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Thismia and its unusual number of specialist relationships.
Plants sometimes specialise. Catering for a specific partner can ensure a reliable source of food or pollination. At the same time, relying on that partner limits
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What happens when plants dominate lakes?
What is life like in a lake? Is it much like life on the shore, but wetter? Or are the environmental challenges significantly different?
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The inconstant sex of Mercurialis annua
Many plants have flowers that are hermaphroditic with male and female parts. Some are dioecious, with male or female flowers. Mercurialis annua keeps its options open.
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Understanding the longevity of rice seeds
How long can a genebank keep seeds? New research looks into the variability of seed longevity in Indica rice.
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Functional and chemical characterization of XAF
Plants rely on stiff cells walls for support. But these same cell walls have to be flexible to grow when required. Nguyen-Phan and Fry examine
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Rhythms written in the wood of tropical trees
Do tree rings mark the beating of the seasons over time, or is it more complicated than that?
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Rising tides bring rising salinity to coastal plants, but will they cope?
Rising sea levels mean increased salinity for plants on the shore, but how well do coastal plants cope with salt? New research says they’re surprisingly bad at it.
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Is Holey Bread, Holy Bread or Wholly Bread?
A ‘bread-like object’ with a hole in it illustrates a gap in our knowledge of prehistoric cuisine.
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Reducing a root’s oxygen supply makes it more difficult to examine nutrient stresses
Often the perennial C4 grass Urochloa humidicola is planted on infertile acidic and waterlogging-prone soils of tropical America. But what effect does that waterlogging have
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The best pollen for Kangaroo Paws is just a leap away
Where does the best pollen for reproduction come from? For Anigozanthos manglesii it comes from surprisingly close neighbours.
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Modelling reveals how fire and water shape the life strategies of Pinus halepensis
Is it better to grow fast, or to grow slowly and invest in the future? Structural Equation Modeling reveals that Pinus halepensis cannot decide.
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The orchid that mimics not just one organism but two
Why would you need a massive flower to imitate a tiny fly? A new study of a Peruvian orchid reveals something strange is going on.