Cells, Genes & Molecules
Improving crop tolerance to environmental stresses is of paramount importance to global food security. To protect themselves from abiotic stress, plants translate environmental inputs into internal
Cells, Genes & Molecules
The SAUR41 genes are ABA inducible and active during seedling establishment.
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Each year International Women’s Day is celebrated on 8th March. This year’s theme is “collective individualism – how our individual actions, conversations, behaviours and mind-
Close Encounters
Nobile rhubarb reproduces in one final burst at the end of it’s life, but yaks might be bring that life to an end early.
Growth & Development
Pei et al. investigated AMF colonization in populations of the Chinese tallow tree (Triadica sebifera).
Taxonomy & Evolution
Huang et al. propose that whole genome duplication events serve as a constant pump for continuous and high species diversification.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Though the cause isn’t clear, the chloroplasts may be reacting to carbon dioxide or light levels.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
A new framework aids in predicting gene regulatory networks associated with soybean nodule formation.
Growth & Development
Tsujimoto et al. investigated how ramets belonging to different genets were distributed in a natural population of Carrdamine leucantha in Hokkaido, Japan.
Taxonomy & Evolution
Mediterranean firs appeared millions of years earlier than was supposed, and likely through a single colonization event from Asia.
Plant Cuttings
This is the last of our quartet of blog posts looking at the newsworthy world of the blue-greens, and looks at those organisms from a
Growth & Development
Growing a fruit is only one way of passing your genes on to the next generation if you’re a plant. You could also send pollen