In the course of the investigations on fungi isolated from human skin by the second author, several strains were encountered of a fungus with sympodial conidium formation, which produce a litmus-like pigment. The same organism was recently isolated from air in the Netherlands; one of the aerial isolates, however, failed to produce any pigment. The species mentioned above resembled three strains...

Ramie (Boehmeria nivea L. Gaudich) is a major natural fiber crop cultivated in East Asia. The improvement of its yield and fineness are important breeding goals. Fiber complex quantitative trait comprising ramet number, stem diameter, plant height, skin thickness, percentage. crucial for ramie quality. However, there few association studies traits on ramie, lack high-density SNP maps population...

Boehmeria nivea (ramie) is an important fiber crop with strong tolerance to cadmium (Cd). In our previous study, a novel MYB transcription factor gene from ramie, BnMYB2, was found positively regulate Cd and accumulation in the transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana lines. Herein, transcriptome sequencing performed identify differentially expressed genes involved response between wild-type (WT) BnMYB2...

Ramie (Boehmeria nivea L.), belonging to Urticaceae, is principally used for fabric production. It a well-known natural fiber material ancient clothing. Despite its important position and application value, the understanding on genetic regulation mechanism of quality limited. Here, we generate chromosome-scale, high-quality reference genome ramie, in which, approximately 90.2% assembled sequenc...

Ramie (Boehmeria nivea L.) is China’s unique environmentally friendly cash crop. To protect the environment more strictly and develop sustainably, planting process will reduce input of fertilizer (nitrogen fertilizer). The effect reduced nitrogen on yield quality ramie still under systematic investigation. Taking fiber variety ‘H5’ as target, 4 N application rates 100% (N 390 kg/hm2), 85%, 70%,...

Ramie (Boehmeria nivea L.) bast fiber is one of the most ancient natural fibers, which used for textile only after degumming. Hemicellulose, pectin, and hydrotrope are main colloidal matters in ramie fiber, removed when However, genetic variation control loci poorly understood. Here, we analyzed discovered favorable single nucleotide poly morphisms (SNP) by genome-wide association study using 3...

Body size is one of the most important factors regarding herbaceous perennial plants life-histories, and several fitness components of these organisms are related to size. Clonal plants show distinct kinds of reproduction and can develop offspring by sexual or asexual ways. We aimed to understand how body size affects Comanthera nivea (Eriocaulaceae) sexual reproduction and to verify how clonal...