Introduction to Cover lllustration：Tetraena mongolica Maxim.

Tetraena mongolica Maxim. is the only member of the genus Tetraena that belongs to the family Zy-gophyllaceae. It is characterized by the following features： small deciduous shrubs, 30-50 cm tall, much branched;leaves paripinnate, opposite on current year branches, and fascicled on old branches; leaflets 2,     

Introduction to Cover Illustration:Tetraena mongolica Maxim.

Tetraena mongolicaMaxi m.is the only member of the genusTetraenathat belongs to the family Zy-gophyllaceae.It is characterized by the following features:small deciduous shrubs,30~50 cmtall,muchbranched;leaves paripinnate,opposite on current year branches,…     

Introduction to Cover Illustration:Tetraena mongolica Maxim.

Tetraena mongolica Maxim.is the only member of the genusTetraenathat belongs to the family Zy-gophyllaceae.It is characterized by the following features:small deciduous shrubs,30~50 cmtall,muchbranched;leaves paripinnate,opposite on current year branches,and fascicled on old branches;leaflets 2,sessile,on an extremely short leaf rachis,oblanceolate,5~7 mmlong,2~3 mm broad,entire,densely cov-ered with appressed T-shaped hairs,apex acute;flowers bisexual,solitary or 1~2 on a short shoot;sepals4…     

Introduction to Cover Illustration：Tetraena mongolica Maxim.

Tetraena mongolica Maxim.is the only member of the genus Tetraena that belongs to the family Zygophyllaceae.It is characterized by the following features:small deciduous shrubs,30～50 cm     

Virologica Sinica

<正>Aims and Scope Virologica Sinica is an academic journal which aims at presenting the cutting-edge basic and applied research on viruses all over the world.The journal publishes peer-reviewed original research articles and reviews,as well as commentaries and letters to the editor,to encompass the latest developments in all branches of virology,including research on animal,plant and microbe viruses.The journal welcomes articles on virus discovery,viral     

Virologica Sinica

<正>Aims and Scope Virologica Sinica is an academic journal which aims at presenting the cutting-edge basic and applied research on viruses all over the world.The journal publishes peer-reviewed original research articles and reviews,as well as commentaries and letters to the editor,to encompass the latest developments in all branches of virology,including research on animal,plant and microbe viruses.The journal welcomes articles on virus discovery,viral     

Virologica Sinica

<正>Aims and Scope Virologica Sinica is an academic journal which aims at presenting the cutting-edge basic and applied research on viruses all over the world.The journal publishes peer-reviewed original research articles and reviews,as well as commentaries and letters to the editor,to encompass the latest developments in all branches of virology,including research on animal,plant and microbe viruses.The journal welcomes articles on virus discovery,viral     

Virologica Sinica

<正>Aims and Scope Virologica Sinica is an academic journal which aims at presenting the cutting-edge basic and applied research on viruses all over the world.The journal publishes peer-reviewed original research articles and reviews,as well as commentaries and letters to the editor,to encompass the latest developments in all branches of virology,     

Virologica Sinica

正Aims and Scope Virologica Sinica is an international journal which aims at presenting the cutting-edge basic and applied research on viruses all over the world.The journal publishes peer-reviewed original research articles and reviews,which concern the latest developments in all branches of virology,including the research on the viruses of animals,     

Virologica Sinica

<正>Aims and Scope Virologica Sinica is an academic journal which aims at presenting the cutting-edge basic and applied research on viruses all over the world.The journal publishes peer-reviewed original research articles and reviews,as well as commentaries and letters to the editor,to encompass the latest developments in all branches of virology,     

Virologlca Sinica

<正>Aims and Scope Virologica Sinica is an academic journal which aims at presenting the cutting-edge basic and applied research on viruses all over the world.The journal publishes peer-reviewed original research articles and reviews,as well as commentaries and letters to the editor,to encompass the latest developments in all branches of virology,including research on animal,plant and microbe viruses.The journal welcomes articles on virus discovery,viral pathogenesis,virus-host interaction,vaccine development,antiviral agents and therapies,and virus related bio-     

Virologica Sinica

正Aims and Scope Virotogica Sinica is an academic journal which aims at presenting the cutting-edge basic and applied research on viruses all over the world.The journal publishes peer-reviewed original research articles and reviews,as well as commentaries and letters to the editor,to encompass the latest developments in all branches of virology,including research on animal,plant and microbe viruses.The journal welcomes     

Virologica Sinica

Aims and Scope Virologica Sinica is an academic journal which aims at presenting the cutting-edge basic and applied research on viruses all over the world.The journal publishes peer-reviewed original research articles and reviews,as well as commentaries and letters to the editor,to encompass the latest developments in all branches of virology,including research on animal,plant and microbe viruses.The journal welcomes articles on virus discovery,viral     

Virologica Sinica

正Aims and Scope Virologica Sinica is an academic journal which aims at presenting the cutting-edge basic and applied research on viruses all over the world.The journal publishes peer-reviewed original research articles and reviews,as well as commentaries and letters to the editor,to encompass the latest developments in all branches of virology,including research on animal,plant and microbe viruses.The journal welcomes articles on virus discovery,viral     

Virologica Sinica

正Aims and Scope Virologica Sinica is an academic journal which aims at presenting the cutting-edge basic and applied research on viruses all over the world.The journal publishes peer-reviewed original research articles and reviews,as well as commentaries and letters to the editor,to encompass the latest developments in all branches of virology,including research on animal,plant and microbe viruses.The journal welcomes articles on virus discovery,viral     

Autecology and conservation status of Magnolia sargentiana Rehder ＆ Wilson （Magnoliaceae） in the Dafengding region,southern Sichuan Province,China

This paper reports the first population ecology study of the endangered Magnolia sargentiana Rehder ＆ Wilson （Magnoliaceae）. Magnolia sargentiana is a protected species in China, but little is known about its present status in the field. In 2007 and 2008, we surveyed the population and conservation status ofM. sargentiana in the Provincial Mamize Nature Reserve and the National Meigu Dafengding Nature Reserve, Sichuan Province, southwestern China. Natural regeneration is poor because of unfavorable environmental conditions and anthropogenic disturbances. Flower buds and bark ofM. sargentiana are used in traditional Chinese medicine and their collection by local people over the period 1983-1994 has led to marked population declines. The collection of flower buds and bark is now banned, but hewing branches for firewood and grazing continues to have a negative impact on the recovery of M. sargentiana populations. To protect the species, we require a ban on hewing branches, closure of primary forests to reduce the impact of humans and ungulates, better education of local people, and increased awareness of wildlife conservation.     

Virologica Sinica

正Aims and Scope Virologica Sinica is an academic journal which aims at presenting the cutting-edge basic and applied research on viruses all over the world.The journal publishes peer-reviewed original research articles and reviews,as well as commentaries and letters to the editor,to encompass the latest developments in all branches of virology,     

Control of flowering and inflorescence architecture in tomato by synergistic interactions between ALOG transcription factors

正Inflorescences are flower-bearing shoots that originate from pools of stem cells in shoot apical meristems (SAM).Inflorescence architecture is determined by a process of meristem maturation,during which stem cell fate switches from a vegetative to a reproductive growth program.A major factor in plant reproductive success in nature and yield in agriculture is the number of branches and flowers on inflorescences (Kobayashi and Weigel,2007;     

An Overview of the Biology of Reaction Wood Formation

Reaction wood possesses altered properties and performs the function of regulating a tree＇s form, but it is a serious defect in wood utility. Trees usually develop reaction wood in response to a gravistimulus. Reaction wood in gymnosperms is referred to as compression wood and develops on the lower side of leaning stems or branches. In arboreal, dicotyledonous angiosperms, however, it is called tension wood and is formed on the upper side of the leaning. Exploring the biology of reaction wood formation is of great value for the understanding of the wood differentiation mechanisms, cambial activity, gravitropism, and the systematics and evolution of plants. After giving an outline of the variety of wood and properties of reaction wood, this review lays emphasis on various stimuli for reaction wood induction and the extensive studies carried out so far on the roles of plant hormones in reaction wood formation. Inconsistent results have been reported for the effects of plant hormones. Both auxin and ethylene regulate the formation of compression wood in gymnosperms. However, the role of ethylene may be indirect as exogenous ethylene cannot induce compression wood formation. Tension wood formation is mainly regulated by auxin and gibberellin. Interactions among hormones and other substances may play important parts in the regulation of reaction wood formation.     

LVTree Viewer:An Interactive Display for the All-Species Living Tree Incorporating Automatic Comparison with Prokaryotic Systematics

We describe an interactive viewer for the All-Species Living Tree (LVTree). The viewer incorporates treeing and lineage information from the ARB-SILVA website. It allows collapsing the tree branches at different taxonomic ranks and expanding the collapsed branches as well, keeping the overall topology of the tree unchanged. It also enables the user to observe the consequence of trial lineage modifications by re-collapsing the tree. The system reports taxon statistics at all ranks automatically after each collapsing and re-collapsing. These features greatly facilitate the compar-ison of the 16S rRNA sequence phylogeny with prokaryotic taxonomy in a taxon by taxon manner. In view of the fact that the present prokaryotic systematics is largely based on 16S rRNA sequence analysis, the current viewer may help reveal discrepancies between phylogeny and taxonomy. As an application, we show that in the latest release of LVTree, based on 11,939 rRNA sequences, as few as 24 lineage modifications are enough to bring all but two phyla (Proteobacteria and Firmicutes) to monophyletic clusters.