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  1. Drought stress is a major constraint to the growth and productivity of Phaseolus vulgaris, particularly in dry regions. Utilizing natural biostimulants offers an eco-friendly approach to enhancing drought toleran...

    Authors: Hussein E. E. Belal, Amr Elkelish, Mohamed M. Zaid, Abdulrahman Alhudhaibi, Mohamed S. A. El-Roby, Yasmine H. Abd Elmohsen, Amany H. A. Abeed, Celestin Ukozehasi, Mostafa M. Rady and Ali A. S. Sayed
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2025 66:36
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  2. The inconsistency between morphological and genetic evidence has consistently presented a challenge in taxonomy. The genus Aspidistra (Asparagaceae) comprises perennial herbs found primarily in eastern and southe...

    Authors: Min-Xin Luo, Ming-Jen Yang, Chang-Tse Lu and Pei-Chun Liao
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2025 66:35
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  3. Araceae family is known for its entomophilous reproductive strategies, involving olfactory-driven pollinator attraction and diverse floral rewards. In the Neotropics, genera with unisexually-flowered infloresc...

    Authors: Luna Ibáñez, Eliana Álvarez-Valdez, Artur Campos Dália Maia, Luis Alberto Núñez-Avellaneda, Gonzalo Taborda-Ocampo, Alejandro Zuluaga-Trochez and Natalia Castaño-Rubiano
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2025 66:34
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  4. Marine-derived microorganisms are renowned for producing structurally diverse secondary metabolites with notable biological activities, serving as a promising reservoir for pharmaceutical development. In this ...

    Authors: Shu-Jung Huang, Su-Jung Hsu, Shih-Wei Wang, Yi-Chien Liu, Cheng-Yan Jiang, George Hsiao and Tzong-Huei Lee
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2025 66:33
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  5. Understanding the reproductive barriers in natural plant hybrids is fundamental for comprehending mechanisms of speciation and evolutionary divergence. Most studies focus on reproductive barriers and gene exch...

    Authors: Francesco Carlomagno and Giuseppe Pellegrino
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2025 66:32
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  6. Understanding plant adaptation to extreme environments is crucial for conservation and evolutionary biology. Ammopiptanthus mongolicus, a drought-resistant evergreen shrub native to northwestern China, provides a...

    Authors: Yong-Zhi Yang, De-Ming Gao, Pei-Wei Sun, Chong-Yi Ke, Qihui Fong, Min-Xin Luo, Run-Hong Gao and Pei-Chun Liao
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2025 66:31
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  7. , used in traditional medicine and as a nutraceutical, requires external chemical stimuli for seed germination, similar to other Orobanchaceae species. This study aims to explore the effects of plant growth re...

    Authors: Yu-Hsuan Wang, Kuan-Hung Lin, Yu-Hsin Tseng, Cung-I Chen, Chang-Chang Chen, Ching-Wen Wang and Meng-Yuan Huang
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2025 66:30
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  8. OsYchF1 belongs to the YchF subfamily in the Obg family of G proteins, and comprises a core G domain, an α-helical domain, and a TGS domain from the N-terminus to the C-terminus. The C2-domain Oryza sativa GTPase...

    Authors: Suchang Huang, Ziting Wu, Kuang Wang, Yunchuan Liao, Jiaqiang Zeng and Rui Miao
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2025 66:29
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  9. The cognitive decline is one of the age-associated physical dysfunctions and also found in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The whole plants of Dicliptera chinensis (L.) Nees (DC) are belonged to edible materials as fre...

    Authors: Yi-Yan Sie, Mei-Hsien Lee and Wen-Chi Hou
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2025 66:28
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  10. Crop wild relatives (CWR) represent a valuable resource for ensuring food security. Although they are negatively affected by the loss of habitats due to climate change and land use change, they are underrepres...

    Authors: Maria Bönisch, Vera Senße, Thomas Engst, Alica Sander, Diethart Matthies, Eckhard Jedicke and Nadine Bernhardt
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2025 66:27
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  11. Powdery mildews (Erysiphaceae, Ascomycota) belong to the most important plant pathogenic fungi that cause stress to forest and fruit trees and lead to a considerable loss of economic crops worldwide as well as...

    Authors: Yu-Wei Yeh, Meike Piepenbring and Roland Kirschner
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2025 66:26
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  12. Authors: Dang-Khoa Nguyen, Ta-Wei Liu, Man-Hsiu Chu, Quoc-Dung Tran Huynh, Truc-Ly Thi Duong, Thuy-Tien Thi Phan, Duyen Thi My Huynh, Yun-Han Wang, Shu-Mei Wang, Su-Jung Hsu and Ching-Kuo Lee
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2025 66:25
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    The original article was published in Botanical Studies 2025 66:24

  13. Dolichandrone spathacea (D. spathacea) is a traditional medicine used to treat chronic bronchitis (CB) in Vietnam and India. However, phytochemicals and potential mechanisms of this species against CB have not be...

    Authors: Dang-Khoa Nguyen, Ta-Wei Liu, Man-Hsiu Chu, Quoc-Dung Tran Huynh, Truc-Ly Thi Duong, Thuy-Tien Thi Phan, Duyen Thi My Huynh, Yun-Han Wang, Shu-Mei Wang, Su-Jung Hsu and Ching-Kuo Lee
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2025 66:24
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    The Correction to this article has been published in Botanical Studies 2025 66:25

  14. The purpose of our study was to arrange the monthly temperature and precipitation in order of importance for the growth of Scots pine young trees. Model 25-year-old 405 individuals were selected in 27 forested...

    Authors: Ruslan Ianbaev, Svetlana Bakhtina, Yulay Yanbaev, Aleksey Kulagin, Nina Redkina and Vadim Tagirov
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2025 66:23
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  15. Beetle rearing for food or feed is a growing area of agriculture that produces considerable wastes. This frass is a putative soil amendment anecdotally applied directly as fertilizer. To determine if beetle wa...

    Authors: Chiao-Jung Han, Zeng-Yei Hseu, Po-Hui Wu, Louis Grillet, Chun-Han Ko and Matan Shelomi
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2025 66:22
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  16. Trechispora (Hydnodontaceae) comprises a diverse group of wood- and soil-inhabiting fungi, primarily functioning as saprotrophs, with some species forming symbiotic associations with plants and animals. Despite t...

    Authors: Yi-Chung Lin, Yu-Ming Huang, Yi-Lun Huang, Shi-Liang Liu, Shuang-Hui He, Li-Wei Zhou and Che-Chih Chen
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2025 66:21
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  17. Rice production faces relentless threat from the brown plant hopper (Nilaparvata lugens), particularly in Asian subcontinents like India, where the highly damaging biotype-4 is prevalent. Developing rice varietie...

    Authors: Guru-Pirasanna-Pandi Govindharaj, Soumya Bharati Babu, C. Anilkumar, Debajyoti Roy, C. Parameswaran, G. Basana-Gowda, Ruchi Bansal and SD Mohapatra
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2025 66:20
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  18. Galls are abnormal plant tissues that result from the interaction between the defense responses of plants and the activities of galling herbivores. During infection, secondary metabolites are synthesized to mi...

    Authors: Tin-Han Shih, Jian-Liang Chen and Meng-Yuan Huang
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2025 66:19
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  19. Scrophularia oxyrhyncha (Scrophulariaceae), endemic to southwest Spain, is one of the species of the genus whose distribution across the Iberian Peninsula is most limited. In this study, we analyzed its reproduct...

    Authors: Tomás Rodríguez-Riaño, Eusebio López, Josefa López, José Luis Pérez-Bote, Belén Núñez, Francisco Javier Valtueña and Ana Ortega-Olivencia
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2025 66:18
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  20. The section Synstylae of the genus Rosa (Rosaceae) is predominantly distributed across the Eastern Asiatic Floristic Region and is characterized by increased species diversity and natural hybrids. These character...

    Authors: Ji-Hyeon Jeon, Masayuki Maki, Yu-Chung Chiang and Seung-Chul Kim
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2025 66:17
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  21. The genus Gagea is one of the largest and most complex members of the family Liliaceae, and comprises more than 320 species. Gagea is taxonomically challenging because of its morphological variations, polyploidiz...

    Authors: Serik Kubentayev, Igor Levichev, Marcin Nobis, Shukherdorj Baasanmunkh, Ewelina Klichowska, Aidyn Orazov, Daniyar Alibekov, Balsulu Kubentayeva and Hyeok Jae Choi
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2025 66:16
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  22. Assigning fossil Tilioideae pollen grains to the extant genera Craigia, Mortoniodendron, and Tilia is difficult. Firstly, the pollen from these genera appears similar when studied only with light microscopy. Seco...

    Authors: Christian Geier, Silvia Ulrich, Johannes M. Bouchal, Reinhard Zetter, Valérie Ngô Muller, Bonnie F. Jacobs, Dieter Uhl and Friðgeir Grímsson
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2025 66:15
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  23. AlphaFold 3 (AF3), an artificial intelligence (AI)-based software for protein complex structure prediction, represents a significant advancement in structural biology. Its flexibility and enhanced scalability ...

    Authors: Pei-Yu Lin, Shiang-Chin Huang, Kuan-Lin Chen, Yu-Chun Huang, Chia-Yu Liao, Guan-Jun Lin, HueyTyng Lee and Pao-Yang Chen
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2025 66:14
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  24. Mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana L.) pericarp extract has demonstrated potential against Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and diabetes mellitus (DM). This study introduces a rapid dereplication and comparative approach to...

    Authors: Yun-Han Wang, Ta-Wei Liu, Sui-Wen Hsiao, Man-Hsiu Chu, Tzong-Huei Lee, Su-Jung Hsu, Shih Yin Chen and Ching-Kuo Lee
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2025 66:13
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  26. Leaf stomatal conductance is an important indicator of photosynthetic capacity. However, stomatal conductance is poorly quantified and rarely explored in the context of the leaf functional traits for epiphytes...

    Authors: Feng-Ping Zhang, Xiao-Di Zhao, Li-Jun Han and Han-Run Li
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2025 66:11
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  28. Drought stress is a catastrophic abiotic stressor that impedes the worldwide output of commodities and the development of plants. The Utilizing biological antioxidant stimulators, Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi ...

    Authors: Elham R. S. Soliman, Reda E. Abdelhameed and Rabab A. Metwally
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2025 66:9
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  29. This study explored chromosome number variation, phylogenetic divergence, and mechanisms underlying speciation in East Asian thistle Cirsium Mill. sect. Onotrophe (Cass.) DC. subsect. Nipponocirsium Kitam. (Compo...

    Authors: Chih-Yi Chang, Pei-Chun Liao, Hsy-Yu Tzeng, Junko Kusumi, Zhi-Hui Su and Yen-Hsueh Tseng
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2025 66:8
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    The Correction to this article has been published in Botanical Studies 2025 66:12

  30. Due to global warming and gradual climate change, plants are subjected to a wide range of environmental stresses, adversely affecting plant growth and production worldwide. Plants have developed various mechan...

    Authors: Hau-Hsuan Hwang, Yu-Ting Huang, Pei-Ru Chien, Fan-Chen Huang, Chih-Lin Wu, Liang-Yu Chen, Shih-Hsun Walter Hung, I-Chun Pan and Chieh-Chen Huang
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2025 66:7
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  32. Ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L.) is a halophyte and an inducible CAM plant. Ice plant seedlings display moderate salt tolerance, with root growth unaffected by 200 mM NaCl treatments, though hypocotyl...

    Authors: Li-Ching Hsieh, Chia-Che Lee, Kai-Fu Zhang, Hui-Hsien Chang, Cheng-Hsun Li, Hsuan-Jung Huang and Hungchen Emilie Yen
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2025 66:5
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  33. Fungus gardens of the termite Odontotermes formosanus, excavated from Iriomote Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, were subsequently incubated under laboratory conditions. A Xylaria species emerging from these fun...

    Authors: Izumi Okane, Huei-Mei Hsieh, Yu-Ming Ju, Chun-Ru Lin, Chun-Yun Huang and I-Ching Kuan
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2025 66:4
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  34. Large-scale coral bleaching events have become increasingly frequent in recent years. This process occurs when corals are exposed to high temperatures and intense light stress, leading to an overproduction of ...

    Authors: Ching-Nen Nathan Chen, Tze Ching Yong and Jih-Terng Wang
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2025 66:3
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  35. Trichoderma species, known as biocontrol agents against plant diseases, contain diverse compounds, especially terpenoids, with various bioactivities. To facilitate the exploration of bioactive secondary metabolit...

    Authors: Andrea Gu, Fan-Li Lin, Chung-Kuang Lu, Tz-Wei Yeh, Yih-Fung Chen, Ho-Cheng Wu and Tzong-Huei Lee
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2025 66:2
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  36. The genus Astragalus is the largest and one of the most diverse genera of flowering plants, particularly in the Northern Hemisphere, with a significant concentration of species in the Irano-Turanian region. Withi...

    Authors: Zahra Karbalaei, Ali Bagheri, Ali Asghar Maassoumi, Twan Rutten and Frank R. Blattner
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2025 66:1
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  37. The genus Allium is known for its high chromosomal variability, but most chromosome counts are based on a few individuals and genome size (GS) reports are limited in certain taxonomic groups. This is evident in t...

    Authors: Lucie Kobrlová, Michaela Jandová, Kateřina Vojtěchová, Lenka Šafářová and Martin Duchoslav
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2024 65:40
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  38. The research aims to assess the effectiveness of artificial intelligence models in predicting the risk level in tulip greenhouses using different varieties. The study was conducted in 2022 in the Almaty region...

    Authors: Nurdana Salybekova, Gani Issayev, Aikerim Serzhanova and Valery Mikhailov
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2024 65:39
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  39. Hispolon, one of bioactive phenolic compounds from a medicinal mushroom of sang-huang (Phellinus linteus) has been reported to exhibit anticancer and anti-inflammatory activities. The Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is ...

    Authors: Chang-Hang Yang, Cai-Wei Li, Yi-Yan Sie, Liang-Chieh Chen, Yu-Hsiang Yuan and Wen-Chi Hou
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2024 65:38
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  40. Rice blast caused by Pyricularia oryzae is a major threat to rice production worldwide. Tainung 84 (TNG84) is an elite japonica rice cultivar developed through the traditional pedigree method. It has maintained s...

    Authors: Sheng-Shan Wang, Wei-Bin Chang, Ming-Chien Hsieh, Szu-Yu Chen, Dah-Jing Liao, Ching-Ying Liao, Wei-Chiang Shen, Hong-Hua Chen, Chieh-Yi Chen, Yi-Chia Chen, Yueh-Lin Lin, Chih-Wei Tung, Ruey-Shyang Chen and Chia-Lin Chung
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2024 65:37
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  41. The button mangrove (Conocarpus erectus L.) is regarded as a peripheral species within mangrove communities. This particular species has the ability to thrive in regions that are arid or semiarid, where there is ...

    Authors: Ummar Iqbal, Akkasha Azam, Khawaja Shafique Ahmad, Sahar Mumtaz, Ansar Mehmood, Nargis Naz, Zartasha Usman, Hina Abbas and Muhammad Akram
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2024 65:36
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  42. Cyanobacteria are diverse phototrophic microbes with ecological importance and potential for biotechnology applications. One species of thermophilic cyanobacteria, Thermosynechococcus taiwanensis, has been studie...

    Authors: Hsin-Ying Chang, Hsi-Ching Yen, Hsiu-An Chu and Chih-Horng Kuo
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2024 65:35
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  43. Bacterial wilt (BW), caused by Ralstonia solanacearum (Rs), is one of the most destructive diseases impacting a wide range of crops globally. The infection process is complex involving intricate interactions betw...

    Authors: Chiao-Yu Ku, Li-Ren Guo, Feng-Chi Cheng, Chun-You Kuo, Andre Fortunatus Karim, Muhammad Yusril Hardiansyah, Yu-Chuan Chang, Yi-Fan Chen, Ya-Yi Chung and Chiu-Ping Cheng
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2024 65:34
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  44. The pollen dispersal unit of the epidendroid species, Cephalanthera longifolia, is a soft pollinium consisting of loosely connected tetrads that are agglutinated by elastoviscin. With scanning electron microscopy...

    Authors: Carola Purgina, Friðgeir Grímsson and Silvia Ulrich
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2024 65:33
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  46. Melon (Cucumis melo L.), an important cucurbit crop, faces production limitations due to powdery mildew (PM). Developing resistant varieties offers a sustainable, genetics-based alternative to chemical treatments...

    Authors: Chun-San Wang, Ssu-Yu Lin, Jin-Hsing Huang, Hsin-Yi Chang, Di-Kuan Lew, Yu-Hua Wang, Kae-Kang Hwu and Yung-Fen Huang
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2024 65:31
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  47. Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) is a model crop to study cell biology, including the development of haploids and doubled haploids in vegetable crops. In plant breeding, haploid and doubled haploids are valuable too...

    Authors: Pradeepkumara N, Chander Parkash, Reeta Bhatia, Anilabha Das Munshi, Mahesh Rao, Subhashree Subhasmita, Tusar Kanti Behera and Shyam Sundar Dey
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2024 65:30
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  48. Anther smuts are fungal diseases that have detrimental effects on the biology of their host plants. We investigated the transmission of Anther smut Antherospora vindobonensis to its host, Scilla vindobonensis und...

    Authors: Pavol Prokop, Kristián Tučník, Zuzana Provazník, Zuzana Čiamporová-Zaťovičová and Fedor Čiampor Jr
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2024 65:29
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  50. The nutritional quality improvement is among the most integral objective for any rice molecular breeding programs. The seed storage proteins (SSPs) have greater role to determine the nutritional quality of any...

    Authors: Latifa AlHusnain, Muneera D. F. AlKahtani, Kotb A. Attia, Tayyaba Sanaullah and Dalia E. Elsharnoby
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2024 65:27
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