Plants & People
What is Open Access and why does it matter?
This week we’re posting about papers from AoB PLANTS, an open access journal for plant science, and launching in silico Plants, another open access journal
AoB PLANTS
Interactions between plants and soil microbes may alter the relative importance of intraspecific and interspecific plant competition in a changing climate
Interactions between plants and soil microbes play an important role in structuring terrestrial ecosystems by influencing plant growth and competitive ability. Abiotic conditions such as varying
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in silico Plants (isP) launches – a computational plant science journal
There is a new home for cross-disciplinary research at the interface between plant biology, mathematics and computer science: in silico Plants (isP).
AoB PLANTS
Consequences of habitat fragmentation on the reproductive success of two Tillandsia species with contrasting life history strategies
Fragmentation of natural habitats generally has negative effects on the reproductive success of many plant species; however, little is known about epiphytic plants. Epiphytes are non-
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Trees and Wellbeing Conference at Oxford Brookes University, 18 May 2018
This conference brought together recent research and ancient wisdom to discuss the beneficial effects of trees on human wellbeing and happiness. It was organized by Christiana
AoB PLANTS
Toleration games: Compensatory growth by plants in response to enemy attack is an evolutionarily stable strategy
Plants are regularly attacked by enemies such as herbivores and pathogens. Not surprisingly, plants have evolved ways of coping with these attacks. One way is to
Plants & People
Headliner Video, a podcast tool that could help botanists produce video
One of the problems botanists have creating social video is a lot of the time the subject is static. Headliner Video is a tool that helps with that problem.
annals-of-botany
Epizoochory and diversification of the Achyranthoids (Amaranthaceae)
Many African genera of the Amaranthaceae exhibit unique inflorescences that include sterile flowers modified to hooks or spines. Considering that the abundance of large terrestrial herbivores
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Let’s go down to the forest … to bathe!
Forest Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness by Qing Li, Viking, 2018 If you go down to the woods today, you’re
AoB PLANTS
Associations between shoot-level water relations and photosynthetic responses to water and light in 12 moss species
In vascular plants, water and carbon economics are closely coupled. In mosses, this relationship has been little studied but a strong coupling is expected because photosynthesis
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Bibliometrics of Biofortification
Biofortification is a growing field of research. Philip White dives into the bibliometrics to see what nutrients and what crops are of particular interest at the moment.
annals-of-botany
Links between leaf venation and xylem anatomy to leaf hydraulic vulnerability
The structural properties of leaf venation and xylem anatomy strongly influence leaf hydraulics, including the ability of leaves to maintain hydraulic function during drought. Blackman and