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Plant Records: The plant that coordinates its colours for the occasion
It’s thought that flowers have colours to attract visitors, but it seems that’s not always the case. More
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Aquaporins and apoplastic barriers in nutrient-limited barley
Aquaporins can change their activity reversibly, if exposed to a change in nutrients. More
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Can insights from invasion ecology promote benefits from root mutualisms in plant production?
Ramoneda et al. propose specific experimental approaches to utilize the wild ancestors of crops to determine whether crop domestication compromised the benefits derived from root microbial symbioses or not. More
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Plant records: Most overdue library book?
Name: the ‘En Tibi’ herbariumScientific name: ‘En tibi perpetuis ridentem floribus hortum‘ [‘Here for you a smiling garden of everlasting flowers’]Known for: not being of known originRecord broken: Most overdue library book? If you ever want to start an argument between two historians of science, ask them when a scientific field started. The problem is that creating a line […] More
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“Plant” Records: The Planet’s Biggest Pollinator
Once again, people underestimate the effect this mammal can have on wildlife. More
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Is auxin behind adventitious root formation in petunia cuttings?
Yes, but you’ll need nitrogen and somewhere dark. More
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Plant Records: The world’s most common group of plants is…
…is ‘rare’ plants. A recent article in Science Advances labelled over a third of species as ‘exceedingly rare’. More
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Impact of sodic soils on wheat coleoptile length and root angle
How do plants emerge from the ground in tough sodium-rich soils? More
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Woody plants work with microbes to shape the soil they live in
The B-horizon in soil is created through interactions between plants and rhizosphere organisms. More
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