Plants & People The 2020 AoBP ECOS Awards Elise Gornish, Chris Muir and Larry York are the 2020 recipents of the AoBP ECOS Awards William Salter 24 Aug 2020
Close Encounters Express delivery – seed dispersal by gopher tortoise Not known for their speed, how effective are tortoises as seed dispersal agents? William Salter 20 Aug 2020
Cells, Genes & Molecules Control of the stomatal response to VPD in sunflower Stomata close in response to increasing VPD but what is the mechanism responsible for this response? William Salter 17 Aug 2020
Close Encounters Kicking a plant whilst it’s down – caterpillar herbivory on nematode infested plants Does the impact of above-ground herbivory on root-knot nematode-induced responses depend on the nematode’s life cycle stage? William Salter 13 Aug 2020
Growth & Development Has agricultural intensification impacted maize root traits? How have the roots of maize changed since the introduction of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser in the 1940s? William Salter 10 Aug 2020
Growth & Development The effects of heterospecific pollen deposition on pollen-tube growth How does the pollen of one plant species impact the reproductive success of another? William Salter 06 Aug 2020
Ecosystems Genetic variation in early fitness traits across European populations of silver birch How will silver birch populations across Europe be affected by climate change? William Salter 03 Aug 2020
Close Encounters Disentangling domestication and environmental effects on plant-herbivore interactions How has domestication affected herbivory and anti-herbivore defenses of chaya, a plant crop grown for it’s leaves in the Yucatan pensula? William Salter 30 Jul 2020
Growth & Development Synchronization of senescence in Arabidopsis thaliana Is floral senescence synchronized across accessions of Arabidopsis thaliana? William Salter 27 Jul 2020
Growth & Development Can photosynthetic traits offer insight into the success of a widespread invasive grass? Johnsongrass has been described as one of the world’s worst weeds, but what makes it so invasive? William Salter 23 Jul 2020