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Is Red the Signature of Life-Bearing Planets?
What colours should we be looking for from exoplanets if they hold life? New research from Japan suggests they could be more similar to Earth than previously thought.
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Ideotypes for yield in a changing climate – drought stress and beyond at Bioenergy Genomics 2017
Jack Bailey-Bale looks ahead to the challenges that climate change will pose for growing bioenergy crops.
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Malaria: Prunes* to the rescue?
If you love someone, you give them flowers – Nigel Chaffey discovers there’s also good reason to take away flowers too from the things you hate.
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Generating, capturing and utilising genetic variation at Bioenergy Genomics 2017
Where will the genes to improve biofuels come from? Jack Bailey-Bale looks ahead to the Generating, capturing and utilising genetic variation session at Bioenergy Genomics 2017.
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This Carnivorous Plant Needs Its Home to Burn
Like the mythical Phoenix, the Portuguese Sundew is reborn from ashes, but that’s a problem when people protect your habitat from flames.
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Climate Change, land availability and biomass potential at Bioenergy Genomics 2017
Botany One is preparing to attend Bioenergy Genomics 2017. Jack Bailey-Bale looks ahead to see what we can expect
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Responses of lichen communities to 18 years of natural and experimental warming
Species richness and effective number of species decreased under experimental warming in meadow environments.
Taxonomy & Evolution
How does a tree hide? Incadendron was concealed in the Andes forest
Hidden in plain sight – that’s how researchers describe their discovery of a new genus of large forest tree commonly found, yet previously scientifically unknown, in the tropical Andes.
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Effect of asymmetric warming on plant invasion
Although many studies have documented the effects of global warming on invasive plants, little is known about whether the effects of warming on plant invasion differ
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Shade tolerance, fruiting phenology and Janzen-Connell effects in Amazonian palms
Differences in shade-tolerance and fruiting phenology life history traits may explain variation in the strength of Janzen-Connell effects across whole communities.
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The roots of hydrotropism
Most plants are essentially rooted to a spot and immobile. While the factors they need for growth – e.g. sunlight, minerals, and water – are often present
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Annals of Botany Company member steps-down after 37 years
David Cutler, a former Chief Editor of the Annals of Botany, is retiring from the Company.