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Nicaraguan teosinte Zea nicaraguensis, a species found in frequently flooded areas, is useful germplasm for breeding flooding-tolerant maize. Mano and Omori select flooding-tolerant lines
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Plants can utilize two major forms of inorganic nitrogen, nitrate (NO3–) and ammonium (NH4+), with some species appearing to ‘prefer’ one form over another, under
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Plants in over 100 families bear extrafloral nectaries (EFNs), which secrete a carbohydrate-rich food that attracts ants and other arthropods. By fostering ecologically important protective
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Self-pollination is often regarded as an evolutionary dead end, yet many selfers seem capable of retaining high adaptive potential. Andersson and Ofori perform experimental crosses
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Climate may determine changes in seed dormancy in the short and the long term, shaping plant responses to global change. Fernández-Pascual et al. investigate germination
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Ortiz et al.critically review more than half a century of research in Paspalum, a genus that provides an excellent model for studying apomixis in grasses.
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Looking at medieval drawings, Paris et al. discover that citron watermelons were more common in Mediterranean Europe in the past than they are presently.
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Globe artichoke and leafy cardoon are two crops belonging to the same species, Cynara cardunculus (Asteraceae). Gatto et al. analyse population structure and genetic relationships between
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Recent molecular approaches have resulted in the re-circumscription of Gomesa and Oncidium (Orchidaceae; Oncidiinae), together with their respective clades. Stpiczyńska et al. compare the anatomical
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Harvesting method has long been recognized as an important factor in the emergence of domesticated cereal genotypes, but post-harvet processing has received little attention. Tzarfati
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Under drought stress, cross-pollination early in floral lifespan of Collinsia reduces floral longevity, but excess soil moisture does not extend longevity.
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Leaf hydraulic properties are strongly linked with transpiration and photosynthesis in many species, but it is not known if gas exchange and hydraulics will have co-