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Celebrating 1, 10 and 100
Treasurer Roderick Hunt celebrates a few milestones for the Annals of Botany Company.
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Modelling reveals how fire and water shape the life strategies of Pinus halepensis
Is it better to grow fast, or to grow slowly and invest in the future? Structural Equation Modeling reveals that Pinus halepensis cannot decide.
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Miraculin: The Miracle in Miracle Fruit
The quest for a sweetener healthier than sugar continues. One possible candidate is Synsepalum dulcificum, but it isn’t a simple task to create a new sweetener.
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Leaf:wood allometry and functional traits explain variation in growth rate of rainforest trees
Plant growth rates drive ecosystem productivity and are a central element of a species’ ecological strategy. For seedlings grown under controlled conditions, a large body of
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Evolutionary constraints on disparity of ericaceous pollen grains
Flowering plants show a high diversity of pollen morphology. This diversity is assumed to reflect not only variations in the underlying design, but also stress imposed
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The orchid that mimics not just one organism but two
Why would you need a massive flower to imitate a tiny fly? A new study of a Peruvian orchid reveals something strange is going on.
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Improving sugarcane’s resilience to salinity and drought
Crops like sugarcane, rice, wheat and maize rely on irrigation. As they’re so thirsty, they are also susceptible to drought. Finding a way to protect
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How does Spartina alterniflora react to long-term wave exposure?
A multi-national team has been investigating how Spartina alterniflora (also Sporobolus alterniflorus) reacts to long-term wave expsoure. The findings could affect planning for ecosystem-
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Responses of plant leaf economic and hydraulic traits mediate the effects of drought on grassland productivity
Water availability is a key driver of net primary production. Extreme drought events are forecasted to increase in intensity and frequency within the century with big
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The flower that targets its nectar to the specific needs of its pollinators
Impatiens offers its pollinators the best nectar, but the best nectar for one pollinator isn’t always the best for another.
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Waring out the carbon: is net primary productivity proportional to gross primary productivity?
Gross primary productivity represents the total carbon fixed through photosynthesis in an ecosystem. Since plants also breakdown sugars produced through photosynthesis, releasing carbon and energy for
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Modelling leaf growth in Garlic
A new crop model highlights the importance of storage conditions for garlic growth.