Cells, Genes & Molecules
Allele mining could help improve forage grasses
Botanists demonstrate a novel, effective approach to allele discovery in diverse accessions using a draft reference genome from a single species.
Growth & Development
Seminal roots help maize grab nutrients
When humans selected for bigger seeds in maize, they may have also unintentionally improved its root system.
Computational Models
Flora Incognita shows high identification accuracy in Northern Europe
Plant identification apps are now widely available for smartphones but can we trust them for research and nature conservation purposes?
Plants & People
La educación formal reduce qué tan bien los jóvenes conocen las plantas comestibles de su región
Para los jóvenes de esta comunidad, poner pie en un salón de clases puede implicar conocer menos sobre la flora local.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Improving gene regulatory network models with RNA levels in absolute units
Recalibrating models using absolute – instead of relative – mass units makes it possible to test modelled transcription rates against biochemical data.
Plants & People
Formal schooling reduces how well young people know the edible plants of their region
For young people in this community, stepping into a classroom might mean knowing less about their flora.
Plants & People
¿Qué le sucede a una hoja cuando se corta de la planta?
Esta no es una pregunta que debiéramos hacernos mientras nos comemos una deliciosa ensalada verde, ¿o tal vez sí? Las plantas no se pueden mover por
Close Encounters
What happens when pollinators bring the wrong pollen?
Surely once insects have brought pollen to a flower, then plant-plant interaction is over? Not so, says Gerardo Arceo-Gómez, who argues that heterospecific (or other plants’) pollen arriving in a flower might affect plant diversity.
Computational Models
Virtual vineyards allow simulation studies of grapevine management practices
Computational models simulate grapevine management and provide information on how this affects canopy light absorption.
Ecosystems
The mangroves the ice left behind
In the waters of a river in Tabasco grows a population of red mangrove: a lost world whose origins can be traced back to the last glaciation.
Ecosystems
Los mangles del deshielo
En las aguas de un río en Tabasco, México, crece una población de mangle rojo: un mundo perdido cuyos orígenes se remontan a la última glaciación.
Ecosystems
Phenotypic plasticity to nutrient availability in a wetland invasive species
Are triploid Butomus umbellatus plants more plastic to nutrient availability than diploid plants and does this make them more invasive?