Ecosystems
When speed is a problem in mangrove restoration
Rapid restoration isn’t always the best restoration, when the restoring species is invasive.
Growth & Development
Leaf trichomes may avoid water stress in part by impeding gall formation
Trichomes seem to help prevent the larger gall types that lead to greater water loss.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Aluminium-silicon interactions in higher plants: a brief personal history
How aluminium, silicon and two researchers are connected.
Growth & Development
Botanists explore how mint makes a home for ants and mites
Domatia in a member of the mint family are caused by cell proliferation, not leaf rolling
Ecosystems
Regulatory effect of phosphorus and nitrogen on nodulation and plant performance of shrubby legumes
The four species showed similar patterns in their absorption and use of phosphorus and nitrogen.
Reviews
When plants go to war!
Plants go to war: A botanical history of World War II by Judith Sumner, 2019. McFarland & Co. Lest there be any doubt at the outset,
Growth & Development
Iberian saxifrage side-steps the grim reaper to extend its lifespan
Saxifrage can grow multiple heads in stressed conditions, allowing more attempts at flowering.
Taxonomy & Evolution
Evolution of increased vigour associated with allopolyploidization in a newly formed invasive species
Polyploidy (whole genome duplication) is one of the most important processes in plant evolution. Most land plants have an evolutionary history that includes multiple polyploidization events.
Growth & Development
Dimorphism in cleistogamous flowers in Portulaca oleracea
A trade-off between outcrossing and self-pollination is due to an interplay between genes and environment.
Computational Models
Call for Papers for Annals of Botany: 3D forest models and laser scanning data
Annals of Botany will release a Special Issue inspired by the 3D Tree Models for Forest Dynamics workshop held in Helsinki, Finland.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
The Chemical Tools of Carnivorous Plants
Carnivorous plants need to manufacture a variety of specialised chemicals to lure, trap and digest prey.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Delayed aluminium exclusion in signal grass is energy-dependent
The mechanism requires a day or two from exposure to exclude the metal from the intracellular compartment.