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Pakistan is the home of some of the world’s leading ecological regions due to immense variation in its wide latitude, spread from gigantic mountain peaks
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The overall results suggest that near-complete hybrid seed failure can evolve fairly rapidly and without apparent divergence in reproductive phenology/biology.
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Nature’s Fabric: Leaves in Science and Culture by David Lee, 2017. University of Chicago Press. Ever so occasionally one comes across a book that makes
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It might seem obvious that plant pathogens attack plants, but a new paper in Molecular Plant Pathology argues that we should be looking at a wider battle in the soil.
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Divergent selection may have driven the calyx lobe length variation in series Sakawanum taxa, although the underlying mechanism is still not clear.
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These findings imply that storage in herbs is probably governed by factors other than just the disturbance regime applied once in a growing season.
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Philip White asks what are the classic papers in plant sciences, and highlights a method that allows you to produce your own lists for your field or sub-field.
AoB PLANTS
The decomposability of fine roots and their potential to contribute to soil carbon (C) is partly regulated by their tissue chemical composition. In a recent Editor’
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The underlying genetic causes of the switch to apomixes are not yet fully understood, but in Hypericum there is good evidence for the existence of ‘apomictic factors’.
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Why do we collect plants? Pat Heslop-Harrison finds out with the BBC television show Countryfile.
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Climatic changes and historical orogenies during the Quaternary might have played a significant role in determining the speciation and diversification patterns of primroses in Japan.
Ecosystems
The larger the tree, the drier the peat and so the greater the fire risk.