AoB PLANTS
Carbohydrate storage enables plants to both tolerate seasonally unfavourable conditions and recover from disturbance. Although short-term changes in storage levels due to disturbance are fairly
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Experimental drought is well documented to induce a decline in photosynthetic capacity. However, if given time to acclimate to low water availability, the photosynthetic responses of
Plant Cuttings
The high flammability of plant material, fuelled by photosynthesis and oxygen production, poses a significant problem, especially in wildfires.
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Alpine and arctic environments worldwide, including high mountains, are dominated by short-stature woody plants (dwarf shrubs). This conspicuous life form asserts considerable influence on local
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Polyploidy in plants has been studied extensively. In many groups, two or more cytotypes represent separate biological entities with distinct distributions, histories and ecology. Mandák et
AoB PLANTS
Quantifying the effects of population bottlenecks and inbreeding on genetic variation underlying fitness in natural populations is central to understanding the potential limits to natural selection.
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In ferns, apomixis is an important mode of asexual reproduction. Although the mechanisms of fern reproduction have been studied thoroughly, most previous work has focused on
Plant Cuttings
Researchers discovered that earthworms produce drilodefensins, metabolites that counteract the inhibitory effects of polyphenols on their gut enzymes, enabling them to digest these well-defended leaves.
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Resistant Brassica genotypes restrict growth of the fungus by a combination of strategies that impede pathogen progress towards stem vascular tissues.
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Disturbances, dispersal and biotic interactions are three major drivers of the spatial distribution of genotypes within populations, the last of which has been less studied than the other two.
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What do we mean by intelligent? Could we always recognise intelligence if it was in front of us? One author thinks we might have been overlooking one intelligent group of beings.
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Tiller production and survival determine final spike number, and play key roles in grain yield formation in wheat (Triticum aestivum).