Botanical Studies - Volume 53 Number 1 January 2012
 
 
Volume 53 Number 1 January 2012
REVIEW PAPER
Katelyn B. SHORTT and Steven M. VAMOSI
A review of the biology of the weedy Siberian peashrub, Caragana arborescens, with an emphasis on its potential effects in North America
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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Ya-Han DAI, Chich-Yu HUANG, Lisa WEN, Dey-Chyi SHEU, and Chi-Tsai LIN
Lemon ascorbate peroxidase: cDNA cloning and biochemical characterization
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Chun-Hung LIN, Jia-Yuan HUANG, and Long-Fang O. CHEN
Cloning the broccoli HMG-I/Y gene as an endogenous reference for transgene copy number determinations using real-time PCR
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BIOCHEMISTRY
Min-Lang CHANG, Nan-Ying CHEN, Li-Jen LIAO, Chung-Lung CHO, and Zin-Huang LIU
Effect of cadmium on peroxidase isozyme activity in roots of two Oryza sativa cultivars
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Min-Lang CHANG, Li-Jen LIAO, Jia-Hong LIN, Zin-Huang LIU, Yuan-Ting HSU, and Tse-Min LEE
Modulation of antioxidant defense system and NADPH oxidase in Pluchea indica leaves by water deficit stress
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Yu-Ling HO, Shyh-Shyun HUANG, Jeng-Shyan DENG, Yaw-Huei LIN, Yuan-Shiun CHANG, and Guan-Jhong HUANG
In vitro antioxidant properties and total phenolic contents of wetland medicinal plants in Taiwan
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PHYSIOLOGY
Idioleidys ALVAREZ, Ofelia SAM, Inés REYNALDO, Pilar TESTILLANO, María del CARMEN RISUEÑO, and Marta ARIAS
Morphological and cellular changes in rice roots (Oryza sativa L.) caused by Al stress
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Jhy-Gong WANG and Hsu-Liang HSIEH
Induction of tomato Jasmonate-Resistant 1-Like 1 gene expression can delay the colonization of Ralstonia solanacearum in transgenic tomato
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Matt GEISLER, David J. GIBSON, Kenneth J. LINDSEY, Katherine MILLAR, and Andrew J. WOOD
Upregulation of photosynthesis genes, and downregulation of stress defense genes, is the response of Arabidopsis thaliana shoots to intraspecific competition
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REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
Yung-I LEE and Edward C. YEUNG
Embryology of the lady’s slipper orchid, Paphiopedilum delenatii: Ovule development
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ECOLOGY
Jinsoon PARK, Jong Seong KHIM, Taisuke OHTSUKA, Hiroyuki ARAKI, Andrzej WITKOWSKI, and Chul-Hwan KOH
Diatom assemblages on Nanaura mudflat, Ariake Sea, Japan: with reference to the biogeography of marine benthic diatoms in Northeast Asia
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Shih-Yuan CHEN, Li-Ying PAN, Min-Jhe HONG, and An-Chin LEE
The effects of temperature on the growth of and ammonia uptake by marine microalgae
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SYSTEMATICS
Sheng-Hua WU, Yu-Cheng DAI, Tsutomu HATTORI, Tu-Wen YU, Dong-Mei WANG, Erast PARMASTO, Heng-Yuan CHANG, and Siang-Yun SHIH
Species clarification for the medicinally valuable ‘sanghuang’ mushroom
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Qing-Yan LI, Wei GUO, Wen-Bo LIAO, James A. MACKLIN, and Jian-Hua LI
Generic limits of Pyrinae: Insights from nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences
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Wei-Bin XU, Bo PAN, Yan LIU, Ching-I PENG, and Kuo-Fang CHUNG
Two new species, Primulina multifida and P. pseudomollifolia (Gesneriaceae), from karst caves in Guangxi, China
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