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The fungus Ramularia collo-cygni (Ascomycotina) has recently become an important pathogen of barley (Hordeum vulgare), causing leaf spotting on upper leaves. McGrann and Brown studied
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Where have all the flower-pollinating insects have gone?
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The results show the relative importance of the different factors that may be involved in explaining the occurrence of photoinhibition in Lilioid monocots.
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The olive, Olea europaea (Oleaceae), is an iconic species in Mediterranean agriculture yet its origin is complex. Besnard et al. review the literature on the timeline
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The enigmatic variation in sex allocation within and among Selaginella species, and differences from the angiosperms, are interesting aspects of land plant biology in their own right, but will also provide useful empirical models for probing the theory of sex allocation.
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C’est au 17ème siècle que fut créé le Jardin des Plantes de Paris, dans un but premier de conservation de plantes médicinales, à une époque
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Karine Alix introduces a blog post by her students about a visit to the herbarium of the National Museum of Natural History of the Jardin des
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Seed germination in the arid zone is a high-risk event. For grasses specifically, the ancillary bracts of the floret surrounding the seed have been associated
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Climate change with increasing periods of drought is expected to reduce the yield of biomass crops such as poplars. To combat yield loss it is important
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Clonal reproduction is a common and important life history strategy in lianas. Mori et al. investigate clonal structure in a temperate deciduous liana species, Wisteria floribunda
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One of the most ancient forms of life on the planet might be more common than we thought.
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The collenchymatous tissue in A. rutifolium petioles structurally resembles sclerenchyma, while in biomechanical performance and glycan composition it shares more characteristics with angiosperm collenchyma.