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Reproduction and invasiveness in St. John’s wort
Invasiveness is not correlated with the genome variability and reproductive variability that characterize St. John’s wort.
Reviews
Tomorrow’s Table by Pamela Ronald and Raoul Adamchak
Quite a few people have recommended this book to me, but I hadn’t made time to read it. My loss, this is an excellent book.
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This Week in Annals of Botany
Lots of exciting plant science new this week in Annals of Botany.
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Floral volatiles in Ipomopsis hybrids
A study of potential scent mediation of prezygotic and postzygotic reproductive isolation in Ipomopsis aggregata and I. tenuituba.
AoB PLANTS
Genome size variation and evolution in allotetraploid Arabidopsis kamchatica and its parental species, A. lyrata and A. halleri
Genome doubling and changes in genome size are fundamental evolutionary processes, with polyploidy being one of the most important forces influencing plant diversification. However, little is
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Making waves at the Plant Calcium Signalling Meeting
Calcium ions (Ca2+) are important signal molecules to relay information around, and between cells. In plants, calcium signals are involved in many processes including cell growth,
Plant Cuttings
A day in the life…
The Node’s ‘a day in the life of a …’ series is designed to give insights into the working of the labs – and the people – that try to unravel development,
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Flow cytometric analysis of bee pollen loads
Kron et al. use flow cytometry to characterize pollen loads from individual bees, using DNA content as a species marker,
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Regulation of root morphogenesis in arbuscular mycorrhizae (Review)
Increased root branching is recognized as a general feature of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) roots, but a full understanding of the mechanisms involved is still lacking. Fusconi
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Impact of climate on plant growth and flower formation – This Week in Annals of Botany
Impact of warming and drought on carbon balance related to wood formation in black spruce Wood formation in trees represents a carbon sink that can be
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What inspired you to do plant science? #epso2014
This week guest author Charlie Haynes is AoB Blog’s roving reporter at the EPSO/FESPB plant biology Europe conference. At the FESPB/EPSO plant biology conference in Dublin I asked some of the delegates what inspired them to work in plant science, botany and ecology. Here are just a few of their answ
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Seed dormancy cycling in a halophytic shrub
Kalidium gracile has 3 life history traits to help ensure persistence at a site: polycarpic perennial life cycle, persistent seed bank and dormancy cycling.