Botanical Studies - Volume 50 Number 1 January 2009
 
 
Volume 50 Number 1 January 2009
REVIEW PAPER
Wen-Hsiung KO*
Nature of slow and quick decline of macadamia trees
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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Sio San LEONG, Wen-Chih CHIU, and Jyh-Ching CHOU*
Gene cloning, nucleotide analysis, and overexpression in Escherichia coli of a substrate-specific indole-3-acetyl-L-alanine hydrolase from Arthrobacter ilicis
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Tsurng-Juhn HUANG, Yi-Yen CHEN, Kuo-Hsiung WANG, Tsung-Hsin HSIEH, and Chang-Hung CHOU*
Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in Ajuga taiwanensis Nakai ex Murata using PCR-based isolation of microsatellite arrays (PIMA)
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BIOCHEMISTRY
Tzure-Meng WU, Yi-Ting HSU, and Tse-Min LEE*
Effects of cadmium on the regulation of antioxidant enzyme activity, gene expression, and antioxidant defenses in the marine macroalga Ulva fasciata
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PHYSIOLOGY
Juan A. GONZÁLEZ, Miriam GALLARDO, Mirna HILAL, Mariana ROSA, and Fernando E. PRADO*
Physiological responses of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) to drought and waterlogging stresses: dry matter partitioning
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GENETICS
Kuang-Yi CHANG, Hsiao-Feng LO, Yung-Chang LAI, Po-Jen YAO, Kuan-Hung LIN, and Shih-Ying HWANG*
Identification of quantitative trait loci associated with yield-related traits in sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
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MICROBIOLOGY
Shu-Hsien TSAI, Ammaiyappan SELVAM, Yu-Ping CHANG, and Shang-Shyng YANG*
Soil bacterial community composition across different topographic sites characterized by 16S rRNA gene clones in the Fushan Forest of Taiwan
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Hsiao-Man HO* and Paul M. KIRK
Piptocephalis formosana, a new species from Taiwan
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ECOLOY
Shu-Fen YU and Hsing-Juh LIN*
Effects of agriculture on the abundance and community structure of epilithic algae in mountain streams of subtropical Taiwan
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TAXONOMY
Chiou-Rong SHEUE*, Yuen-Po YANG, Ho-Yi LIU, Fu-Shan CHOU, Hsiu-Chin CHANG, Peter SAENGER, Christopher P. MANGION, Glenn WIGHTMAN, Jean W. H. YONG, and Chi-Chu TSAI**
Reevaluating the taxonomic status of Ceriops australis (Rhizophoraceae) based on morphological and molecular evidence
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Li-Bing Zhang* and Hai He
Polystichum peishanii (sect. Haplopolystichum, Dryopteridaceae): A new fern species from a limestone area in Guizhou, China
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Ying LIU, Gong-Xi CHEN, and Qin-Er YANG*
Sinosenecio baojingensis (Asteraceae), a new species from Hunan, China
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