The synthesis of silaheterocycles through the first examples of an intramolecular silene Diels-Alder reaction is described.

Microbotryum violaceum (anther-smut) from Silene caroliniana and S. virginica produced promycelia that frequently appeared to contain more than three cells according to the number of septations. This is in contrast to samples from S. latifolia and to previous descriptions of this species. Apparent four-celled promycelia contained three nucleate cells and one anucleate zone. Anucleate zones were...

Large and diverse genera, such as Silene need more reliable morphological traits for the credible identification and delimitation of the species. Despite the fact that the type of indumentum among the species of Silene had been addressed in most available revisions, monographs and floristic studies, the trichome-based features and their adaptational importance have not been investigated explici...

PREMISE OF THE STUDY We designed and tested microsatellite markers for the North American native species Silene stellata (Caryophyllaceae) to investigate its population genetic structure and identify selection on floral design through male reproductive success. METHODS AND RESULTS A total of 153 candidate microsatellite loci were isolated based on next-generation sequencing. We identified 18 ...

During an exploration in boundary areas of Salmas (W Azarbayjan province, Iran) in 2016, an interesting plant from the genus Silene was collected. Determination of the plant material by using Flora Iranica was showed that, it is an unknown plant, but the specimen was determined as Silene armena Boiss. from the section Sclerocalycinae according to identification key of Flora of Turkey and Flora ...

A sequence involving dihydroxylation and acid induced fragmentation of silene generated silacyclohexenes represents the key step in a concise synthetic route to beta-hydroxy-delta-lactones.

The occurrence of multiple pathogen species on a shared host species is unexpected when they exploit the same micro-niche within the host individual. One explanation for such observations is the presence of pathogen-specific resistances segregating within the host population into sites that are differentially occupied by the competing pathogens. This study used experimental inoculations to test...