ALLOPOLYPLOIDY AND ORIGIN OF GENOMES IN THE ELYMUS L. SPECIES (A REVIEW) by K. S. Dobryakova

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Growing Miracle Fruit for Specialty Crop Production in Florida by Lynhe Demesyeux, Maria Brym, Alan H. Chambers

“… Miracle fruit is the botanical source of miraculin and an understudied tropical fruit species with potential as a natural, noncaloric sweetener. …”
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Histoire et épistémologie des savoirs locaux et autochtones by Marie Roué

“…In this paper, we will attempt an anthropological history of the concept of “local knowledge”, from the first research dedicated to the botanical or zoological knowledge of “traditional” peoples carried out in the 50’s, to the outburst of interest on behalf of actors as disparate as the World Bank, conservation and development NGOs, governments, biodiversity managers, not to mention the main stakeholders, i.e. indigenous peoples and local specialised groups.Through the history of different networks that contributed to developing the concept of local knowledge, traditional or indigenous ecological knowledge, we will highlight precursors and replace them in their heuristic context. …”
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Morphological and phylogenetic features of the Crimean population of <i>Juniperus deltoids</i> R.P. Adams by A. O. Lantushenko, O. O. Korenkova, A. A. Syrovets, Ya. V. Meger, P. A. Korenkov, O. M. Shevchuk

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Seasonal profile of trace metal contamination (Hg, Cd, Pb and Al) and biological contamination of atmospheric air in the city of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo by M. T. Mondo, I. C. Nsimanda, Willy LUSASI SWANA, K. C. Mulaji, K. V. Pwema, E. A. D. Musibono

“…Additionally, dust contained diaspores from 27 plant species across 16 botanical families, with higher concentrations during the dry season. …”
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Plant Compounds Inhibit the Growth of W12 Cervical Precancer Cells Containing Episomal or Integrant HPV DNA; Tanshinone IIA Synergizes with Curcumin in Cervical Cancer Cells by Linda Saxe Einbond, Jing Zhou, Kunhui Huang, Mario R. Castellanos, Emeka Mbazor, Michael Balick, Hongbao Ma, James A. DeVoti, Stephen Redenti, Hsan-au Wu

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ORCHAMP: an observation network for monitoring biodiversity and ecosystem functioning across space and time in mountainous regions by Thuiller, Wilfried, Saillard, Amélie, Abdulhak, Sylvain, Augé, Vincent,  Birck, Carole, Bonet, Richard, Choler, Philippe, Delestrade, Anne,  Kunstler, Georges, Leccia, Marie-France, Lienard, Bertrand, Poulenard, Jérome, Valay, Jean-Gabriel, Bayle, Arthur, Bonfanti, Nicolas, Brousset, Lenka,  Bizard, Léa,  Calderón-Sanou, Irene, Dentant, Cédric, Desjonquères, Camille, Gielly, Ludovic, Guéguen, Maya, Guiter, Frédéric, Hedde, Mickael,  Hustache, Eric, Kedhim, Norine, Lapenu, Pierre, Le Guillarme, Nicolas,  Marchal, Lise, Mahieu, Chloé, Martin, Gabrielle, Martinez-Almoyna, Camille,  Miele, Vincent, Murienne, Jérôme, Paillet, Yoan, Rome, Maxime,  Renaud, Julien, The Orchamp Consortium

“…Through a combination of traditional sampling methods (e.g., botanical surveys) and cutting-edge technologies (remote-sensing, environmental DNA, video, and acoustic sensors), the program offers a holistic approach to understanding how biodiversity faces environmental changes. …”
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L’imaginaire fluvial contemporain : un antidote urbain ? by Fanny Romain

“…The representations imagined by the clients and the project managers for the two sites selected (the Lez vert in Montpellier and the Têt in Perpignan) are built around three unifying themes based on the following principle : the rejection of a river environment in which the hydraulic, architectural, botanical and horticultural elements are completely controlled in favour of the preservation of indigenous plants qualified as wild because they generate uses and images erasing the urban context of the fluvial public space.…”
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Vespiform Thrips Franklinothrips vespiformis Crawford (Insecta:Thysanoptera: Aeolothripidae) by Runqian Mao, Yingfang Xiao, Steven P. Arthurs

“…This species is sold for use as a biological control agent in botanical gardens, zoos, interior landscapes, research greenhouses, nurseries with ornamental plants as well as outdoors in subtropical regions. …”
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Vespiform Thrips Franklinothrips vespiformis Crawford (Insecta:Thysanoptera: Aeolothripidae) by Runqian Mao, Yingfang Xiao, Steven P. Arthurs

“…This species is sold for use as a biological control agent in botanical gardens, zoos, interior landscapes, research greenhouses, nurseries with ornamental plants as well as outdoors in subtropical regions. …”
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INVENTARIZATION AND ANALYZIS OF THE WILD RELATIVES OF CULTIVATED PLANTS DIVERSITY OF THE AMUR OBLAST by G. V. Talovina, E. V. Aistova

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Agapetes hongheensis (Ericaceae), a new species from Yunnan, China by Chun-Yu Zou, Bing-Mou Wang, Yu-Song Huang, Yi-Hua Tong

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PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS AMONG SEVERAL NORTH-ASIAN SPECIES OF THE GENUS AQUILEGIA ACCORDING TO VARIOUS MOLECULAR MARKERS by A. S. Erst, O. V. Vaulin

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Vanilla Growing in South Florida by Xingbo Wu, Pamela Moon, Alan Chambers, Jonathan Crane

“… Vanilla extract is popular around the world as an ingredient in food, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical applications. The botanical source of vanilla extract is primarily the cured beans of Vanilla planifolia. …”
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Vanilla Cultivation in Southern Florida by Alan H. Chambers, Pamela Moon, Vovener Edmond, Elias Bassil

“… Vanilla extract is popular around the world as an ingredient in ice cream and various other desserts. The botanical source of vanilla extract is primarily the cured beans of Vanilla planifolia. …”
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Vanilla Cultivation in Southern Florida by Alan H. Chambers, Pamela Moon, Vovener Edmond, Elias Bassil

“… Vanilla extract is popular around the world as an ingredient in ice cream and various other desserts. The botanical source of vanilla extract is primarily the cured beans of Vanilla planifolia. …”
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Integrative systematics with structural monophyly and ancestral signatures: Chionoloma (Bryophyta) by Richard Zander

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A new dawn for the naming of fungi: impacts of decisions made in Melbourne in July 2011 on the future publication and regulation of fungal names by D.L. Hawksworth

“…A personal synopsis of the decisions made at the Nomenclature Section meeting of the International Botanical Congress in Melbourne in July 2011 is provided, with an emphasis on those which will affect the working practices of, or will otherwise be of interest to, mycologists. …”
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EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS BY LEDYARD STEBBINS by V. A. Sokolov

“…Stebbins in the construction of experimental background for evolutionary synthesis involving botanical material are described. The history of the development of Stebbins’ views of the role of hybridization and polyploidy in plant evolution is considered, as well as his brilliant insight into the role of whole genome duplication in the expansion of variation, which were proven only after the advent of the genomics approach.…”
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International collaboration of VIR as an important factor of replenishing the collection of grain legume genetic resources by M. A. Vishnyakova, T. G. Alexandrova, T. V. Buravtseva, M. O. Burlyaeva, G. P. Egorova, E. V. Semenova, I. V. Seferova, I. L. Stepanova, I. I. Yankov

“…For the collections containing crop wild relatives (CWR), botanical gardens remain important suppliers of material. …”
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