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Growing a fruit is only one way of passing your genes on to the next generation if you’re a plant. You could also send pollen to another plant. But what factors influence siring success? Dorothy Christopher and colleagues have been reviewing the interaction between pollination and post-pollination processes in reproductive success. To successfully father a new […] More
In southeast China there is a puzzle. Pseudotaxus chienii lives as a relict, a plant that used to have a much wider geographic range. Now it’s limited to comparatively few locations. This is common for many plants that have found past climate change a challenge. The puzzle is that these relict populations appear to be […] More
We know that maize roots chase after phosphorus, but how? Xin Wang and colleagues have been investigating what purpose the hormone auxin has in controlling root proliferation. Their work could help better understand how plants work to capture phosphates in the soil. Plants require phosphorus to grow, and it’s essential for any crop. But it […] More
Trees need nitrogen. When they shed leaves with all the nitrogen in them it would be a big loss, were it not for the army of creepy-crawlies that recycle the leaves back into the soil. Life is tougher for mangroves. At the edge of the ocean, leaves don’t lie around to decay. They are swept […] More
Plants usually have limited resources in one way or another. There is only so much nutrient in the soil. How best to use it? The plant economics spectrum theory integrates the coordination of plant functional traits along a resource acquisition–conservation trade-off axis. The need for acquisition might vary with competition for resources. There’s plenty of […] More
Did the Cyatheaceae become such a diverse family slowly over time, or in spurts? The largest molecular sampling yet points to gradual accumulation of species. More
When the storms come in, plants could help secure natural defences. But climate change is giving them problems of their own. More
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is well-known for its role in cells as acting almost like currency for energy storage. Research by Elsa Matthus and colleagues shows that it can also play an important role outside the cell. Along with calcium, it may be how a plant can send stress signals from roots to leaves. The article […] More
Aquaporins can change their activity reversibly, if exposed to a change in nutrients. More
Yes, but you’ll need nitrogen and somewhere dark. More
How do plants emerge from the ground in tough sodium-rich soils? More
The B-horizon in soil is created through interactions between plants and rhizosphere organisms. More
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