annals-of-botany
Photosynthesis in midrib and interveinal lamina
Except in C4 plants, photosynthetic activity is attributed mainly to leaf mesophyll cells, and photosynthesis in veins of C3 and CAM (Crassulacean acid metabolism) plants is
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On recent events
We have tended to keep to botany here, or at least things directly relevant to botanical researchers. I’ll admit this might come as a surprise
annals-of-botany
Selection and evolution of flower colour
We currently know little about the evolution of flower colour when multiple pigment families are present. Ellis and Field examined the patterns of evolutionary transitions between
Plant Cuttings
When is a land plant not a land plant?
When it’s an eelgrass. OK, this needs some explanation. A popular notion is that the kingdom Plantae is essentially synonymous with the term land plants.
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A real CRISPR look at heritable mutations
Genome editing technologies have become valuable tools in many aspects of scientific research, facilitating, for example, the identification of genes involved in development, or the determination
AoB PLANTS
Changes in composition, ecology and structure of high-mountain vegetation: a re-visitation study over 42 years
Mediterranean high-mountain ecosystems are increasingly threatened by climate change, causing biodiversity loss, habitat degradation and landscape modifications. In a new study published in AoB PLANTS,
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Blooming, brilliant botanical miracles
Botanical Miracles: Chemistry of Plants That Changed the World. Raymond Cooper, Jeffrey John Deakin. CRC Press, 2016. Warning: this book [hereafter styled as Miraculous Botanicals] contains
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Building a vision for the future: creating a roadmap for UK plant sciences
Plant science has a central role to play in so many of the global challenges facing the world today, including our future food security, the conservation of biodiversity, sustaining ecosystem services, improving global health and mitigating impacts of global climate change. The UK is internationally
annals-of-botany
Enhanced water stress tolerance of plum plants transformed with cytosolic ascorbate peroxidase genes
Cytosolic antioxidant enzymes are a target to give durable resistance to water stress in commercial plum trees. Diaz-Vivancos et al. show improved tolerance to moderate
AoB PLANTS
High levels of genetic diversity and population structure in an endemic and rare species: Implications for conservation
The analysis of genetic structure and variability of isolated species is of critical importance in evaluating whether stochastic or human-caused factors are affecting rare species.
annals-of-botany
Temperature requirements of pollen germination shape species distributional ranges
Although plant distribution patterns are well documented, our understanding of the ecophysiological mechanisms that control the geographical ranges of plant species remains poor. Using a largely
Plant Cuttings
Marvellously mobile mitochondria…or are they?
Can anybody doubt how marvellously dynamic a plant cell is when one watches videos of such phenomena as cytoplasmic streaming? And plant cells aren’t limited