Plant Cuttings
The 3 Ps of plant science publishing
Mr Cuttings hears of a new journal launched this summer, and is appropriately excited.
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Science, technology and innovation for Africa with the EU-Africa High Level Policy Dialogue stakeholder panel
What does it mean to work towards Sustainable Development? Pat Heslop-Harrison, editor of Annals of Botany, has been discussing the issue in Brussels with European stakeholders.
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Deep rooting in a wheat doubled haploid population with wild emmer introgression
This is the first study to identify QTLs for rooting at depth in field-grown wheat at mature growth stages.
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Unfavourable pollination environments promote evolution of a stable mixed reproductive system in angiosperms
Self-incompatible plants were less frequent in populations with consistently worse pollination environment, suggesting that reproductive assurance selects for selfing in these areas.
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How do you grow a palm? The secret’s in the soil.
An investigation on a tiny island reveals that microscopic fungi can dictate the destiny of giants, opening the possibility of mycorrhizal-driven speciation.
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Not For Your Eyes: Ultraviolet Patterns in Sunflowers
When you look at a sunflower you see gold. When an insect looks at a sunflower it sees something quite different.
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Early Arabidopsis root hair growth stimulation by pathogenic strains of Pseudomonas syringae
While the most common plant cell response to pathogens is growth arrest, root hair cells can perform the opposite reaction.
Reviews
Brilliant Green by Stefano Mancuso and Alessandra Viola
Do plants possess intelligence? If you’re looking for a challenging book for your non-botanist friends, then Mancuso and Viola have something to interest you.
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Sexual Magnetism as an Infection – How Red Dwarf Got Close to the Truth
When the crew from Red Dwarf discovered positive viruses at a Space Corps base, they got surprisingly close to reality.
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Fusarium wilt of cucumber plants is not caused by water shortage
Although leaf wilt occurred in both water stress and FOC infection, the physiological responses were different, especially in leaf spatial distribution.
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Exploring fungus-plant N transfer in a tripartite ant–plant–fungi mutualism
This study provides insight into the possibly important nutritional aspects and tradeoffs involved in myrmecophyte–ant mutualisms.
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This plant sucks! (But how?)
The bladderwort has a trap faster than the blink of an eye. It uses powerful suction to snatch its prey but how can a plant can suck so much?