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A multi-national team has been investigating how Spartina alterniflora (also Sporobolus alterniflorus) reacts to long-term wave expsoure. The findings could affect planning for ecosystem-
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Impatiens offers its pollinators the best nectar, but the best nectar for one pollinator isn’t always the best for another.
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A new crop model highlights the importance of storage conditions for garlic growth.
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For World Goth Day, I have tried to make a black flower. It didn’t work, but I have failed in a way that might explain why it’s not easy to make a Rainbow Rose.
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Within plants live endophytic fungi. Some cause disease in insects, while others seem to have no effect. Yet a new meta-analysis shows even these ‘neutral’ fungi could act as bodyguards for plants.
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Gardeners have long thought chrysanthemums help repel aphids from flower beds. New research now shows how that might work.
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In eastern Spain (and many other places if you look) you can find Mercurialis annua, a plant with a complicated sex life. A new paper by
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What is the point of teaching, if someone isn’t going to use that knowledge? A new paper by Bethan Stagg addresses that with a study
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One common prediction for the future is global warming will create stronger storms. What does this mean when a storm hits the shore? It depends what’
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If a plant can lean on something else, does it really need to invest so much in its roots for support? Could resources usually used for
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Stomatal development in Ephedra differs significantly from that of Gnetum and Welwitschia, more closely resembling that of other extant gymnosperms. Differences in epidermal pre-patterning broadly reflect differences in growth habit between the three genera.
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How can you work out what the climate was like in the past, without having had someone take measurements? One solution is to look at tree