annals-of-botany
Larger apples have lower natural defences against pests
Botanists find a clear trade-off between fruit size and phytochemical production, helping to explain why our modern varieties are highly susceptible to diseases and pests.
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The poorly known Ethiopian crop Enset
Enset, a relative of the banana, provides the staple food for around 20 million Ethiopians, yet is barely known outside of the region.
Plants & People
የእንሰት ተክል በኢትዮጲያ፡ በአግባቡ ያልተጠና አካባቢያዊ ተጽእኖዎችን የሚቋቋም በስታርች የበለጸገ ሰብል
መግቢያ፡ እንሰት (በሳይንሳዊ አጠራሩ ኢንሰቴ ቬንትሪኮሰም፤ የሙሳሴ ቤተሰብ) በአፍሪካ የሚገኝና በዚህ ወቅት ከ20 ሚሊዮን በላይ ለሚሆኑ የኢትዮጲያ ዜጎች በዋና የምግብ ሰብልነት እያገለገለ ያለ ተክል ነዉ፡፡ የዱር
Reviews
From Emerald Planet to Eden with Prof. Beerling
Making Eden by David Beerling, 2019. Oxford University Press. Almost 12 years ago I reviewed David Beerling’s previous book The Emerald Planet. I was very
AoB PLANTS
Rapid changes in seed dispersal traits may modify plant responses to global change
When climatic or environmental conditions change, plant populations must either adapt to these new conditions, or track their niche via seed dispersal. Adaptation of plants to
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Red:far-red photoreceptors in maize determine plant growth and grain yield
Phytochrome B is a photoreceptor that controls plant plasticity and resource partitioning. Little is known about its impact on maize crops.
annals-of-botany
Reproductive assurance weakens pollinator-mediated selection on flower size
The consequences of delayed selfing by reproductive assurance for selection on flower size in mixed-mating species is relevant to understand the evolution of plant breeding systems.
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Genes involved in the biosynthesis of Chiloglottis semiochemicals
Selection on duplicated plant volatile genes is thought to have enabled the evolution of floral volatiles crucial to plant-insect interactions.
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Fruit heteromorphism and naturalization success in Asteraceae
Finding the factors that explain invasion success of species is a major objective in ecology. The combination of extensive data on fruit heteromorphism in Asteraceae and the largest global plant-naturalization database offered the unprecedented possibility to add a missing piece to the naturalizatio
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Competition between the indigenous legume Vachellia sieberiana and the introduced Chromolaena odorata in the savannah environment
The Leguminosae is the third largest plant family, ranking behind only the Asteraceae and Orchidaceae, and is by far the most widespread group of plants, not
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Multidirectional evolution of floral chemistry in deceptive Dactylorhiza orchids
Floral chemistry is hypothesized to be the product of natural selection, but researchers have just begun to consider the micro-evolution of these traits.
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A preview of the plants of the future?
If you could travel in time, what changes in evolution could you see? It might vary depending on the direction in which you go.