AoB PLANTS
Soil chemistry, not short-term deer exclusion, explains understory plant occupancy in Pennsylvania oak forests
A study of deer browsing has uncovered the contribution of soil chemistry to ‘the ghost of herbivory past’.
AoB PLANTS
Drivers of the relative richness of naturalized and invasive plant species on Earth
Why do some places have more invasive species than others? Essl and colleagues look at human action.
AoB PLANTS
Biochemical and physiological flexibility accompanies reduced cellulose biosynthesis in the model grass Brachypodium distachyon
How do grasses make cellulose for cell walls? Brabham and colleagues have been examining the genes.
AoB PLANTS
Exploring the salt tolerance of the Nona Bokra rice landrace
Salt stress is a major limiting factor for crop production across the world. Rice is particularly sensitive to salinity, with both plant growth and grain yield
AoB PLANTS
Extracts from cultures of Pseudomonas fluorescens induce systemic resistance to biotic pathogens in Arabidopsis thaliana
Can rhizobacteria in the soil help plants’ systemic resistance to infection?
AoB PLANTS
Unravelling the genetic makeup of hybrid meadow knapweed populations in North America
Hybridization is thought to be a primary trigger of plant invasions, due to short term hybrid vigour of early generations or increased evolutionary potential in later
AoB PLANTS
The defensive benefit and flower number cost of selenium accumulation in Brassica juncea
Selenium is an essential element for animal health, but it can be also be toxic in high concentrations. Plants are known to exploit this by storing
AoB PLANTS
The total dispersal kernel: a review and future directions
The distribution and abundance of plants across the world depends in part on their ability to move, which is commonly characterized by a dispersal kernel (a
AoB PLANTS
Accurate position exchange of stamen and stigma resolves the herkogamy dilemma in a protandrous plant, Ajuga decumbens (Labiatae)
Spatial separation of stamen and stigma (herkogamy) is an effective way for angiosperm species to reduce sexual interference and prevent self-pollination. It can however also
AoB PLANTS
Domestication influences morphological and physiological responses to salinity in Brassica oleracea seedlings
Wild germplasm can potentially be used to improve the salt tolerance of crops by the identification of useful genes and incorporation of these into salinity-sensitive cultivars.
AoB PLANTS
Climate change, snow mold and the Bromus tectorum invasion: mixed evidence for release from cold weather pathogens
Thinning snow pack cover could alter how snow molds interact with plants over the winter.
AoB PLANTS
Herkogamy and dichogamy in style dimorphic flowers of Narcissus broussonetii (Amaryllidaceae)
Across the plant kingdom, there is an extraordinary diversity of flower forms, many of which are related to variation in the morphology and arrangement of reproductive