Growth & Development
Plants Can Change Their Xylem Anatomy to Maintain Conductivity
Sap must flow, so the xylem must change.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Predominance of L-S Type of rDNA Organization in Liverworts
The rDNA of Liverworts is unusually organised.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Chromosome evolution in asymmetrical meiosis
Dog-roses have some special genetic tricks to cope with odd-ploidy.
Growth & Development
Water Economy Responses to Water Level Drawdown in Sphagnum Mosses
Not all Sphagnum moss manages water in the same way.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Botanists Pull Apart the Genes of Bananas to See How They Came Together
Banana genes reveal how they may have passed through other hybrid stages.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
A key protein may help trigger germination in Arabidopsis seeds
Seed germination is a critical step in the life cycle of flowering plants. Since seeds contain limited reserves, seed germination has to be tightly regulated to
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Phylogeny, age and adaptive evolution of genus Allium
The genus Allium L., one of the largest monocotyledonous genera and one that includes many economically important crops with nutritional and medicinal value, has been the
Growth & Development
Plants from different climates can react to drought in similar ways
How do plants react when circumstances change? One method can be to evolve a local adaptation. Another can be be phenotypic plasticity, changing the shape of
Cells, Genes & Molecules
How do you get more DNA down a pollen tube?
A common event for flowering plants is whole genome duplication (WGD), where a plant gets extra chromosomes. It’s often studied in mature plants, but there
Computational Models
How Important Is Leaf Realism in Functional-Structural Plant Modelling?
Making a realistic plant in a computer model is possible, but is it necessary. All the computations generating the plant slow down the speed of any
Close Encounters
Simulated Herbivory Leads Grasses to Pass Fungal Symbionts to Their Offspring
Many grasses host symbiotic fungi, Epichloë spp. These fungi can help grasses tolerate herbivory, or help repel herbivores. But how do these fungi pass between plant
Close Encounters
Habitat partitioning through reproductive interference in Geranium
We’re familiar with seeing insects flit from one flower to the next, carrying pollen as they do so. What happens when they carry pollen to