Pollen grains are one of the most important groups of atmospheric biological particles that originate allergic processes. Knowledge of intradiurnal variation of the atmospheric pollen may be useful for the treatment and prevention of pollen allergies. Intradiurnal fluctuation of hourly pollen counts in 24 h are related to the daily rhythm of anther opening, and modified by various interacting f...

Vitex rotundifolia L. (VR) as long been used in China and Korea in traditional medicine. This study was conducted to evaluate the ability of Vitex rotundifolia L. to prevent airway inflammation and remodeling in an ovalbumin (OVA)-induced murine asthma model. The total cell number and number of inflammatory cells in the bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid were counted. The levels of cytokines in...

Abstract Muscadinia rotundifolia, the muscadine grape, has been cultivated for centuries in southeastern United States. M. rotundifolia is resistant to many of pathogens that detrimentally affect Vitis vinifera, grape species commonly used winemaking. For this reason, a valuable genetic resource breeding. Single-molecule real-time reads were combined with optical maps reconstruct two haplotypes...

Three cultivars of Ilex crenata: 'Helleri', 'Convexa', and 'Rotundifolia' were inoculated with either Criconemoides xenoplax, Helicotylenchus dihystera, Hoplolaimus galeatus, Trichodorus cltristiei, or Tylenchorhynchus claytoni at 0, 200 (low), or 2,000 (high) nematodes/ 15-cm diam pot. Plants were kept in the greenhouse 10 mo prior to transplanting into 2.25 m(2) field plots. Helleri was sever...

• The contribution of insect prey to total N in the carnivorous plants, Drosera rotundifolia and D. intermedia , was quantified in situ and without any experimental manipulation using natural abundance stable isotope analysis. • Samples of D. rotundifolia and D. intermedia , insects and noncarnivorous reference plants were collected from three contrasting locations across Britain. The proportio...

Interactions among the foraging behaviours of co-occurring animal species can impact population and community dynamics; the consequences of interactions between plant and animal foraging behaviours have received less attention. In North American forests, invasions by European earthworms have led to substantial changes in plant community composition. Changes in leaf litter have been identified a...

An Evaluation of the Invasive Potential of Beach Vitex (Vitex rotundifolia) Charles A. Gresham and Amber Neal The Belle W. Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science, Clemson University P. O. Box 596, Georgetown, SC 29442 ABSTRACT This study was conducted to determine if the introduced woody plant Beach Vitex, Vitex rotundifolia (Verbenaceae), (BV), has the potential to displace nat...