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The interconnectedness of plant studies
Have you ever wondered how the monthly Plant Cuttings’ collection comes to be? Do you think Mr P Cuttings knows in advance what he’s going
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Light on hemiparasitic plants impacts on their hosts
Although parasitic plant–host associations occur in an ever-changing light environment, there is a poor understanding of how light influences the impact of the parasite
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Mating system of a heavy-metal-tolerant plant
The pseudometallophyte Noccaea caerulescens is an excellent model to study adaptation to heterogeneous environments, as it grows both on normal and on heavy-metal-rich, toxic
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A leaf cost–benefit analysis on subtropical ferns
Some fern species occurring in subtropical forests are restricted to shade understorey, whereas others can thrive in disturbed open habitats. Yet mechanisms underlying these distinct distribution
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Proteome analysis of digestive fluids in Nepenthes pitchers
Carnivorous plants have developed pitcher modified leaves that can trap and digest various prey. These pitchers produce a digestive fluid composed of proteins, including hydrolytic enzymes.
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Does greater specific-leaf-area plasticity help plants to maintain a high performance when shaded?
Both phenotypic plasticity and local adaptation may allow widely distributed plant species to either acclimate or adapt to environmental heterogeneity. Given the typically low genetic variation
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Latewood formation by localized cooling of stems in conifers
Localized low temperatures of the stem induced narrow diameters and obvious thickening of secondary cell walls of tracheids, which were identified as latewood tracheids. In addition,
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SPECIAL ISSUE: Island Plant Biology—Celebrating Carlquist’s Legacy
AoB PLANTS is pleased to announce the publication of a Special Issue titled Island Plant Biology—Celebrating Carlquist’s Legacy, edited by Anna Traveset (Mediterranean Institute
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Cavitation of intercellular spaces is critical to the establishment of hydraulic properties of compression wood
When the orientation of the stems of conifers departs from the vertical, conifers form compression wood that results in restoration of verticality. Intercellular spaces are formed
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Hydroxyl radicals attack pectins in ripening fruit
Pectin degradation, causing the softening of ripening fruit, has been proposed to be partly enzymic and partly due to non-enzymic scission by hydroxyl radicals (•OH)
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Ecophysiology of four co-occurring Lycophyte species: an investigation of functional convergence
Modern clubmosses (Lycophytes) are a vestige of their gargantuan carboniferous ancestors that dominated the paleoflora flora for millions of years. The group has a broad global
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Reproductive organ and young tissues show constrained elemental composition
Current knowledge of plant stoichiometric homeostasis is mainly obtained from the mature leaf, with little from other organs across different developmental stages. Yan et al. conducted