annals-of-botany
Sustainable intensification in agricultural systems (Invited Review)
Sustainable intensification (SI) is a process or system where agricultural yields are increased without adverse environmental impact.
Plant Cuttings
Plant parts doing unexpected things: Part 2 (or, Root research all up in the air)
The aerial roots of epiphytic plants perched high above the ground on trees photosynthesise, as well as absorbing water from their surroundings.
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Flow–Force theory and modelling nitrogen uptake (Viewpoint)
Flow–Force theory can be combined easily with changes in the nitrate influx rate induced by climatic and in planta factors formalized by polynomial curves.
Plant Cuttings
2015 International Year of…
2015 is the international year of soils and light.
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Botanists uncover the secrets of sexual attraction
An interesting paper has moved into free access in Annals of Botany: Caught in the act: pollination of sexually deceptive trap-flowers by fungus gnats in
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Multi-imaging approach to study the root–soil interface
Combining neutron and fluorescence imaging allows study of the spatiotemporal patterns of oxygen, pH and water content distribution in lupin rhizospheres.
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Increased competitive ability in an invasive plant
A study of the invasive plant Lythrum salicaria distinguishes between competitive effects and responses of invasive and native plants.
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Biogeography of circumboreal taxa of Pyrola
A study finds that three circumboreal lineages of Pyrola have arisen independently, and at least two of these appear to have originated in Asia.
Plant Cuttings
Plant parts doing unexpected things: Part 1 (or, Giving transpiration a little boost…)
In order to survive in desert-like areas. date palms substantially rely on the exploitation and recharge of the stem reservoir in their water budget.
AoB PLANTS
A mutualistic endophyte alters the niche dimensions of its host plant
Mutualisms can play important roles in influencing species coexistence and determining community composition. However, few studies have tested whether mutualisms may affect species distributions by altering
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Cryptic refugia of Cryptomeria japonica in last glacial maximum
A combination of phylogeography and species distribution modelling methods identify the responses of Cryptomeria japonica, to past climatic changes.
Plant Cuttings
Warning: Aposematism Alert!
Kazuo Yamazaki and Simcha Lev-Yadun suggest reflect that the production of white trichomes by some plants might mimic arthropod silk.