Plant Cuttings
Caught in the act…
A revelation concerning amber-encased plant material suggests current sexual reproduction in angiosperms may have changed little in over 100 million years.
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Another bacterial trick to manipulate plant hormone-mediated responses
A novel example of a bacterial effector directly manipulating core regulators of hormone signaling to facilitate infection.
Plants & People
Erotic Botany wins National Poetry Competition
Botany is sexy. To prove it, Bernard and Cerinthe by Linda France has won the National Poetry Competition in the UK. The Guardian reports the poet
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How environmental stress from transplanting into foreign habitats influences inbreeding depression
Inbreeding depression does not increase in foreign environments: A field experimental study.
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Evolutionary history of Afro-Madagascan Ixora
The pantropical genus Ixora is one of the largest genera in Rubiaceae, with approximately 530 species. Tosh et al. conduct phylogenetic analyses based on four plastid
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Biomechanics of aquatic plants under aerial conditions
Aquatic plants can be exposed to aerial conditions during periods of low water level, but their biomechanical responses to this have had little attention.
Plant Cuttings
Science: for the sheer fun of it!
Richard Flavell promotes the view that observation-driven studies have a place in science.
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Abscisic acid underlies genotypic variation in stomatal responses
Stomata formed at high relative humidity (RH) are less responsive to abscisic acid (ABA), an effect that varies widely between genotypes. Giday et al. study four
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Randy Olson on the ABT model
Scientists want to share their research and the public want to know what they’re up to but sometimes it doesn’t seem they share a
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Corolla morphology and diversification rates in toadflaxes
Results suggest that opposing individual-level/species-level selection pressures have driven evolution of pollinator-restrictive traits in bifid toadflaxes.
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Stabilization of yield in plant genotype mixtures
Arabidopsis thaliana genotype mixtures under strong competition and abiotic stress achieve more stable seed production through compensatory interactions.
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Measuring the flow of transgenes from GM crops into wild plants
How fast do transgenes move from crops into wild relatives via gene flow?