The Bulgarian orange-fruited mutant cultivar Oranzheva kapiya is characterized with a high content of the antioxidant β-carotene. To identify the mutation leading to the accumulation of β-carotene and develop a suitable molecular marker for this trait, the genes for geranyl-geranyl pyrophosphate synthase, capsanthin-capsorubin synthase and β-carotene hydroxylase were studied both in the mutant ...

Fleshy-fruited plants are usually dispersed by an array of frugivores, differing in the effectiveness of the dispersal service they provide to the plant. Body size differences among frugivores are hypothesized to affect seed dispersal distances and consequently their effectiveness as dispersers. We tested this hypothesis by comparing the effectiveness of two passerine birds, grackles (Onychogna...

8 Abstract. Analysis of the pericarp structure in the four genera of the palm subtribe 9 Dypsidinae reveals tissues similar to those in other taxa within the pseudomonomer10 ous Indo-Pacific arecoid palms, but generally in unspecialized configurations consis11 tent with their presumed basal position within this group. Unique tissues within some 12 members of genus Dypsis include thin-walled, ta...

UNLABELLED PREMISE OF THE STUDY Primers were developed to amplify low-copy nuclear genes in Hawaiian Metrosideros (Myrtaceae). • METHODS AND RESULTS Data from a pooled 454 Titanium run of the partial transcriptomes of four Metrosideros taxa were used to identify the loci of interest. Ten exon-primed intron-crossing (EPIC) markers were amplified and sequenced directly with success in Metros...

Herbarium specimens deposited in publicly accessible collections are the basis for all scientific names because only permanent specimens can be re-studied by independent researchers, the very essence of science. Re-investigations may be done with morphological, chemical, genomic, computer-tomographic, or other methods. Based on new herbarium material, I here provide a name for the Xishuangbanna...