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Seed dormancy and parasitic plants – this week in Annals of Botany
Exciting new plant science in Annals of Botany this week.
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Plants and Climate Change: Complexities and Surprises
Four decades of intensive research into anthropogenically induced shifts in CO2, precipitation, and temperature evidence important biological impacts on many plant species. As ecologists develop more
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Root length affects epicotyl dormancy release
A study of Tibetan peony seeds (Paeonia ludlowii) finds that a root length of ≥6 cm is necessary before dormancy can be released by cold stratification.
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Effects of pollination limitation and seed predation on female reproductive success of a deceptive orchid
For many species of conservation significance, multiple factors limit reproduction. In a new study published in AoB PLANTS, Walsh et al. examined the contribution of plant
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Cause for optimism (maybe not…)
There’s an insufficiency of people to grow the new crops that aren’t being identified because of the dearth of plant taxonomists. Where will it all end..?
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Negative effects of global change on seed viability of juniper
Knowledge about the interacting effects of various global-change drivers on sexual reproduction of plants, one of their key mechanisms to cope with change, is limited.
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Continuous, high-resolution biospeckle imaging of roots
Ribeiro et al. use a portable laser and a digital microscope to observe in situ biospeckle activity in roots of Zea mays, Jatropha curcas and Citrus limonia
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Developmental changes in root hydraulics (Research in Context)
A study of barley plants during the early stages of vegetative development (9–28 d old) to determine by what means root water uptake is increased.
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Orchid pollen, clover and salinity and Arabidopsis REM – This Week in Annals of Botany
Lots of exciting new plant science in Annals of Botany this week.
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Prosopis: A global assessment of the biogeography, benefits, impacts and management of one of the world’s worst woody invasive plant taxa
Invasive species cause ecological, economic and social impacts and are key drivers of global change. This is the case for the genus Prosopis (mesquite; Fabaceae) where
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Variation of genes responsible for maturity loci in soybean
This study’s results suggest the existence of unidentified genes for flowering in soybean.
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One of a kind…
Rare and monotypic Amborella is probably the living – extant – flowering plant closest evolutionarily to the first true member of the angiosperm group.