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Cellulose research reaches new heights
A new study shows the effects that plant cellulose has on the weather!
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Competition among native and invasive Impatiens species: the roles of environmental factors, population density, and life stage
Many invasive species are considered competitively superior to native species, with the strongest competition expected in species with similar niches and/or in closely related species.
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Leaf evolution in early-diverging ferns
A novel fernlike taxon, Shougangia bella, is identified from the Late Devonian that has laminate leaves on higher orders of vegetative and fertile branches.
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GM crops, quantity or quality…?
GM crops can help, not only with the quantity of food produced worldwide, but also the quality. Golden Rice has enhanced levels of β-carotene.
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Effects of a native parasitic plant on an exotic invader decrease with increasing host age
Infection by parasitic plants has been considered as an effective method for controlling invasive plants because the parasites partially or completely absorb water, nutrients, and carbohydrates
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Floral colour evolution in Nicotiana polyploids
Do floral colour shifts accompany allopolyploidy (interspecific hybridization and genome multiplication) in the genus Nicotiana (Solanaceae)?
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Theoretical approach to predicting petal wettability
This model predicts petal surface wettability by considering the additive effects of the geometries of the epidermal cells and the structured cuticle.
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High molecular diversity in rare European Sorbus domestica
Unexpectedly high levels of molecular diversity are found within populations of Sorbus domestica, irrespective of their location.
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So that’s what bears do in the woods!
Through plant–animal interaction, black bears have been shown to help growth and reproduction of yellow rabbitbrush, by feeding on ants.
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Analysis of population genetic structure and gene flow in an annual plant before and after a rapid evolutionary response to drought
Climate change can have widespread and devastating impacts, but little is known about the effects of this change on the genetics of natural populations. In a
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Are all plant pollinators as busy as a bee?
There’s an article recently published in Psyche, that might be of interest to botanists Busy Bees: Variation in Insect Flower-Visiting Rates across Multiple Plant
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Cell biology of lignification in higher plants
A review of current understanding of lignin biosynthesis and polymerisation.