Correlations among soils’ features, forest plant species, and vegetable crops in Tokpli mining zone (South Togo)

To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of TCSV infection of H. wayetii and S. truncata from any location, although other tospoviruses are known to infect these and related plant species. The identification of these two diverse plant species as the first reported natural ornamental hosts of TCSV has implications for TCSV epidemiology and management in ornamental and vegetable crops, which frequently share production space. Accepted by publication 15 January 2015. Published 25 February 2015.

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The Effects of Disturbance on Forest Plant Species Diversity: A Review

International Journal of Ecology ◽

10.12677/ije.2021.104073 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (04) ◽

pp. 642-654

Author(s):

雄越李

Keyword(s):

Species Diversity ◽

Plant Species ◽

Plant Species Diversity ◽

Forest Plant Species

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Legacies of the past in the present-day forest biodiversity: a review of past land-use effects on forest plant species composition and diversity

Sustainability and Diversity of Forest Ecosystems ◽

10.1007/978-4-431-73238-9_1 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 361-371 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Martin Hermy ◽

Kris Verheyen

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Species Composition ◽

Plant Species ◽

Plant Species Composition ◽

Forest Biodiversity ◽

The Past ◽

Land Use Effects ◽

Forest Plant Species ◽

Past Land Use

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Five decades of research on phytoplasma-induced witches' broom diseases.

CAB Reviews Perspectives in Agriculture Veterinary Science Nutrition and Natural Resources ◽

10.1079/pavsnnr202116002 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (002) ◽

Author(s):

Chamran Hemmati

Keyword(s):

Plant Species ◽

Ornamental Plants ◽

Fruit Trees ◽

The Other ◽

Economic Losses ◽

Common Disease ◽

Vegetable Crops ◽

Management Options ◽

Disease Symptoms ◽

Broom Disease

Abstract Phytoplasmas, prokaryotic wall-less microorganisms, are important pathogens of several plant species in most parts of the world. Phytoplasmas have been reported associated with various symptoms on hundreds of plant species. Witches' broom disease (WBD) is one of the most common disease symptoms, which is caused by phytoplasma strains belonging to different phytoplasma groups. Symptoms of the disease differ from one host to the other as well as from one phytoplasma strain to the other. However, WBD symptoms are usually characterized by the production of a large number of small leaves, accompanied in some host plants by the production of several branches/shoots. Phytoplasma strains belonging to more than 13 groups and 39 subgroups have been reported associated with WBD in more than 116 plant species. Most of the phytoplasma strains causing WBD symptoms in plant species belong to the 16SrII and 16SrI groups, mainly 16SrII-D and 16SrI-B subgroups. The current review provides information on the different types of phytoplasma strains associated with WBD symptoms in ornamental plants, medicinal plants, forest trees, weeds, vegetable crops, field crops, and fruit trees. Emphasis is on WBD on acid limes, almonds, peanuts, jujube, and cassava that have resulted in significant economic losses in different countries. Description of the symptoms, phytoplasma groups, and management options is also provided for some of the diseases.

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Impact of habitat quality on forest plant species colonization

Forest Ecology and Management ◽

10.1016/s0378-1127(98)00396-x ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 115 (2-3) ◽

pp. 157-170 ◽

Cited By ~ 137

Author(s):

Olivier Honnay ◽

Martin Hermy ◽

Pol Coppin

Keyword(s):

Plant Species ◽

Habitat Quality ◽

Forest Plant Species

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Diagnosis of the Content of Selected Heavy Metals in the Soils of the Pałuki Region Against their Enzymatic Activity

Archives of Environmental Protection ◽

10.2478/aep-2013-0026 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 39 (3) ◽

pp. 23-32 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Joanna Lemanowicz ◽

Agata Bartkowiak

Keyword(s):

Heavy Metals ◽

Enzymatic Activity ◽

Plant Species ◽

Hydrolytic Enzymes ◽

Soil Samples ◽

River Valley ◽

Vegetable Crops ◽

Soil Material ◽

The Right ◽

Very High

Abstract The paper presents the research results for the soils sampled from the area located in the eastern part of the Chodzieskie Lakes, between the Middle Noteć River Valley and the Wełna River Valley, the right tributary of the Warta River. The research involved 7 soil samples from the surface horizons, allocated to the cultivation of various plant species (cereals and vegetable crops). The following were determined in the soil material: the content of phytoavailable forms of selected heavy metals Zn, Cu, Pb, Ni, Fe and Mn, active and available to plants phosphorus against the activity of selected oxydo-reduction and hydrolytic enzymes. The soil under the vegetable crops showed a very high richness in phosphorus available to plants, which must have been related to an intensive fertilisation. There were identified relatively low contents of the available forms of the heavy metals investigated, the fact that points to their natural content in soil, which triggered the inhibition of neither the oxydo-reduction nor hydrolytic enzymes.

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Gene discovery in Atlantic Forest plant species using GR-RSC simplified genomes

10.7287/peerj.preprints.2316v1 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Marcella A A Detoni ◽

Raony G C C L Cardenas ◽

Marcela Uliano-Silva ◽

Mauro de Freitas Rebelo

Keyword(s):

Plant Species ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

Restriction Site ◽

Gene Discovery ◽

Data Bank ◽

Biological Processes ◽

A Genome ◽

Short Period ◽

Metabolite Synthesis ◽

Forest Plant Species

The Atlantic Forest is one of the most import biodiversity hotspots in the world, nevertheless, its 20,000 plant species are poorly characterized genetically, what could undermine conservational efforts and bioprospection of natural products. We used a genome reduction using restriction site conservation (GR-RSC) technique to minimize sequencing effort and build in a short period a data bank of gene sequences from 35 plant species from the Atlantic Forest in a private natural protected area in Southwest Brazil. After Illumina sequencing and standard bioinformatics, we produced more than 66 million super reads, of which 11 million (17\%) were annotated using Diamond and UNIREF90 database and 55 million were 'No hit'. We picked 17 enzymes from 2 secondary metabolite synthesis pathways that are both important representatives of biological processes for plants and also of industrial interest, to test the usefulness of the databank we created for gene discovery. All 17 genes were detected in at least one of the 35 species and all species exhibited at least one of the genes. Eight of the 35 species exhibited all 17 genes. These results shows that genome simplification by restriction enzyme can be applied to preliminary screen thousands of species in tropical forests, generating useful databanks for scientific and entreprenurial activities both in conservational biology and bioprospection.

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Fusarium species: The occurrence and the importance in agriculture of Serbia

Zbornik Matice srpske za prirodne nauke ◽

10.2298/zmspn0916033l ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 33-48 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Jelena Levic ◽

Slavica Stankovic ◽

Vesna Krnjaja ◽

Aleksandra Bocarov-Stancic

Keyword(s):

Plant Species ◽

Root Rot ◽

Critical Period ◽

Grain Quality ◽

Fusarium Species ◽

Yield Reduction ◽

Vegetable Crops ◽

Genus Fusarium ◽

Small Grains ◽

And Storage

Fusarium species have been isolated from over 100 plant species in Serbia. From the economic aspect, they have been and still are the most important for the production and storage of small grains and maize, and are exceptionally important for some other species. Total of 63 species, 35 varieties (var.) and 19 specialised forms (f. sp.) of basic species, particularly of F. oxysporum (4 var. and 12 f. sp.) and F. solani (7 var. and 3 f. sp.) were identified. Species F. langsethiae and F. thapsinum, recently identified, have been isolated from wheat and s o r g h u m seeds, respectively. F. graminearum is the most important pathogen for wheat, barely and maize, while F. poae is also important for wheat and barely. Furthermore, species of the section Liseola (F. verticillioides, F. subglutinans and F. proliferatum) are important for maize and sorghum. In recent years, species of the section Liseola have been increasingly occurring in wheat and barley. The June-October period in Serbia is the most critical period for quality maintenance of stored maize, as the abundance and frequency of fungi, particularly of toxigenic species of the genus Fusarium, are the greatest during that period. In general, there is a lack of data about fusarioses of industrial crops in Serbia. There are mere descriptions of specific cases in which the development of Fusarium species was mostly emphasised by agroecological conditions. The presence of recently determined Fusarium species in kernels of these plant species indicates their importance from the aspect of the yield reduction and grain quality debasement and the mycotoxin contamination. Root rot and plant wilt are characteristic symptoms of fusarioses for forage and vegetable crops, while pathological changes in fruits provoked by Fusarium species are less frequent. F. oxysporum and its specialised forms prevail in these plant species.

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