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The hidden diversity of Pitcairnia lanuginosa
Pitcairnia lanuginosa might look similar wherever you find it in South America, but hidden inside are some differences that can tell a tale about its past.
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Salicylic acid-independent responses in PI4K mutants
Arabidopsis thaliana is the lab rat of plant sciences. Mutants tweaked in certain genes can show the effects of hormones on plants, but it can be
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Some trees can save effort when it comes to adding growth rings
Sometimes it’s easy to oversimplify plant anatomy. For example, trees don’t have blood. They have sap. It might be tempting to say that they
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A new code to decipher phytoliths
Plants don’t have skeletons, but they still have a mineral component in them. Inside plants you can find phytoliths, microscopic mineral deposits that a plant
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Two reciprocal translocations in the burmannica group of M. acuminata
Banana cultivars are derived from hybridizations involving Musa acuminata subspecies. It divided into half a dozen or so subspecies. The current thought on domestication is that
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The role of pollinator preference to maintain pollen colour variation
You’re familiar with the idea that pollinators look at flower colour, but what about pollen colour? New research shows pollinators may have a much more significant influence than thought.
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The poorly known Ethiopian crop Enset
Enset, a relative of the banana, provides the staple food for around 20 million Ethiopians, yet is barely known outside of the region.
Plants & People
የእንሰት ተክል በኢትዮጲያ፡ በአግባቡ ያልተጠና አካባቢያዊ ተጽእኖዎችን የሚቋቋም በስታርች የበለጸገ ሰብል
መግቢያ፡ እንሰት (በሳይንሳዊ አጠራሩ ኢንሰቴ ቬንትሪኮሰም፤ የሙሳሴ ቤተሰብ) በአፍሪካ የሚገኝና በዚህ ወቅት ከ20 ሚሊዮን በላይ ለሚሆኑ የኢትዮጲያ ዜጎች በዋና የምግብ ሰብልነት እያገለገለ ያለ ተክል ነዉ፡፡ የዱር
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A preview of the plants of the future?
If you could travel in time, what changes in evolution could you see? It might vary depending on the direction in which you go.
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How Dracula orchids lure flies for pollination
With over 28000 species of orchid, it seems like there’s an orchid for every niche. The Dracula orchid’s niche is mimicking a mushroom.
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When does Acacia koa know it’s time to grow up?
Sometimes the best strategy for a young plant is not the same as the best strategy for an old plant. Some heteroblastic plants can switch how they grow but what triggers this?
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Thermal Ecology to become a hot topic
We might think of flowers in terms of their colour and scent, but what about their temperature? A new review in Annals of Botany looks at