This review provides a revised and expanded word-formula system of whole-seed primary
dormancy classification that integrates the scheme of Nikolaeva with that of Baskin and …

A survey of 659 papers mostly published since 1987 was conducted to compile a checklist of
mycorrhizal occurrence among 3,617 species (263 families) of land plants. A plant …

Plant function requires effective mechanisms to regulate water transport at a variety of
scales. Here, we develop a new theoretical framework describing plant responses to drying …

Abstract Background Highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) has long been
consumed for its unique flavor and composition of health-promoting phytonutrients …

Vascular epiphyte species exclusively, or at least primarily, germinate and grow on other
plants without contact with the soil and, in contrast to mistletoes, without parasitizing their …

Friedman WE, RC Moore, and MD Purugganan. 2004. The evolution of plant development.
Am. J. Bot. 91: 1726–1741. Friis EM, PR Crane, and KP Pedersen. 1997. Fossil history of …

During the 1990s, reconstruction of flowering plant phylogeny took a great step forward.
Rapidly accumulating DNA sequences, in particular from the plastid gene rbcL (eg Chase et …

Some soil fungi in the Leotiomycetes form ericoid mycorrhizal (ERM) symbioses with
Ericaceae. In the harsh habitats in which they occur, ERM plant survival relies on nutrient …

A revised and updated classification for the families of the flowering plants is provided.
Newly adopted orders include Austrobaileyales, Canellales, Gunnerales, Crossosomatales …

This review shows a close biogeographic connection between eastern Asia and western
North America from the late Cretaceous to the late Neogene in major lineages of vascular …