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Ann Bot 2009 104: i-iii; doi:10.1093/aob/mcp247 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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J. A. Bryant, Professor

John Bryant takes a closer look at some of this month's Original Articles
Ann Bot 2009 104: v-vi; doi:10.1093/aob/mcp246 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

BOOK REVIEW

Adrian Dyer

Biology and evolution of ferns and lycophytes
AOBPreview published on August 18, 2009
Ann Bot 2009 104: vii-x; doi:10.1093/aob/mcp194 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

BOTANICAL BRIEFING

Get checked abstract Félix Forest

Calibrating the Tree of Life: fossils, molecules and evolutionary timescales
AOBPreview published on August 8, 2009
Ann Bot 2009 104: 789-794; doi:10.1093/aob/mcp192 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

INVITED REVIEW

Get checked abstract Rodomiro Ortiz, Philipp Simon, Shelley Jansky, and David Stelly

Ploidy manipulation of the gametophyte, endosperm and sporophyte in nature and for crop improvement: a tribute to Professor Stanley J. Peloquin (1921–2008)
AOBPreview published on August 17, 2009
Ann Bot 2009 104: 795-807; doi:10.1093/aob/mcp207 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Get checked abstract Florian Jabbour, Louis P. Ronse De Craene, Sophie Nadot, and Catherine Damerval

Establishment of zygomorphy on an ontogenic spiral and evolution of perianth in the tribe Delphinieae (Ranunculaceae)
AOBPreview published on July 16, 2009
Ann Bot 2009 104: 809-822; doi:10.1093/aob/mcp162 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Roger S. Seymour, Erika Maass, and Jay F. Bolin

Floral thermogenesis of three species of Hydnora (Hydnoraceae) in Africa
AOBPreview published on July 7, 2009
Ann Bot 2009 104: 823-832; doi:10.1093/aob/mcp168 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract S. R. Turner, A. Cook, J. M. Baskin, C. C. Baskin, R. E. Tuckett, K. J. Steadman, and K. W. Dixon

Identification and characterization of the water gap in the physically dormant seeds of Dodonaea petiolaris: a first report for Sapindaceae
AOBPreview published on July 19, 2009
Ann Bot 2009 104: 833-844; doi:10.1093/aob/mcp171 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jiao-Kun Li and Shuang-Quan Huang

Effective pollinators of Asian sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera): contemporary pollinators may not reflect the historical pollination syndrome
AOBPreview published on July 17, 2009
Ann Bot 2009 104: 845-851; doi:10.1093/aob/mcp173 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [ContentSelect] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Giovanni Agati, Giovanni Stefano, Stefano Biricolti, and Massimiliano Tattini

Mesophyll distribution of ‘antioxidant’ flavonoid glycosides in Ligustrum vulgare leaves under contrasting sunlight irradiance
AOBPreview published on July 25, 2009
Ann Bot 2009 104: 853-861; doi:10.1093/aob/mcp177 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Rabeya Begum, Sheikh Shamimul Alam, Gerhard Menzel, and Thomas Schmidt

Comparative molecular cytogenetics of major repetitive sequence families of three Dendrobium species (Orchidaceae) from Bangladesh
AOBPreview published on July 27, 2009
Ann Bot 2009 104: 863-872; doi:10.1093/aob/mcp178 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [ContentSelect] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Elzbieta Wolny and Robert Hasterok

Comparative cytogenetic analysis of the genomes of the model grass Brachypodium distachyon and its close relatives
AOBPreview published on July 25, 2009
Ann Bot 2009 104: 873-881; doi:10.1093/aob/mcp179 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Florence Chaubert-Pereira, Yves Caraglio, Christian Lavergne, and Yann Guédon

Identifying ontogenetic, environmental and individual components of forest tree growth
AOBPreview published on August 13, 2009
Ann Bot 2009 104: 883-896; doi:10.1093/aob/mcp189 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Andreas Jürgens, Simone R. Bosch, Antonio C. Webber, Taina Witt, Dawn Frame, and Gerhard Gottsberger

Pollination biology of Eulophia alta (Orchidaceae) in Amazonia: effects of pollinator composition on reproductive success in different populations
AOBPreview published on August 8, 2009
Ann Bot 2009 104: 897-912; doi:10.1093/aob/mcp191 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Louis Ronse De Craene and Livia Wanntorp

Floral development and anatomy of Salvadoraceae
AOBPreview published on July 29, 2009
Ann Bot 2009 104: 913-923; doi:10.1093/aob/mcp170 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract A. Ben Hassine, M. E. Ghanem, S. Bouzid, and S. Lutts

Abscisic acid has contrasting effects on salt excretion and polyamine concentrations of an inland and a coastal population of the Mediterranean xero-halophyte species Atriplex halimus
AOBPreview published on August 8, 2009
Ann Bot 2009 104: 925-936; doi:10.1093/aob/mcp174 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [ContentSelect] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Elder Antônio Sousa Paiva

Ultrastructure and post-floral secretion of the pericarpial nectaries of Erythrina speciosa (Fabaceae)
AOBPreview published on July 17, 2009
Ann Bot 2009 104: 937-944; doi:10.1093/aob/mcp175 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Marta Oñate and Sergi Munné-Bosch

Influence of plant maturity, shoot reproduction and sex on vegetative growth in the dioecious plant Urtica dioica
AOBPreview published on July 25, 2009
Ann Bot 2009 104: 945-956; doi:10.1093/aob/mcp176 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract A. M. Wubs, Y. Ma, E. Heuvelink, and L. F. M. Marcelis

Genetic differences in fruit-set patterns are determined by differences in fruit sink strength and a source : sink threshold for fruit set
AOBPreview published on July 30, 2009
Ann Bot 2009 104: 957-964; doi:10.1093/aob/mcp181 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Francisco Balao, Ramón Casimiro-Soriguer, María Talavera, Javier Herrera, and Salvador Talavera

Distribution and diversity of cytotypes in Dianthus broteri as evidenced by genome size variations
AOBPreview published on July 25, 2009
Ann Bot 2009 104: 965-973; doi:10.1093/aob/mcp182 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract María Verónica Rodríguez, Guillermina Mónica Mendiondo, Laura Maskin, Gustavo Eduardo Gudesblat, Norberto Daniel Iusem, and Roberto Luis Benech-Arnold

Expression of ABA signalling genes and ABI5 protein levels in imbibed Sorghum bicolor caryopses with contrasting dormancy and at different developmental stages
AOBPreview published on July 28, 2009
Ann Bot 2009 104: 975-985; doi:10.1093/aob/mcp184 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [ContentSelect] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Robert M. Kooyman and Mark Westoby

Costs of height gain in rainforest saplings: main-stem scaling, functional traits and strategy variation across 75 species
AOBPreview published on July 27, 2009
Ann Bot 2009 104: 987-993; doi:10.1093/aob/mcp185 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

TECHNICAL ARTICLE

Get checked abstract Clayton M. Costa and Suann Yang

Counting pollen grains using readily available, free image processing and analysis software
AOBPreview published on July 29, 2009
Ann Bot 2009 104: 1005-1010; doi:10.1093/aob/mcp186 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

SHORT COMMUNICATION

Get checked abstract Elaine Lopes Pereira Nunes, Cleusa Bona, Maria Cecília de Chiara Moço, and Alessandra Ike Coan

Release of developmental constraints on tetrad shape is confirmed in inaperturate pollen of Potamogeton
AOBPreview published on June 30, 2009
Ann Bot 2009 104: 1011-1015; doi:10.1093/aob/mcp160 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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