Taxonomy & Evolution
Impacts of land use on the stress responses of an invasive grass
Can ecotypic origin (i.e. agricultural vs. non-agricultural) and environmental selection pressures predict biomass accumulation in Johnsongrass?
Ecosystems
Introducing a new AoBP section, Natural History and Conservation
The new section of the open-access non-profit journal AoBP will focus on revealing unknown ecological, genetic and evolutionary aspects of land plants.
Growth & Development
Identifying QTLs for dynamic photosynthesis in barley
How do photosynthetic responses to fluctuating light vary across populations of crop plants and are these genetically controlled?
Cells, Genes & Molecules
VfODB, a comprehensive database for faba bean improvement
Presenting a new open-access genomic database for marker assisted breeding of Vicia faba.
Ecosystems
The impact of climate change on Alpine bryophyte communities
How does 18 years of experimental warming influence the bryophyte communities of sub-arctic heath and meadow ecosystems of northern Sweden?
Ecosystems
The nickel hyperaccumulators of Borneo
Are patterns of tissue-level nickel distribution different in phylogenetically distant hyperaccumulator species on the island of Borneo?
Close Encounters
Connecting soil nitrogen and gypsy moth herbivory in a US oak forest
Can a better understanding of ecosystem nitrogen cycling allow us to more accurately predict invasive insect outbreaks?
Taxonomy & Evolution
Clonal female populations dominate the tropical herb genus, Hanguana
Can apomixis explain the distribution of Hanguana individuals in Singapore?
Taxonomy & Evolution
Spreading the risk over time – Dormancy in trimorphic achenes of a cold desert annual
Do variations in dormancy and germination across achenes from peripheral, intermediate and central positions contribute to the success of the cold desert annual Heteracia szovitsii?
Plants & People
What plant is that? Testing out automated plant identification apps
Can smartphone apps successfully identify British native flora?
Taxonomy & Evolution
The molecular evolution of vitamin C biosynthesis in plants
What are the molecular evolutionary patterns of the GDP-L-galactose phosphorylase gene in plants?
Growth & Development
Seasonal coordination of leaf hydraulics and gas exchange in a wintergreen fern
What are the anatomical and physiological strategies Polystichum acrostichoides uses to maintain photosynthesis and avoid hydraulic failure across the year?