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The cambium clock of climate change
The length of the growing season and the resulting amount of growth could respond differently to climate change.
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Plant Cuttings
Your botanical ‘one-stop shop’
There are plant biology journals that seem to concentrate on a single taxon (you know the ones I mean!) – e.g. The Plant Journal and The
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Canopy structure and conifer dominance in rainforests
Globally, conifer dominance is restricted to cold and nutrient-poor habitats, probably due to competition for light with angiosperms. Aiba et al. use a ground-based,
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Programmed cell death in kiwifruit, plant cell wall integrity and enhancement of crop photosynthesis – This Week in Annals of Botany
Programmed cell death in kiwifruit stigmatic arms and its relationship to the effective pollination period and the progamic phase Kiwifruit is a crop with a highly
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Speciation pattern and gene flow between three spruce species
The evolutionary relationships of present-day species are the result of genetic drift due geographical isolation, gene flow and mutations. Zou et al. use population genetic
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Growing plastic plants (it’s not what you think)
How do you grow more rice? By changing the way it photosynthesises.
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Growing up or growing out? How soil pH and light affect seedling growth of a relictual rainforest tree
Seedling growth rates can have important long-term effects on forest dynamics. Environmental variables such as light availability and edaphic factors can exert a strong influence
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Tumbleweed hedges its bets
A cold desert tumbleweed trades-off seed dispersal and dormancy.
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Blogging can have a negative effect
At AoB Blog we encourage scientists to blog because we think it’s a good idea for scientists to tell people about their research, including other
Plant Cuttings
Everything benefits from a little lift
Roots generally absorb water from the soil and transport it above ground to the stem, branches, etc. Where the soil is too dry for water to
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A soil heat sum model for predicting seed germination
The thermal requirements for seed dormancy release and germination of Rhamnus persicifolia, an endemic tree species restricted to mountain streams.
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It’s not just Tarzan who liked lianas – Darwin did too
Plant ecologists have long sought to classify the bewildering variety of plant species into a manageable number of functional types that could be used to represent