Computational Models
Modelling practices that support crop improvement
Credibility and transdisciplinarity play crucial roles in modelling to advance crop adaptation and plant improvement.
Ecosystems
Plant community assembly on restrictive gypsum soils
Do environmental factors influence plant community assembly on restrictive gypsum soils?
Computational Models
Modelling rice roots reveals how to pick up phosphorus
Combining experimentally measured single root phene datasets with a 3D continuum multiscale soilroot model enhances the mechanistic insights in soil-root processes that are important for water and P uptake.
Ecosystems
Let’s study weeds and question fundamental theories!
A new review in the Trends in Plant Sciences journal argue the importance of researching weeds.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Topography Leaves Its Mark in Goldenrod Genetics
The variation of montane environments means that the genetics of alpine goldenrods populations differ more than their lowland cousins.
Ecosystems
Hurricanes help mangroves move northward in a changing climate
Storm surges overcome the species’ naturally slow migration.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Wounds divert auxin flow like “rocks in a stream”
The hormone auxin confers stem cell identity on cells surrounding the wound to enable healing.
Uncategorized
Some ways to dodge the feelings of low productivity in lockdown – for a while
A few people are finding home working difficult during lockdown. Here are some ways I’ve found to make working from home a bit more bearable.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Green ‘blooded’ trees in New Caledonia: nickel hyperaccumulation in the tropics
Mines in the future might be greener than they are now.
Growth & Development
Corner’s rules hold up across the growing season
The relationship between twig cross-sectional area and leaf surface area varied little over the course of the season.
Taxonomy & Evolution
Uncovering the evolutionary history of the Potentilla genus
Can new genomic tools help us to understand the evolution of polyploid species?
Computational Models
Key Eucalyptus traits for high yield under climate change identified
Global sensitivity analysis was used to identify key traits for Eucalyptus adaptation to climate variability and change in Brazil.