Agave distribution and floral display influence foraging rates of an endangered pollinating bat and implications for conservation by Kristen M. Lear, Clinton T. Moore, Elizabeth G. King, Emma Gómez‐Ruiz, Jose Juan Flores Maldonado, Cuauhtemoc Ibarra Sanchez, Ana Castañeda Aguilera, Thomas J. Prebyl, Jeffrey Hepinstall‐Cymerman

“…Our findings suggest opportunities to augment foraging resources for L. nivalis in ways that are consistent with their foraging behavior, including: increasing the supply of simultaneously blooming flowers by planting agave species that tend to have more umbels with simultaneously open flowers; planting multiple species of agaves with different flowering times to increase the availability of agaves with open flowers on lower‐positioned umbels throughout the period when bats are present in the region; planting agaves in clusters; and keeping dead standing agave stalks on the landscape. …”
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Mediating a host cell signaling pathway linked to overwinter mortality offers a promising therapeutic approach for improving bee health by Yi Zhang, Andrew Liu, Shao Kang Huang, Jay D. Evans, Steve C. Cook, Evan Palmer-Young, Miguel Corona, Mohamed Alburaki, Ge Liu, Ri Chou Han, Wen Feng Li, Yue Hao, Ji Lian Li, Todd M. Gilligan, Allan H. Smith-Pardo, Olubukola Banmeke, Francisco J. Posada-Florez, Ya Hui Gao, Gloria DeGrandi-Hoffman, Hui Chun Xie, Alex M. Sadzewicz, Michele Hamilton, Yan Ping Chen

“…Introduction: Honey bees provides valuable pollination services for world food crops and wild flowering plants which are habitats of many animal species and remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, a powerful tool in the fight against climate change. …”
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CircRNA Expression Pattern and ceRNA and miRNA–mRNA Networks Involved in Anther Development in the CMS Line of <i>Brassica campestris</i> by Yuwei Liang, Yuzhi Zhang, Liai Xu, Dong Zhou, Zongmin Jin, Huiyan Zhou, Sue Lin, Jiashu Cao, Li Huang

“…Our study revealed a new circRNA&#8722;miRNA&#8722;mRNA network, which is involved in the anther development of <i>B. campestris,</i> which enriched the understanding of CMS in flowering plants, and laid a foundation for further study on the functions of circRNAs and miRNAs during anther development.…”
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<i>Tropaeolum majus</i> R2R3 MYB Transcription Factor TmPAP2 Functions as a Positive Regulator of Anthocyanin Biosynthesis by Xiaoping Wang, Wei Wang, Siyu Chen, Yuji Lian, Shucai Wang

“…Nasturtium (<i>Tropaeolum majus</i>) is an edible flower plant that offers many health benefits, as it contains numerous medicinally important ingredients, including anthocyanins. …”
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Pollination, pollen tube growth, and fertilization independently contribute to fruit set and development in tomato by Long T. Tran, Koichi Sugimoto, Koichi Sugimoto, Michael Kasozi, Oscar W. Mitalo, Hiroshi Ezura, Hiroshi Ezura

“…In flowering plants, pollination, pollen tube growth, and fertilization are regarded as the first hierarchical processes of producing offspring. …”
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Aporte al estudio florístico y ecológico de las Loranthaceae del jardín botánico "El Bosque" Silvania, Cundinamarca by Sánchez M. Jeaneth, Barrera T. Eduardo

“…The relation between host and "guest" is analized and 40 species of flowering plants an!liosperms invaded (28 native and 12 foreign) are reported. …”
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Evaluating the possibility of horizontal transfer of small RNAs from Sidr pollen to honey bee and their interaction in the host cell by Leila Gharehdaghi, Taher Harkinezhad, Gholamhosein Tahmasbi

“…Therefore on one hand, these findings extend our understanding of the molecular interaction between honey bees and flowering plants, and on the other hand, it can be used as a practical road map for breeding studies in order to improve honey production and deal with diseases related to bees, as the most important pollinating insects in the 21st century’s agriculture.…”
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Genome-Wide Analysis of the SNARE Family in Cultivated Peanut (<i>Arachis hypogaea</i> L.) Reveals That Some Members Are Involved in Stress Responses by Chaoxia Lu, Zhenying Peng, Yiyang Liu, Guowei Li, Shubo Wan

“…Peanut (<i>Arachis hypogaea</i> L.) is a major oilseed crop worldwide that produces pods below ground, which is rare in flowering plants. To date, however, there has been no systematic study of SNARE family proteins in peanut. …”
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Transcriptomic analysis of Chinese yam (Dioscorea polystachya Turcz.) variants indicates brassinosteroid involvement in tuber development by Jenny Riekötter, Jana Oklestkova, Jost Muth, Richard M. Twyman, Janina Epping

“…Dioscorea is an important but underutilized genus of flowering plants that grows predominantly in tropical and subtropical regions. …”
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دراسة تأثير تطعيم هجن الخيار على أصل القرع الهجين في النمو وكمية الإنتاج ونوعيته by نصر سليمان, جورج أسمر, عمر حمودي, علاء إبراهيم

“…Grafting cucumber (Potenza F1) on (TZ148 F1) leaded to a significant decrease in each of plant height (113.25 cm), number of secondary branches (7.5 branch . plant-1), number of female flowers (94.13 flower . plant-1), number of fruits (38.13 fruit . plant-1) and total production (14.61 kg .m-2). …”
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Evaluation of Native and Nonnative Ornamentals as Pollinator Plants in Florida: II. Floral Resource Value by Heather Kalaman, Sandra B. Wilson, Rachel E. Mallinger, Gary W. Knox, Taehoon Kim, Kevin Begcy

“…The nectar volume and pollen quantity, viability, and protein content of 10 species of popular herbaceous flowering plants, commonly advertised as pollinator-friendly, were evaluated in northcentral Florida. …”
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Genome-Wide Identification MIKC-Type MADS-Box Gene Family and Their Roles during Development of Floral Buds in Wheel Wingnut (<i>Cyclocarya paliurus</i>) by Yinquan Qu, Weilong Kong, Qian Wang, Xiangxiang Fu

“…MADS-box transcription factors (TFs) have fundamental roles in regulating floral organ formation and flowering time in flowering plants. In order to understand the function of MIKC-type MADS-box family genes in <i>Cyclocarya paliurus</i> (Batal.) …”
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Smaller species experience mild adversity under shading in an old‐field plant community by Kelly C. Balfour, Danielle A. Greco, Riley Gridzak, Gillian Piggott, Brandon S. Schamp, Lonnie W. Aarssen

“…Significant effects were more common when analyses focused on small plants that reached reproduction (i.e., flowering rooted units); focusing on only flowering plants (i.e., excluding nonflowering rooted units) can clarify community patterns. …”
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تأثير التقليم الأخضر في جودة ثمار الدراق صنف »May flower« by علاء دندة

“… The study was conducted in a farm in Tartous, during the years (2016) on the peach trees of age (8 years) at the named May flower planted RIA drip irrigation in a way, trees way goblet inlaid on the original seed of peaches for type Persica vulgaris planted at a distance (5 × 5) m within the orchard peach area (4) acres in order to study the effect of pruning green in fruit production and quality. …”
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تأثير التقليم الأخضر في جودة ثمار الدراق صنف »May flower« by علاء دندة

“… The study was conducted in a farm in Tartous, during the years (2016) on the peach trees of age (8 years) at the named May flower planted RIA drip irrigation in a way, trees way goblet inlaid on the original seed of peaches for type Persica vulgaris planted at a distance (5 × 5) m within the orchard peach area (4) acres in order to study the effect of pruning green in fruit production and quality. …”
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Chromatin dynamics associated with seed desiccation tolerance/sensitivity at early germination in Medicago truncatula by Naoto Sano, Jaiana Malabarba, Zhijuan Chen, Sylvain Gaillard, David Windels, Jerome Verdier

“…DT is mostly observed in reproductive parts in flowering plants such as seeds. The seed DT is lost at early post germination stage but is temporally re-inducible in 1 mm radicles during the so-called DT window following a PEG treatment before being permanently silenced in 5 mm radicles of germinating seeds. …”
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Genetic Improvement of Calendula officinal through Mutation Induction using Gamma Irradiation and Chemical Mutagens by eman elmenbawy, Eman Fahmy, Sawsan Elateek, Nahla Awad

“…But the number of flowers/plant was not affected by the gamma radiation and colchicine but increased significantly by 10000 ppm of EMS. …”
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Phytotoxicological study of selected poisonous plants from Azad Jammu & Kashmir. by Faisal Rasool, Zaheer Ahmed Nizamani, Khawaja Shafique Ahmad, Fahmida Parveen, Shahzad Akbar Khan, Naveed Sabir

“…A total of 38 species of flowering plants belonging to 23 families and 38 genera were reported. …”
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دراسة تأثير تطعيم هجن الخيار على أصل القرع الهجين في النمو وكمية الإنتاج ونوعيته by نصر سليمان, جورج أسمر, عمر حمودي, علاء إبراهيم

“…Grafting cucumber (Potenza F1) on (TZ148 F1) leaded to a significant decrease in each of plant height (113.25 cm), number of secondary branches (7.5 branch . plant-1), number of female flowers (94.13 flower . plant-1), number of fruits (38.13 fruit . plant-1) and total production (14.61 kg .m-2). …”
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The Identification and Analysis of the Self-Incompatibility Pollen Determinant Factor <i>SLF</i> in <i>Lycium barbarum</i> by Jiali Wu, Xiongxiong Nan, Xin Zhang, Wendi Xu, Haijun Ma, Zijun Yang, Cuiping Wang

“…Self-incompatibility is a widespread genetic mechanism found in flowering plants. It plays a crucial role in preventing inbreeding and promoting outcrossing. …”
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