Ecosystems
How does environment affect biodiversity? Did Humboldt get it right?
Modern botanists have revisited sites examined by Alexander von Humboldt. Have modern advances made the German polymath’s work irrelevant?
Plants & People
The Annals of Botany journal is looking for a Social Media Secretary
Are you the kind of person who can’t stop talking about plants? This may be the post for you.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Species delimitation and a new Betula species in section Costatae
Botanists have developed an integrated approach to identify differences between closely related species.
Growth & Development
Root water relations and drought tolerance
Findings could help wine industry adapt to climate change
Computational Models
Soil compaction and nitrate capture
While lateral roots comprise the bulk of root length, axial roots function as a scaffold determining the distribution of these laterals.
Close Encounters
Gene expression reveals differences between symptomatic and asymptomatic infection in tobacco
Different types of plant interactions with a particular pathogen are characterized by the different oxylipin profiles of the host plant.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
How can botanists improve rice’s ability to use phosphorus?
Botanists show for the first time that reduced phosphorus investment in lipids in plants improves phosphorus use efficiency in rice without reducing photosynthesis.
Growth & Development
Below-ground hydraulics control stomatal closure
Botanists find that during soil drying, stomatal regulation is controlled by below-ground hydraulics in a predictable way.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Phylogenomic analyses of the East Asian endemic Abelia
Sun et al. used genomic data to reconstruct the phylogeny of Abelia and found a clear pattern of reticulate evolution in the group.
Plants & People
Special Issue of Annals of Botany ‘Polyploidy and Evolution in Plants’: Open call for papers
The special issue is due for publication in mid 2022.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
H202 scavenging releases axillary bud outgrowth in rosebush
High levels of H2O2 in a quiescent state prevents bud outgrowth.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
How does barley make vitamin E?
Vitamin E is increasingly understood to be important for human health. An international team has been editing the barley genome to understand the genetic controls for the vitamin’s creation by the cereal.