobre o comportamentos dos polinizadores eficientes e consequentemente sobre o êxito masculino (reduzindo o fluxo de pólen) e feminino (reduzindo a produção de frutos e sementes), (8) a dispersão dos frutos alados a longas distâncias encontra-se largamente reduzida, e finalmente, (9) a dispersão é maioritariamente efectuada por formigas que dispersam as sementes a distancias reduzidas, com o conjunto de espécies variando grandemente entre populações e anos. Perante estas observações podemos concluir que P. vayredae apresenta os seguintes problemas reprodutivos: limitação de pólen/polinizadores e curtas distâncias de dispersão. Os programas futuros de conservação que considerem estes pontos, conservando a fauna da área e protegendo as interacções planta-animal, promoverão a manutenção das populações e, consequentemente, a conservação desta espécie.
There is a consensus that studies on the reproductive biology of endangered, rare or threatened species are useful for understanding their current status and for evaluating in situ and ex situ management strategies. Polygala vayredae Costa (Polygalaceae) is a narrow endemic species from oriental pre-Pyrenees classified as vulnerable according with the IUCN categories. The aims of this PhD thesis were to study the reproductive biology of P. vayredae, to evaluate the implications of its reproductive features on its life cycle, to provide valuable background information for future management programs and deeply explore plant-animal interactions and the evolution of certain floral traits. To achieve the proposed objectives the following points were investigated: the floral biology and breeding system (Chapter 2), the singular secondary pollen presentation (SPP) mechanism (Chapter 3), the pollination ecology (Chapter 4) and the dispersal mechanisms (Chapter 5). The results revealed that (1) P. vayredae strictly depends on pollen vectors to produce seeds, (2) its floral features (closed corolla and the need to be trigged by specific behaviours of the insects) limit the spectrum of efficient pollinators, (3) its floral longevity favours the opportunity to pollen transfer but also have reproductive costs over female fitness, (4) SPP imposes several reproductive costs over male and female fitness, (5) a large spectrum of floral visitors were observed, but with only four species being efficient pollinators, (6) efficient pollinators were scarce and highly variable both along time and space, (7) inefficient visitors add a negative effect on the behaviour of efficient pollinators and on male (reducing pollen flow) and female components (reducing fruit set and seed ovule ratios), (8) long dispersal of the alate fruits is largely reduced, and finally, (9) dispersal is mainly performed by ants who are able to disperse seeds for short distances, with the spectrum of ant species being spatially and temporally variable. The general conclusions on the status of P. vayredae indicate that this species bears the following reproductive problems: pollen/pollinator limitation and short distance dispersal of the diaspores. Future management programs that account with this issues conserving the fauna of the area and protecting plant-animal interactions will facilitate the maintenance of the populations and thus its conservation.
Hu, Chien-an Andy. "Osmoregulation and proline biosynthesis in plants /". The Ohio State University, 1993. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487843688956923.
Texto completoHuet, Trujillo Estefanía. "Nuevas metodologías para la producción de anticuerpos recombinantes en plantas". Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de València, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/90469.
Texto completoLa ingeniería genética ha permitido el diseño y la producción de anticuerpos recombinantes (rmAbs) en plantas. Hoy en día, los rmAbs se utilizan en el tratamiento de un amplio rango de patologías como enfermedades infecciosas, enfermedades inflamatorias y cáncer, convirtiéndose en un importante grupo de biomoléculas dentro de la industria farmacéutica y biotecnológica. Hasta la fecha de este estudio, en plantas se ha producido mayoritariamente la inmunoglobulina del tipo G (IgG). Gracias al desarrollo de la ingeniería del ADN recombinante y de la ingeniería de anticuerpos, es posible diseñar y producir nuevos formatos de rmAbs. Sin embargo, apenas existen estudios comparativos donde se demuestre si el formato de anticuerpo elegido es el idóneo en términos de rendimiento y capacidad neutralizante. Por tanto, el punto de partida del primer Capítulo de esta tesis consistió en la realización de un estudio comparativo de la expresión en plantas de cinco formatos distintos de un mismo rmAb comercial (Infliximab) frente a la citoquina humana Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF-¿). Los resultados obtenidos en el Capítulo 1 demuestran que tanto el isotipo como la estructura del rmAb elegido influye en los niveles de rendimiento y en la capacidad neutralizante del rmAb. La expresión de nuevos formatos de anticuerpos no solo afecta al isotipo o a la estructura de las regiones constantes, sino que también se puede incluir en este término la expresión conjunta de distintos idiotipos de anticuerpos recombinantes, dando lugar a anticuerpos policlonales u oligoclonales recombinantes. Por tanto en esta tesis se planteó la posibilidad de co-expresar simultáneamente distintos anticuerpos monoclonales en plantas formando un cóctel oligoclonal. En el segundo Capítulo de esta tesis se diseñaron tres rmAbs frente a la glicoproteína de la cubierta del virus del Ébola. Los tres rmAbs se expresaron transitoriamente en N. benthamiana de manera individual mediante el establecimiento de líneas paralelas de producción y también se co-expresaron los tres rmAbs simultáneamente en una misma línea de producción. Los resultados obtenidos en este Capítulo demostraron que la expresión de los rmAbs de manera individual es factible. Sin embargo, cuando se co-expresan los tres rmAbs se observa una drástica disminución en la unión del anticuerpo al antígeno debido al barajado de cadenas, fenómeno por el cual cada cadena pesada (HC) se puede unir con cualquier cadena ligera (LC) distinta de su acompañante, dando lugar a un anticuerpo con una baja actividad. Finalmente, con el objetivo de desarrollar un método que permita co-expresar en una misma línea de producción varios rmAbs de forma reproducible se propuso explotar el fenómeno de la exclusión viral, un característica propia de los virus de plantas. Los resultados mostrados en el Capítulo 3 demuestran que es posible la producción de un cóctel oligoclonal compuesto por 36 rmAbs en N. benthamiana aprovechando el fenómeno de la exclusión viral. Los datos obtenidos en este capítulo muestran que el cóctel oligoclonal producido de esta forma mantiene intactas las actividades de los anticuerpos individuales y es capaz de neutralizar las actividades tóxicas del veneno de la serpiente Bothrops asper en ensayos in vitro e in vivo. Los resultados de esta tesis confirman y avalan el uso de las plantas como plataformas de expresión de formatos alternativos de anticuerpos.
El desenvolupament de l'enginyeria genètica ha permès el disseny i la producció d'anticossos recombinants (rmAbs) en plantes. Hui en dia, els rmAbs s'utilitzen en el tractament d'un ampli rang de patologies com malalties infeccioses, malalties inflamatòries i càncer convertint-se en un important grup de biomolècules dins de les indústries farmacèutiques i biotecnològiques. Fins a la data, s'han expressat majoritàriament la immunoglobulina del tipus G. Gràcies al desenvolupament de l'enginyeria de l'ADN recombinant i l'enginyeria dels anticossos s'han desenvolupat i expressat formats alternatius de rmAbs. Tanmateix, hi ha molts pocs estudis comparatius on es demostra si el format de l'anticòs elegit influeix en el rendiment i en la capacitat neutralitzant. Per tant, el punt de partida del primer Capítol d'esta Tesi és la realització d'un estudi comparatiu on s'expressen cinc formats diferents d'un mateix anticòs comercial (Infliximab) front a la citocina humana Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF-¿). Els resultats obtesos demostren que tant l'isotip com l'estructura del rmAb elegit influeix en el rendiment i en la capacitat neutralitzant del rmAb. L'expressió de nous formats d'anticossos no sols afecta a l'isotip o a l'estructura del rmAb sinó que també pot incloure's dins d'aquest concepte l'expressió individual i l'expressió conjunta de diferents rmAbs. Partint d'aquesta hipòtesi, es va plantejar la possibilitat de co-expressar diferents rmAbs (còctel oligoclonal) en plantes. En el segon Capítol d'esta tesi es dissenyaren tres rmAbs front a la glicoproteïna del virus de l'Ébola. Els tres rmAbs s'expressaren transitòriament en N. benthamiana de manera individual mitjançant l'establiment de línies paral·leles de producció i també es co-expressaren els tres rmAbs en la mateixa línia de producció. Els resultats obtesos en este Capítol demostraren que l'expressió dels rmAbs de manera individual és factible. Tanmateix, quan es co-expressaren els tres rmAbs s'observà una dràstica disminució en la unió de l'anticòs a l'antigen com a conseqüència del shuffling chain, pel qual la cadena pesada (HC) s'uneix amb qualsevol cadena lleugera (LC) diferent a la seua acompanyant, formant un anticòs amb una baixa capacitat d'unió a l'antigen. Amb l'objectiu de desenvolupar un mètode que permeta co-expressar, en una mateixa línia de producció, un còctel oligoclonal es proposà explotar el fenomen de l'exclusió viral. Els resultats obtesos en el Capítol 3 demostren que l'expressió d' un còctel oligoclonal format per 36 rmAbs en plantes és possible. Els resultats mostren que el nostre còctel oligoclonal es capaç de neutralitzar activitats tòxiques del verí de la serp Bothrops asper en assaigs in vitro i in vivo. Els resultat obtesos en aquesta Tesi confirmen i avalen l'ús de les plantes com plataformes d'expressió de formats alternatius d'anticossos.
Huet Trujillo, E. (2017). Nuevas metodologías para la producción de anticuerpos recombinantes en plantas [Tesis doctoral no publicada]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/90469
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Ramula, Satu. "Population viability analysis for plants : practical recommendations and applications". Doctoral thesis, Stockholm : Department of Botany, Stockholm University, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-845.
Texto completoWu, Wenping. "Endophytic fungi from leaves of evergreen woody plants : taxonomy, biology and ecology". Thesis, Royal Holloway, University of London, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.263684.
Texto completoDoroodian, Paymon. "Overexpression of Differentiation and Greening-Like Alters Stress Response of Arabidopsis thaliana". Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1596227767908937.
Texto completoFigueroa-Castro, Dulce M. "Mating systems in Nicotiana longiflora and N. plumbaginifolia the effect of interspecific interactions /". Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/5587.
Texto completoThe entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on June 4, 2009) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.
Francis, Anthony P. "Biodiversity of plants: Broad-scale patterns and mechanisms". Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/28984.
Texto completoGibson, Michelle Rene. "Invasive Australian acacias : reproductive biology and effects on native plant-pollinator communities in Cape fynbos". Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/20399.
Texto completoENGLISH ABSTRACT: My master’s research combines aspects of pollination biology and invasion biology to explore the invasive predictors and impacts of a globally invasive group of plants – Australian acacias. Specifically, I investigate the role of reproductive biology in their invasion success (Chapter 2), the impacts of a specific species, Acacia saligna, on native plant-pollinator communities in South Africa (Chapter 3), and if the impact of A. saligna on native plant species can be predicted, based on floral trait similarity (Chapter 4). Australian acacias possess many floral traits implicated in plant invasion success, including extensive, dense floral displays, prolific seed production, long-lived seed banks, and propensity for vegetative reproduction. In Chapter 2 of my thesis, co-authors and I investigate if such reproductive traits influence whether or not a species becomes invasive once it is introduced by qualitatively and quantitatively analyzing literature and data collected from published and unpublished data. We found that invasive species reach reproductive maturity earlier and are more commonly able to resprout. Our findings have important implications for management of existing Acacia invasions as well as the assessment and prevention of further introductions of Acacia species leading to invasion. Impacts of invasive plant species on native plant visitation and consequent reproduction are often negative and have important implications for future ecosystem health. Acacia saligna is a problematic woody invasive shrub in many Mediterranean regions, and in South Africa, it invades fynbos vegetation, which boasts one of the highest plant diversities per area in the world as well as many specialized pollination mutualisms. It blooms during the flowering peak of most native species and forms dense, showy floral displays, thus the possibility of pollinator-mediated interactions with co-flowering native species is high. In Chapter 3, I assess the impact of flowering A. saligna on insect visitation to co-flowering native species by conducting flower observations at both an invaded and uninvaded (control) site. One of the native species most-visited by native honeybees, Roepera fulva, had high flower visitor overlap with A. saligna and suffered significantly lower visitation from all insects and from bees when A. saligna was present than at the control site. The native honeybee appears to be the most important visitor to A. saligna as it was the most frequent and mobile. Due to its foraging efficiency and dominance in pollinator communities, Apis mellifera subsp. capensis could be an important mediator of the negative effect of A. saligna on co-flowering natives, especially those frequently visited by honeybees. The use of floral traits as predictors of a species’ effect on co-flowering plants via pollination is commonly used in pollination biology. In the fourth chapter of my thesis, I apply the predictive principle of floral traits on flower visitation to see if floral traits can predict the impact of an invasive plant species on co-flowering native species, and if so, which floral traits are the most important. Following the same flower observation protocol as Chapter 3, I assess two measures of invasion impact on native flowers – change in visitation rate to native plant species between invaded and uninvaded sites and flower visitor overlap between A. saligna and native species – and test for a correlation with floral trait similarity of native species to and A. saligna. Similarity of categorical traits and all traits combined (categorical and continuous) were significantly positively correlated with flower visitor overlap, indicating that native species with categorical traits similar to A. saligna were more likely to share flower visitors with A. saligna. Floral symmetry and shape similarity were the most important categorical traits in driving flower visitor overlap. Findings suggest an important link between categorical floral traits and ability to predict invasive plant impact on native flower-insect interactions; however, more comprehensive studies are required for conclusive results.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: My Meestersgraad se navorsing kombineer aspekte van bestuiwingsbiologie en indringerbiologie om ondersoek in te stel na die indringing-voorspelbaarheid en die impak van Australiese Akasias, 'n wêreldwye indringende groep van plante. Ek het spesifiek gekyk na die rol van voortplantingsbiologie in hul indringing sukses (Hoofstuk 2), die impak van 'n spesifieke spesie, Acacia saligna, op die inheemse plant-bestuiwer gemeenskappe in Suid-Afrika (Hoofstuk 3), en of die impak van Acacia saligna op inheemse plantspesies voorspel kan word, gebaseer is op die ooreenkomste in blomeienskappe (Hoofstuk 4). Australiese Akasias het baie voortplantingseienskappe wat geassisioeer word met plantindringing sukses, insluitend ‘n uitgebreide, digte blommedrag, uitermatige hoë saadproduksie, langlewende saadbank, en die geneigdheid vir vegetatiewe voortplanting. In hoofstuk 2 van my tesis, ondersoek ek en my medeskrywers of sulke voortplantingseienskappe beïnvloed of 'n spesie ‘n indringer raak, deur 'n ontleding van die literatuur en data wat versamel is uit gepubliseerde en ongepubliseerde data. Ons het gevind dat indringerspesies geslagsrypheid vroeër bereik en meer algemeen in staat is om weer uit te loop. Ons bevindinge het belangrike implikasies vir die bestuur van die bestaande Akasiastande sowel as die evaluering en die voorkoming van verdere vestiging van Akasia spesies wat lei tot indringers. Impakte van uitheemse plantspesies op inheemse plant-besoeke deur bestuiwers, en gevolglike voortplanting is dikwels negatief en het belangrike implikasies vir die toekomstige ekosisteem gesondheid. Acacia saligna is 'n problematiese houtagtige indringende struik in baie Mediterreense streke, en in Suid-Afrika. Dit dring in die Fynbos in, wat spog met een van die wêreld se hoogste plant diversiteit per oppervlak, sowel as baie gespesialiseerde bestuiwing-mutualismes. Dit blom gedurende die bloeiseisoen van die meeste inheemse spesies en vorm digte, pronkerige blomuitstallings, dus is die moontlikheid hoog vir bestuiwer-gemedieerde interaksies met inheemse spesies wat saam blom. In Hoofstuk 3, het ek die impak van Acacia saligna, op insek besoeke aan saamblommende inheemse spesies bepaal, deur waarnemings op beide ingedringde en natuurlike studie gebiede. Een van die inheemse spesies, Roepera fulva, wat die meeste besoek is deur inheemse heuningbye, het 'n hoë blom besoeker oorvleueling met Acacia saligna en het aansienlik minder besoeke van alle insekte en van bye gekry toe Acacia saligna teenwoordig was as by die natuurlike studie gebied. Die inheemse heuningby, Apis mellifera subsp. capensis, blyk die mees belangrikste besoeker aan Acacia saligna te wees aangesien dit die mees gereeldste en beweeglikste was. As gevolg van sy oorheersing in bestuiwer gemeenskappe, is die by 'n belangrike faktor van die negatiewe uitwerking van Acacia saligna op die inheemse plante wat dieselfde tyd blom, veral dié wat gereeld besoek word deur heuningbye. Die gebruik van blomeienskappe as voorspellers van 'n spesie se effek op saamblommende plante deur middel van bestuiwing, word algemeen gebruik in bestuiwingsbiologie. In die vierde hoofstuk van my tesis, het ek die voorspellende beginsel van die blomeienskappe op blombesoeking toegepas, om te sien of blomeienskappe die impak van 'n uitheemse plantspesie kan voorspel op saamblommende inheemse spesies, en indien wel, watter blomeienskappe die belangrikste is. Deur dieselfde blom waarneming protokol as in Hoofstuk 3 te gebruik, het ek twee maatstawwe van indringings impakte op inheemse blomme vergelyk - verandering in besoek gereeldheid aan inheemse plante tussen ingedringde en natuurlike studie gebiede en blom besoeker oorvleueling tussen die Acacia saligna en inheemse spesies – en die toets vir 'n korrelasie van blomeienskap ooreenkomste in inheemse spesies en Acacia saligna. Soortgelykheid van kategoriese eienskappe en al die eienskappe gekombineer (kategoriese en deurlopende) is beduidend positief gekorreleerd met blombesoeker oorvleueling, wat aandui dat inheemse spesies met kategoriese eienskappe soortgelyk aan Acacia saligna meer geneig was om blom besoekers te deel met Acacia saligna. Blom simmetrie en vorm ooreenkoms was die belangrikste kategoriese eienskappe wat ly tot blombesoeker oorvleueling. Bevindinge dui op 'n belangrike skakel tussen die die kategoriese blomeienskappe en die vermoë om indringerplant impakte op inheemse blom-insek interaksies te voorspel, alhoewel, meer omvattende studies nog nodig is.
DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology and the Department of Botany and Zoology at Stellenbosch University for research funding
Bustamante, Montoya Mariana. "Genomic analyses of the cup-shaped cotyledoni 1 network". Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/461296.
Texto completoFlower development has been an active field of research for many years and the thorough analysis of genetic interactions provided a general framework to understand how floral organs are specified. More recently, the introduction of genome-wide technologies helped confirm and expand the existing models about organ identity establishment and other important events during flower formation. Still, there are other aspects of flower development for which general models are lacking, such as the formation of floral organ boundaries. The Arabidopsis thaliana CUP-SHAPED COTYLEDON1 (CUC1) gene is a key transcription factor involved in the regulation of flower development by controlling boundary formation. In plants, proper boundaries are fundamental for meristem maintenance and to coordinate organogenesis. This occurs throughout plant development, from the early separation of cotyledons in dicots to the formation of boundaries between ovules during the reproductive phase. CUC1 suppresses growth in the boundary regions that it helps to delimit, and it has been proposed that it does so by affecting cell division. Despite the crucial role of CUC1, the molecular mechanisms by which it controls boundary formation are still poorly understood. Here, CUC1 regulatory network is characterized at the genome-wide level, using state-of-the-art genomic technologies. In this work, several aspects of CUC1 function were analyzed for the first time through the combination of complementary genome-wide approaches including transcriptomics, transcription factor binding profiles and protein interactome analyses. The results obtained from such techniques allowed to elucidate a set of transcriptional targets, molecular pathways and CUC1 interactors that help delineate the mechanisms by which this NAC transcription factor contributes to the establishment of floral organ boundaries. These results represent a substantial advance in the understanding of the molecular events that are controlled by CUC1 in this key developmental stage of plant development. In this regard, this Thesis provides a foundational body of work that can be used to further explore CUC1's regulatory network.
Maher, Keri Renee. "A geographically constrained molecular phylogeny of Panamanian Aechmea species (Bromeliaceae, subfamily bromelioideae)". CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2007. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3280.
Texto completoCarvalho, Saul Jorge Pinto de. "Características biológicas e suscetibilidade a herbicidas de cinco espécies de plantas daninhas do gênero Amaranthus". Universidade de São Paulo, 2007. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/11/11136/tde-07032007-141229/.
Texto completoPlant species classified in the Aramanthus genus are frequently found infesting brazilian agricultural areas, although there are few researches that evaluated the biological characteristics and the control of these species. Therefore, this work was conducted with the objective of analyzing the germination, the growth and the development, estimating the leaf area, the competitiveness and the susceptibility to herbicides of five weed species of the Aramanthus genus. The species of Aramanthus studied were: A. deflexus, A. hybridus, A. retroflexus, A. spinosus and A viridis. The experiment that evaluated the germination was conducted in the Laboratory of Seed Analyses and the others in the greenhouse of the Crop Science Department of ESALQ/USP, Piracicaba - SP, in the period comprehended between March to December 2005. About the germination, it was established that variation in the availability of light and temperature interferes in all the species of Aramanthus and the highest levels of germination were obtained in condition of photoperiod with alternating temperature (8h-light-30°C / 16h-dark-20°C). In less favorable conditions, A. viridis and A. hybridus obtained higher germination levels than all the other species. In general, A. deflexus and A. spinosus were the weed species that presented the lowest rates of germination speed. About the growth and development, it was observed that A. deflexus was the species with shortest vegetative cycle, the lowest dry mass and leaf area accumulation; however, A. retroflexus and A. hybridus were the species which reached the highest values for these variables. The leaf area estimation showed that the linear equation crossing the origin (Ar=a.(C.L)) was adequate to adjust the correlation between the linear blade dimensions and the real leaf area for all the species. About competition, it was concluded that the crop of common bean is more competitive than all the weed species of the Aramanthus genus that were studied in this work, when grown in equivalent proportion; A. deflexus and A. viridis were the species which phenology was less affected by the competition with common bean; the intraspecific competition was the most damaging to the crop of common bean, what suggests that the damages caused by the weeds are more connected with its high density of infestation than the intrinsic competitive ability of the species. The control obtained for the Aramanthus species evaluated in this research presented differences of susceptibility to post-emergence applied herbicides, mainly to trifloxysulfuron-sodium and chlorimuron-ethyl, which A. deflexus was the least susceptible species, followed by A. spinosus, A. viridis, A. hybridus and A. retroflexus.
Kilaru, Aruna. "Endocannabinoid System in Plants?" Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4781.
Texto completoPaulus, Carsten. "Asimetrías en la oclusión bajo el enfoque de la distribución del peso plantar". Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/461948.
Texto completoBACKGROUND: Asymmetric occlusion is a condition characterized by lack of symmetric occlusion of the teeth, so that a midline shift is created between the upper and lower jaws and a different occlusion on one compared to the other side. Although several hypotheses have been proposed regarding the origin of this condition, the morphometric studies try to establish a link between the symmetry of the face, the lack of fit in the occlusion and the implanted pressure as a possible etiological factor involved in the origin of this condition. The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between plantar pressure, facial asymmetry and malocclusion. METHODS: A descriptive, transversal, comparative study was designed with two groups: group with asymmetry in occlusion (n = 16) and group without asymmetry (n = 27). Participants were selected in the city of Cologne (Germany), with a mean age of 11.7 years (SD = 3.0 years). An evaluation of dental occlusion, facial symmetry and plantar pressure was performed. RESULTS: Applied tests do not indicate a link between asymmetry in occlusion, facial symmetry and plantar pressure. CONCLUSION: Asymmetry in occlusion does not seem to have as etiologic factor differences in plantar pressure, which implies the search for new factors that allow to explain the origin of malocclusion.
Schechtmann, Dalila Figueiredo. "O controle do desenvolvimento de gemas laterais em linum usitatissimum L". [s.n.], 1988. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/315550.
Texto completoDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Biologia
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Resumo: Plantas de Limum usitatissimum (linho) apresentam o eixo principal alongado e diferente padrões de crescimento de gemas axilres: no nó cotiledonar, as gemas dos cotilédones e das folhas 1 e 2 (gemas axilares basais), se desenvolvem em ramos; acima dessa região da folha 3 até a folha 12, as gemas estão sob forte inibição, mais acima, depois da folha 12, a inibição é mais fraca e mesmo em plantas intactas, essa gemas aparecem, porém apresentam pouco crescimento. No hipocólito das plantas de linho, pode haver a diferenciação de gemas adventícias que geralmente não se desenvolvem. Em vários estudos realizados sobre dominância apical, ou seja, a inibição de crescimento de gemas axilares exercida pela gema apical, é relativo o envolvimento de auxina e citocinina no processo correlativo. Este trabalho estudou o controle do desenvolvimento de gemas e ramos auxiliaes e hipocotiledonares de linho, através de experimentos envolvendo a remoção de órgãos e tratamento com auxina, Tiba e citocinina. Nos primeiros estádios de seu desenvolvimento, as axilares basais sofrem influencias inibitórias da auxina apical. Mais tarde esses ramos apresentam crescimento vigoroso e não são afetados pela presença do ápice ou por sua substituição por auxina. ...Observação: O resumo, na íntegra, poderá ser visualizado no texto completo da tese digital
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DeMars, Brent Gordon. "Nutrient dynamics and resorption in four understory woodland plants and notes on the mycorrhizal status of some typically nonmycorrhizal plants /". The Ohio State University, 1995. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487863429091484.
Texto completoMurphy, Kenneth P. "Mineral nutrition of micropropagated plants". Thesis, University of Central Lancashire, 1997. http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/20235/.
Texto completoCosta, Maria da. "Plantas medicinais no ensino de biologia do Timor-Leste". Universidade Federal de Goiás, 2010. http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tede/4287.
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This dissertation aims to present a project to improve the teaching of biology using medicinal plants as teaching material. This paper contains an overview of history and culture of East Timor and education in various periods, a comparison of some official documents of Brazil and Timor-Leste, a description of visits made to schools and communities who use medicinal plants for the teaching of biology in Brazil, the project to be submitted to the Ministry of Education of Timor-Leste titled: Use of medicinal plants in the teaching of biology of Timor-Leste. We present, finally, the concluding remarks and an appendix with medicinal plants to be used in the project with Secondary School teachers in Timor-Leste.
A presente dissertação tem como objetivo, apresentar um projeto de melhoria do ensino de biologia, utilizando as plantas medicinais como material didático. Este trabalho contém uma visão histórica do Timor-Leste e da educação naquele país nos diversos períodos de sua existência, uma comparação de alguns documentos oficiais do Brasil e Timor-Leste, uma descrição das visitas feitas a escolas e comunidades que fazem uso de plantas medicinais para o ensino de Biologia no Brasil e finalmente o projeto a ser apresentado às autoridades do Timor-Leste, intitulado: Utilização de plantas medicinais no Ensino de Biologia do Timor-Leste.
Ives, David. "Assessing the Impact of Genetically Modified Canola Cultivars on the Biology of Soil". Thesis, Griffith University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/370734.
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Pereira, Roman. "Expression of HPV-16 L2 in plants". Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4317.
Texto completoThis study demonstrates high level expression of L2, 25 mg.kg⁻¹of leaf material, is achievable. Interestingly, expression was best when coded for by a mammalian codon-optimized form of the L2 gene as opposed to the wildtype or plant codon-optimized (plantized) genes. Moreover, real time PCR revealed limited levels of transcript when coded for by the plantized gene in comparison to the other genes. A set of vectors which target the protein to the cytoplasm, the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), chloroplast or apoplastic space were Expression of HPV -16 L2 in Plants used and it was found that targeting of the protein had no effect on its expression levels.
Rutter, Brian D. "Contents and Functions of Extracellular Vesicles Isolated from Plants". Thesis, Indiana University, 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=13808326.
Texto completoExtracellular vesicles (EVs) are small, lipid compartments that function in the long-distance transport of proteins, nucleic acids and other metabolites. In mammals, EVs are important vehicles of intercellular communication and play a crucial role in modulating immune responses. Plant cells also secrete EVs, particularly in response to infection, but the contents of these vesicles have not been analyzed and their function is unknown. To better understand plant EVs and their roles in defense and signaling, I first pioneered methods for isolating and purifying EVs from the intercellular wash of Arabidopsis leaves. Secondly, I examined the protein and RNA contents of purified EVs. Proteomic analyses revealed that Arabidopsis EVs are enriched for defense- and stress-related proteins. Consistent with this finding, EV secretion was enhanced in response to biotic stress. Furthermore, a collaboration with Blake Meyer’s laboratory at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center identified several species of small RNA in purified EV samples, as well as a surprising enrichment for tiny RNAs (tyRNAs) 10 to 17 nt long. Finally, by examining the interactions between Arabidopsis EVs and the plant pathogenic fungus Colletotrichum higginsianum, I discovered that plant EVs associate with fungal structures and affect developing fungal morphology. Combined, my research represents a significant advancement in the field of plant EV research. It provides strong evidence for the involvement of plant EVs in the immune response and suggests they are capable of trafficking proteins and RNAs into invading pathogens.
Holmes, Jennifer K. "A Phylogentic Analysis of PLATZ Transcription Factors in Plants". University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo149339721432989.
Texto completoCarneiro, Andrea Almeida. "Analyses of curcurbit P-protein promoters in transgenic plants". Diss., The University of Arizona, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/298810.
Texto completoCampbell, Lesley Geills. "Rapid evolution in a crop-weed complex (Raphanus spp.)". Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1166549627.
Texto completoBazile, Vincent. "Diversité des stratégies de nutrition chez les plantes à urnes du genre Nepenthes : le rôle du fluide digestif, de ses propriétés physicochimiques et biotiques". Thesis, Montpellier, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015MONTS290.
Texto completoThe Nepenthes carnivorous plants genus encompasses about 160 species growing mostly in Southeast Asia in habitats characterised by their scarcity in absorbable nutrients. The leaf apex is modified into a tendril bearing a pitcher trap which allows the plant catching its prey and taking up the nutrients indispensable for its growth, mainly nitrogen. Reputed to be insectivorous, bearing traps equipped with a slippery wax covering the inner pitcher wall and with an enzymatic liquid involved in the digestion, Nepenthes species actually have a more diverse diet. Coprophagous, detritivorous, and insect-guild specialised species have been reported. These plants grow in more or less open environments, on sandy or peaty soils. Nepenthes traps show an inter-specific diversity of functional traits, bearing or not an attractive collar, a slippery waxy zone, and a viscoelastic liquid, which shelters a species-specific living infauna. Such different traits may reflect as many adaptations attesting to a diversity of nitrogen-sequestration. Many studies have focused on the role of slippery walls in insect capture but few of them have investigated the importance of the digestive fluid in both capture and digestion. Do the quantity of nitrogen available in the environment and the form of its availability influence the nitrogen foliar concentration of these plants, the source of their nitrogen supply and their carnivorous habit? How does the fluid influence prey capture and digestion? Can it contribute to the nitrogen-sequestration strategy of the plant? Do the fluids differ in their acidity, viscoelasticity, enzymatic pool, and in the abundance and species diversity of their infauna? What are the consequences of all these differences in terms of nitrogen recycling for the host plant?This PhD thesis explores the contribution of the digestive fluid and its physico-chemical and biotic properties on prey capture and digestion in 7 Nepenthes species in Brunei (Borneo).The first part shows that Nepenthes species have adapted to habitat differing in edaphic and biotic nitrogen available through distinct strategies of nitrogen acquisition. Pitcher contents’ analyses show that plants vary for their degree of insectivory. The variety of functional traits could explain the differences in their capture efficiency and prey diversity. While extrafloral nectar, slippery epicuticular wax and acidic fluid pH are associated with ants’ capture, cylinder-shaped traps, glandular trichomes and ant-association increase termites’ capture. Yellow colour, acidic pH and fluid viscoelasticity but above all, pitcher conicity, wide aperture diameter and magnitude of floral odour account for the abundance of flying insects. These Nepenthes species also strongly vary in their enzymatic secretions and inquilines spectra.In a second part, we show in situ how such differences in physico-chemical and biotic properties of the fluid partly account for the differences in nitrogen-sequestration strategy in these plants. Fluid pH and viscoelasticity influence the quantity and the nature of prey. Those physico-chemical properties also condition the richness of the aquatic ecosystem associated to the fluid, with an aquatic macrofauna more abundant and diverse in pitchers with lowly-acidic liquids and wide pitcher-openings. This inquiline macrofauna plays an essential role in prey degradation, and the presence of a top-predator is crucial for the nitrogen recycling to the plant.We finally discuss the major contribution of the fluid in the plant’s diet and its role in the probable adaptive radiation of the Nepenthes genus and conclude by a survey of the various forms of carnivory in these plants and their digestive systems, which range from an autonomous aggressive strategy to a mutualistic strategy, thus redefining the concept of carnivory in the plant’s world
Haq, Md I. y Aruna Kilaru. "FATTY ACID AMIDE HYDROLASE IN NAE METABOLIC PATHWAY IN PHYSCOMITRELLA PATENS". Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/asrf/2018/schedule/199.
Texto completoPatel, Cheril y Gerardo Arceo-Gomez. "Understanding Variation in The Effects of Heterospecific Pollen Receipt: The Effect of Pollen and Recipient Traits". Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/asrf/2018/schedule/158.
Texto completoWillett, Deanna Allyn. "Temperature-regulated proteins in plants". Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291647.
Texto completoChoe, Sunghwa. "Genetics and biology of Arabidopsis brassinosteroid dwarf mutants". Diss., The University of Arizona, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/298758.
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