Close Encounters
Invasive plants can homogenize soil pathogens
The decreased number of pathogen species appears to benefit the invaders.
Growth & Development
Sunshine makes oats healthier
Study discovers the importance of light conditions and biosynthetic regulation of mixed-linkage glucan in oats.
Growth & Development
Optimising photosynthetic resource distributions to improve wheat yield
How does the optimality of photosynthetic resource distribution relative to light availability vary across a wheat population?
Close Encounters
Cockroaches the main pollinator of a rare Chinese flower
The phenomenon, though rare, may be ancient.
Ecosystems
As a keystone clade, Miconia species support a huge variety of frugivores
Different species fruit sequentially, offering a year-round food resource.
Taxonomy & Evolution
Polyploid plants take a leaf out from the invasive species book
The extent to which propagule pressure limits the establishment of local polyploid populations remains to be determined, because we know so little.
Close Encounters
Even in juvenile stages, mistletoe can adjust its physiology according to its host
Impact on the tree varied depending on whether it was deciduous or evergreen
Ecosystems
Fighting for resources – a native forb competitively excludes a closely related introduced species
Do niche or fitness differences prevent local-scale long-term coexistence between two closely related annual plant species?
Plants & People
Wanted: Early Career Scientist to help develop Botany One
We’re adapting to COVID in our search for an editor to replace Anne Osterrieder.
Computational Models
Call for papers: Functional-Structural Plant Models
in silico Plants is pleased to welcome submissions for an upcoming virtual special issue on Functional-Structural Plant Modelling.
Growth & Development
Turning up the heat boosts the longevity of tomato seeds
What are the physiological and transcriptomic impacts of heat shock treatment on osmo-primed tomato seeds?
Ecosystems
Four plant strategies to deal with fire
A new study highlights the value of recognizing four reproductive syndromes within fireprone vegetation, varying in their seedling–adult spatial relations.