Botanical Studies - Volume 49 Number 4 October 2008
 
 
Volume 49 Number 4 October 2008
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Wen-Wu GUO*, Reng-Chao WU, Gai-En FAN, and Yun-Jiang CHENG
Analysis of mi tochondr ial genomes in Citrus interspecific somatic hybrids produced by protoplast fusion
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BIOCHEMISTRY
Mei-Hsien LEE, Yi-Yuan YANG, Yu-Hui TSAI, Yueh-Lun LEE, Po-Yuan HUANG, I-Jen HUANG, Kur-Ta CHENG, and Sy-Jye LEU*
The effect of Chinese herbal medicines on TNF-a induced matrix metalloproteinase-1, -9 activities and interleukin-8 secretion
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Shyh-Shyun HUANG, Guan-Jhong HUANG, Yu-Ling HO, Yaw-Huei LIN, Hsin-Jung HUNG, Tien-Ning CHANG, Man-Jau CHANG, Jial-Jhen CHEN, and Yuan-Shiun CHANG*
Antioxidant and antiproliferative activities of the four Hydrocotyle species from Taiwan
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PHYSIOLOGY
Xi-Gui SONG, Xiao-Ping SHE*, Lin-Ying GUO, Zhao-Ni MENG, and Ai-Xia HUANG
MAPK kinase and CDP kinase modulate hydrogen peroxide levels during dark-induced stomatal closure in guard cells of Vicia faba
323
Yi Ting HSU and Ching Huei KAO*
Distinct roles of abscisic acid in rice seedlings during cadmium stress at high temperature
335
Abdul WAHID*, Asma NOREEN, Shahzad M.A. BASRA, Sadia GELANI, and M. FAROOQ
Priming-induced metabolic changes in sunflower (Helianthus annuus) achenes improve germination and seedling growth
343
Zhen XU1,2, Haibo YANG1, Fude LIU*, Shuqing AN*, Jun CUI, Zhongsheng WANG, and Shirong LIU
Partitioning evapotranspiration flux components in a subalpine shrubland based on stable isotopic measurements
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MORPHOLOGY
George KOFIDIS and Artemios M. BOSABALIDIS*
Effects of altitude and season on glandular hairs and leaf structural traits of Nepeta nuda L.
363
ECOLOY
Yun-Chun ZHANG, Qiao-Ying ZHANG, Eshetu YIRDAW, Peng LUO, and Ning WU*
Clonal integration of Fragaria orientalis driven by contrasting water availability between adjacent patches
373
Qian ZHANG, Ruyi YANG, Jianjun TANG, and Xin CHEN*
Competitive interaction between the invasive Solidago canadensis and native Kummerowia striata in lead contaminated soil
385
TAXONOMY
Peter C. BOYCE* and Sin Yeng WONG
Studies on Schismatoglottideae (Araceae) of Borneo VII: Schottarum and Bakoa, two new genera from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo
393
Ching-I PENG, Shin-Ming KU, Yoshiko KONO, Kuo-Fang CHUNG, and Yan LIU*
Two new species of Begonia (sect. Coelocentrum, Begoniaceae) from limestone areas in Guangxi, China: B. arachnoidea and B. subcoriacea
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Index
 
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Instructions to Authors
 
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