Plant Cuttings
Don’t ignore the ‘orphans’!
The FAO has launched a ‘traditional crop of the month’ site to generate more appreciation of the nutritional – and often medical – benefits of food plants.
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European Cytogenetics Conference: Chromosomes, sequences, Mendel and humans
The European Cytogenetics Conference, this year #ECA2015 in Strasbourg, is a terrific meeting to hear the latest on chromosome research, with a strong focus on human
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Induction and suppression of plant defences (Invited Review)
A review of the current state of knowledge about plant defences highlights insights into herbivore adaptations that allow them to cope with these defences.
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Endogenous hormones and fructan metabolism in Chrysolaena
Results suggest that the co-ordinated action of carbohydrate metabolism and hormone synthesis enables C. obovata to survive unfavourable field conditions.
Plant Cuttings
Newton thwarted by the ascent of sap
Is botany nothing more than a matter of physics?
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Opening a window on plant cell death
Let me introduce you to the wonderful world of the lace plant, Aponogeton madagascariensis. This exotic species native to streams in Madagascar has travelled far to
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Strigolactones and adventitious root formation in rice
Strigolactones (SLs) and their derivatives are plant hormones that have recently been identified as regulating root development. Sun et al. study adventious roots (ARs) in SL-
Plant Cuttings
A blooming disgrace…?
Is Bloom’s Taxonomy responsible for the severe decline in UK students’ knowledge of field biology skills?
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Site glitches
AoB Blog has been getting more visitors recently. We knew that we’d have to move host by October so we had plans to quietly set
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Cadmium translocation by contractile roots
Contractile roots require specific anatomical adaptation of the root base, with less-lignified & less-suberized tissues than in the subapical root.
Reviews
How the Earth Turned Green
How the Earth Turned Green: A brief 3.8-billion-year history of plants Joseph E Armstrong. The University of Chicago Press, 2014. Spoiler alert! This
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The cost–benefit model for botanical carnivory
This study concludes that traps have lower rates of photosynthesis than leaves, and that leaves have higher rates of photosynthesis after feeding.