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Ureide accumulation and drought inhibition of N2fixation
A study of common bean genotypes, with variable degrees of N2-fixation tolerance to water stress, finds variable accumulation of ureides in their leaves.
Plant Cuttings
Clear way ahead for leaf research
Scientific Data: an open-access, online-only journal for descriptions of scientifically valuable datasets, to help publish, discover & reuse research data.
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Special Issue on Plant Cell Walls – Free Online
Although plants and many algae (e.g. the Phaeophyceae, brown, and Rhodophyceae, red) are only very distantly related they are united in their possession of carbohydrate-
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Accumulation of ferruginol in heartwood-forming xylem
Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry & quantitative analyses are used to study distribution of ferruginol in a 30-yr tree of Cryptomeria japonica.
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Cambial reactivation and formation of earlywood vessels in oak
The continuous formation of earlywood vessels is crucial for the growth of ring-porous hardwoods. Kudo et al. study Quercus serrate seedlings and find that a
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Heterozygosity–fitness correlations in pedunculate oak
Various transpiration and growth traits of seedlings of pedunculate oak, Quercus robur, are correlated with their multilocus heterozygosity (MLH).
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Lathyrus diversity and crop improvement (Invited Review)
Vaz Patto and Rubiales review the current status and future prospects of Lathyrus diversity conservation and characterization.
Plant Cuttings
M people and the ‘B’ word…
No, this is not an item about M People, an ‘English house music band which formed in 1990 and achieved success throughout most of the 1990s’
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Nitrate uptake modelling in plants: root activity
Using a thermodynamic flow–force interpretation of nitrate uptake isotherms, Malagoli and Le Deunff develop a functional– structural model to predict N uptake in winter oilseed
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Nitrate uptake modelling in plants: functional components
Difficulties in linking the various regulations of nitrate transport acting at different levels of time and on different spatial scales have hindered the development of models
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Wettability of xylem lumenal walls in maize roots
A study of wall contact with oil perfused into emptied vessels of maize roots, contact angles of refilling sap & wall substantivity to histochemical probes.
Taxonomy & Evolution
Deep sequencing coming for three taxa at key phylogenetic nodes
Following his recent visit to Cambridge, Josh Mylne (UWA) will be collaborating with Jill Harrison (Cambridge) and Kingsley Dixon (Perth Botanic Garden) to sequence the transcriptomes