Plants & People
Creating the conservationists of the future in times of rapidly shifting baselines
Planting urban trees could also plant a seed of conservation in children.
Computational Models
Going nuts: simulating macadamia’s carbon allocation in Australia
Study proposes a new computer model for simulating macadamia tree carbon allocation.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Fruits develop differently in herbaceous and woody species
The key to good fruit fruit is sugar. But what processes drive the accumulation of sugars in fruit?
Ecosystems
Is age just a number if you’re a plant? How plant responses to the environment change with age
Trait sensitivity to the environment is most visible during earlier stages of development, after which intraspecific trait variation and relationships may stabilize.
Close Encounters
Wait! There is no such thing as a ‘specialist’ or ‘generalist’ plant pathogen
The latest study published in the Nature Communications journal reveals that pathogens with more diverse host plants do not have a wider temperature range.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Feeding (or not feeding) a fungus: plants may not be so good to their fungal partners after all
Interactions between plants and fungal symbionts are not always balanced affairs.
Plants & People
in silico Plants Maximizes the Visibility of Your Paper
Having your paper accepted is not the end of the production process.
Ecosystems
Functional traits restrict plant community assembly at high elevations
Community structure is most likely regulated by both elevation and soil nitrogen availability.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Scottish barley may have the genes to aid cultivars in marginal lands
Botanists have been examining the genomes of Scottish varieties of barley to see if they can pass its ability to manage manganese to popular cultivars.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Bulking up: do plants make gains in secondary metabolites through genome duplication?
Whole genome duplication is often associated with gains in plant developmental complexity. Does this include secondary metabolites?
Taxonomy & Evolution
Niche conservatism characterizes the spread of Helianthemum in the Canary Islands
In nearly all cases, each species’ closest relatives occur in a similar niche on a different island
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Fruits of all colours: how green-stripe tomatoes get their distinctive colour pattern
How fruits or flowers produce particular colouration or colour patterning is a question that often has complex answers. It may also seem to be a relatively