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Duration of shoot elongation in Scots pine
A study of lateral shoot growth in Scots pine over 7 years finds that daily maximum growth rate correlates positively with growth duration.
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Money doesn’t grow on trees… (2) [Or, From cuddly koalas to bird poo…]
Could the koala’s diet of eucalyptus result in gold?
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Are tomatoes naturally unnatural?
The news GM Tomatoes are being grown in Canada broke on the BBC late last week. They also opened a comment section which, like comments sections
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Nutrient requirements differ in two sympatric hemiparasitic species
The reasons for marked differences in growth performance of hemiparasites when attached to different hosts are not fully understood. Li et al. study the responses to
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Novel structure of placenta in a lycophyte
An examination of an embryo in an underground gametophyte reveals a massive foot with ultrastructural variability comparable to that across major clades.
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AM fungi and P acquisition by hemiparasitic Pedicularis
A study of Pedicularis rex and P. tricolor finds that AM colonization is low, and less than 1 % of total plant P is taken up from the soil via the AM fungus.
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Spotlight on macronutrients: Phosphorus… and Potassium
It’s a little naughty to consider these two elements together, I know, because this may unintentionally add to the confusion that often ensues in class
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Wise men (and women) in the January Annals of Botany
A reminder that a year after publication, Annals of Botany papers become free access. You can read about Boswellia tapping in Tolera et al’s paper, or you can see the issue’s contents page for somewhat more than just three wise men and women.
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Spotlight on macronutrients: Hydrogen (and oxygen…)
No matter how well we think we understand water, there are always more surprises to uncover.
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Half measures don’t work when restoring marine forests
Would you recognise a desert if it was covered in water? What I mean by that is if somewhere that should be covered in forest were
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Epigenetics is important – but did you know it was this important on a global, planet-shaping scale?
A recent paper in Annals of Botany looks at how local environmental factors shape vast tracts of rainforest.
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Morphogenesis and contact sites in lobed mesophyll cells
A study of morphogenesis of lobed MCs of Zea mays finds that it is characterized by early, patterned differentiation of two distinct cell wall subdomains.