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Grass-legume mixtures in a cool climate
In the marginal regions of Europe, grassland-based livestock systems are dominated by grass monocultures receiving relatively high levels of fertilizer. Would the inclusion of clovers
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Embolism resistance and dehydration tolerance in a perennial grass
More intense droughts under climate change threaten species resilience. Hydraulic strategies determine drought survival in woody species but are hardly explored in herbaceous species. Volaire et
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Trait variation across a plant hybrid zone 25 years in the making
In natural hybrid zones, traits often show clines, gradual variation across a gradient reflecting a balance between natural selection and gene flow. Changes over time in
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Ammonium uptake promotion by silicon in rice
Turgor-driven plant cell growth depends on cell wall structure and mechanics. Strengthening of cell walls on the basis of an association and interaction with silicon
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Integration between developmental pathways during reserve mobilization in palm seeds
Palm seeds are interesting models for studying seed reserve mobilization at the tissue level due to the abundance and complexity of reserves stored in their living
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miR172 down-regulates the translation of cleistogamy1 in barley
Flower opening in barley (Hordeum vulgare) is induced by the swelling of the lodicule, a trait under the suppressor protein CLY1 encoded by the cleistogamy1 (cly1)
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The maize lil1 gene is involved in plant growth and drought response
The brassinosteroids hormones are involved in plant development and plant–environment interactions. In this work, Castorina et al. performed a detailed analysis of lilliputian1-1 (lil1-
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Photosynthesis: a fast-changing process in an even faster world
Photosynthesis is the process that fuels a plant. It sets the energy budget for the organism. It’s no surprise it’s a well-studied process,
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Timing of the effect of polyploidy on clonality in an autopolyploid plant
Clonal reproduction in polyploids is expected to exceed that in diploids, due to either the immediate direct effects of whole-genome duplication (WGD) or selection during
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Evidence that divergent selection shapes a developmental cline in a forest tree species complex
Evolutionary change in developmental trajectories (heterochrony) is a major mechanism of adaptation in plants and animals. However, there are few detailed studies of the variation in
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Diversification of the resurrection monocot family Velloziaceae
The greater diversity of plant clades in the Neotropics compared to their relatives in Africa is a pervasive pattern in biogeography. To better understand the causes
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Regulation of anisotropic cell elongation in Arabidopsis
If a plant wants to grow, it needs reliable anisotropic cell elongation*. Getting the cells to elongate has a couple of constraints. There is vacuolar turgor