AoB PLANTS
The role of ultraviolet reflectance and pattern in the pollination system of Hypoxis camerooniana
It’s the colours you cannot see that are important to the bees of Cameroon.
annals-of-botany
Understanding gene expression under flooding and drought stress in Phalaris arundinacea and Dactylis glomerata
A changing climate could bring drier or wetter conditions. A team of scientists has been examining how the genes of two plants adapt to both conditions.
in silico Plants
Modelling molecular-level processes using parametric extension of L-systems
It is now possible to simulate molecular and higher-level spatially explicit stochastic processes and study their behavior in the presence of stochastic perturbations
annals-of-botany
Cultivation of Jatropha shows the importance of conservation
Jatropha curcas could be an oil crop with major biofuel potential, but the breeding germplasm has little variation. Botanists have found that there is genetic potential in previously overlooked non-toxic jatropha, but it needs conservation.
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BioGO, a treasure hunt to teach biology
It’s hard for students to do their own thing on an introductory course, when you have an intake of hundreds. The easy way is to rely on lectures, but at the Université catholique de Louvain, they do things differently.
annals-of-botany
Effects of ABA dynamics on poplar acclimation to drought
Characterisation of the biochemical and genetic mechanisms that underpin plant responses to water deficit are central to the development of more productive drought-tolerant biomass crops, including fast-growing poplars.
AoB PLANTS
Soil chemistry, not short-term deer exclusion, explains understory plant occupancy in Pennsylvania oak forests
A study of deer browsing has uncovered the contribution of soil chemistry to ‘the ghost of herbivory past’.
annals-of-botany
Progression of drought drives metabolomic responses in Poplar
A plant’s response to drought might vary depending on how the drought arrives.
annals-of-botany
Root responses in Arundo donax
When soils dry they don’t dry uniformly, some parts remain damper than others. How does a reed like Arundo donax respond?
AoB PLANTS
Drivers of the relative richness of naturalized and invasive plant species on Earth
Why do some places have more invasive species than others? Essl and colleagues look at human action.
annals-of-botany
Collecting wild Miscanthus germplasm and research partners in Asia
While collecting plant material for crop breeding, a team from Aberystwyth University also thought hard about the human side of their work.
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Bacteria living within plants can change them in unpredictable ways
Endophytic bacteria, microbes living in plant tissue, can change how a plant grows. But experiments with microbe communities shows that it’s not in a predictable way.