Are species hiding in the Arctic?
Some of the problems that limit the number of species in the Arctic might also contribute to creating new species.
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Flowers grow less yellow without sulphur, and that could affect the pollinators that need to see them
Both Van Gogh and Nature like to use sulphur-derived pigments for flowers, but what happens when there’s not enough sulphur?
Next generation sequencing of Zanthoxylum leads to rethink of previous generations of Zanthoxylum
Next-generation sequencing using target enrichment reveals that current sectional classifications of Zanthoxylum need revision.
Allele mining could help improve forage grasses
Botanists demonstrate a novel, effective approach to allele discovery in diverse accessions using a draft reference genome from a single species.
Seminal roots help maize grab nutrients
When humans selected for bigger seeds in maize, they may have also unintentionally improved its root system.
What happens when pollinators bring the wrong pollen?
Surely once insects have brought pollen to a flower, then plant-plant interaction is over? Not so, says Gerardo Arceo-Gómez, who argues that heterospecific (or other plants’) pollen arriving in a flower might affect plant diversity.
Mutant clover reveals the connections between carbon and nitrogen fixation for legumes
These results suggest that the super-nodulation phenotype per se did not limit growth.
Groping in the soil for nutrients encourages root growth
In addition to root proliferation, the root response to a nutrient-rich patch was also accompanied by root hair elongation.
Cuando cuidar a los polinizadores es literalmente materia de cuidado personal
La polinización manual es sorprendentemente común en la producción de cultivos comercializados globalmente, incluyendo algunos de gran importancia económica.
In cold weather, rice pollen suffers in a variety of ways as it struggles to develop
A team of botanists in Japan have overturned decades-old assumptions about how cold stress leads to pollen sterility in rice.
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