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Growth & Development
Botanists have found a bodyguard that can protect blueberry plants from cold or drought shocks – but instead of protecting the outside of the plant, it lives inside it.
Ecosystems
What’s behind the patterns of plant distribution, and are there any common features of rare plants? A team of botanists has been reviewing articles to find out.
Close Encounters
Not only do bacteria have tools to try to shut down plant defences, pathogens can also try to get the plant to direct water and food to help feed the attack.
Ecosystems
A Scandinavian team have examined how climate change will affect nutrient availability for shrubs and found a surprising result.
Plants & People
We’ve examined where people struggled with applications, the last time we had an editor post open. Here are some tips for what we are looking for.
Plants & People
Mimi Tanimoto of Kew Gardens shares details of their new MSc courses.
Close Encounters
A study of the bees of Toronto aimed to uncover what factors help or hinder urban pollinators.
Close Encounters
Bees are more likely to turn to robbery if there are plenty of flowers that they don’t have to rob in an area.
Taxonomy & Evolution
A new database of leaves promise not only to help identify plants around us, but also to identify plants known only from fossils.
Plants & People
Fait vos jeux, but while there will be some winners, the odds are stacked against most plants doing well in the future.
Growth & Development
A French-US team studied whether Arabidopsis in its natural range varies by latitude or from a core to the periphery.
Close Encounters
Ecologists have found that weeds are far more valuable in supporting biodiversity than we give them credit for.