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Germination and seed traits in common alder (Alnus spp.): the potential contrib...
Marques, Inês Gomes; Faria, Carla; Conceição, Sofia I. R.; Jansson, Roland; Corcobado, Tamara; Milanovic, Slobodan; Laurent, Yann; Bernez, IvanThe degradation of riparian ecosystems occurring throughout the past decades hasmotivated efforts aimed at the restoration of these ecosystems. The success of active revegetation approaches to restoration requires appropriate selection of reproductive material, which in turn requires knowledge of seed traits and germination. Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn. (common alder) is a key riparian tree widely used in resto...
Conservation of a critically endangered endemic halophyte of West Portugal: a m...
Cortinhas, Ana; Ferreira, Teresa; Abreu, Maria Manuela; Caperta, AnaThe soil system has been frequently overlooked during plant reintroduction planning and practice since working with soils and plant roots can be difficult, particularly in saline environments. Coastal saline environments are major contributors to regional and global biodiversity and an important source of endemic species. However, various species are in decline or considered threatened, particularly halophytes ...
Conservation of a critically endangered endemic halophyte of West Portugal: a m...
Cortinhas, Ana; Ferreira, Teresa; Abreu, Maria Manuela; Caperta, AnaThe soil system has been frequently overlooked during plant reintroduction planning and practice since working with soils and plant roots can be difficult, particularly in saline environments. Coastal saline environments are major contributors to regional and global biodiversity and an important source of endemic species. However, various species are in decline or considered threatened, particularly halophytes ...
Germination and seed traits in common alder (Alnus spp.): the potential contrib...
Marques, Inês Gomes; Faria, Carla; Conceição, Sofia Isabel Rodrigues; Jansson, Roland; Corcobado, Tamara; Milanovic, Slobodan; Laurent, YannThe degradation of riparian ecosystems occurring throughout the past decades has motivated efforts aimed at the restoration of these ecosystems. The success of active revegetation approaches to restoration requires appropriate selection of reproductive material, which in turn requires knowledge of seed traits and germination. Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn. (common alder) is a key riparian tree widely used in rest...
Effects of high temperature on mitotic index, microtubule and chromatin organiz...
Neves, Vanda; Viegas, Wanda; Caperta, AnaStressful high temperatures on plants can limit whole-plant function and decrease crop productivity. However, little is known regarding heat stress effects on microtubule cytoskeleton and chromatin in roots from intact plants. Here we studied high temperature effects on cell division, microtubule and chromatin organization patterns in rye root tips from intact plants subjected to 40ºC for 4 h and after differen...
Limonium mucronatum: plant communities and cytogenetic characterization of an e...
Rhazi, Laila; Rebelo, Ana Rita; Róis, Ana S.; Castro, Sílvia; Loureiro, João; El Madihi, Mohammed; Paes, Ana Paula; Grillas, Patrick; Tattou, MohammedLimonium mucronatum (L.f.) Chaz. (Plumbaginaceae), a strict endemic of Morocco, has a restricted range in the littoral zone between Rabat and Tan Tan (Draa valley). This coastal region at the junction of Mediterranean, Canary and Saharan influences is of considerable biogeographical interest. However, little information exists on L. mucronatum communities and its relationship with bioclimatology or chromosome p...
Secretory structures in plants: lessons from the Plumbaginaceae on their origin...
Caperta, Ana; Róis, Ana S.; Teixeira, Generosa; Garcia-Caparros, Pedro; Flowers, Timothy J.The Plumbaginaceae (non-core Caryophyllales) is a family well known for species adapted to a wide range of arid and saline habitats. Of its salt-tolerant species, at least 45 are in the genus Limonium; two in each of Aegialitis, Limoniastrum and Myriolimon, and one each in Psylliostachys, Armeria, Ceratostigma, Goniolimon and Plumbago. All the halophytic members of the family have salt glands, which are also co...
Growth performance, in vitro antioxidant properties and chemical composition of...
Rodrigues, Maria João; Monteiro, Ivo; Castañeda-Loaiza, Viana; Placines, Chloe; Oliveira, M.Conceição; Reis, Catarina; Caperta, Ana; Soares, FlorbelaLimonium algarvense Erben (sea lavender) is a halophyte species with potential to provide natural ingredients with in vitro antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, neuroprotective and antidiabetic properties. This study reports for the first time the 1) cultivation of sea lavender in greenhouse conditions under irrigation with freshwater (approx. 0mM NaCl) and saline aquaculture wastewater (300 and 600mM NaCl), and 2) ...
Phylogeography and modes of reproduction in diploid and tetraploid halophytes o...
Róis, Ana Sofia; Sádio, Flávio; Paulo, Octávio S.; Teixeira, Generosa; Paes, Ana Paula; Espírito-Santo, Maria Dalila; Sharbel, Timothy F.; Caperta, AnaBackground and Aims The genus Limonium (Plumbaginaceae) has long been recognized to have sexual and apomictic (asexual seed formation) modes of reproduction. This study aimed to elucidate phylogeographical patterns and modes of reproduction in diploid and tetraploid Limonium species, namely three putative sexual diploid species with morphological affinities (L. nydeggeri, L. ovalifolium, L. lanceolatum) and thr...
Taxonomic complexity in the halophyte Limonium vulgare and related taxa (Plumba...
Cortinhas, Ana; Erben, Mathias; Paes, Ana Paula; Espírito-Santo, Maria Dalila; Guara-Requena, Miguel; Caperta, AnaBackground and Aims Limonium is awell-known example of a group of plants that is taxonomically complex due to certain biological characteristics that hamper species’ delineation. The closely related polyploid species Limonium vulgare Mill., L. humile Mill. and L. narbonense Mill. are defined species and can be used for studying patterns of morphological and reproductive variation. The first two taxa are usually...