AoB PLANTS
The transition of a breeding system from outcrossing to selfing has been considered to be a widespread evolutionary trend in flowering plants.
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The functional relationship between cell types and three xylem functions of conduction, support and storage using approximately 800 tree species from China.
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Ortiz et al.critically review more than half a century of research in Paspalum, a genus that provides an excellent model for studying apomixis in grasses.
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Looking at medieval drawings, Paris et al. discover that citron watermelons were more common in Mediterranean Europe in the past than they are presently.
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There’s a view that the anti-GM movement is like a mirror of the right-wing anti-science movement against climate change. It’s certainly
AoB PLANTS
In a novel analysis by Gornish published in AoB PLANTS, a regression-design life-table response experiment was used to determine how the interaction of fire
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Germ line gene silencing by siRNAs.
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“You know the cost of everything and the value of nothing,” was a common insult when I was a child. However, some environmentalists say that it’
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Globe artichoke and leafy cardoon are two crops belonging to the same species, Cynara cardunculus (Asteraceae). Gatto et al. analyse population structure and genetic relationships between
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Dr Richard Stout’s free ‘book’ is entitled Plant Trek, and is focused on GM (genetic modification/manipulation/meddling)/GE (genetic engineering) and plants
AoB PLANTS
Taxonomic resources are essential for the effective management of invasive plants because biosecurity strategies, legislation dealing with invasive species, quarantine, weed surveillance and monitoring all depend
annals-of-botany
Recent molecular approaches have resulted in the re-circumscription of Gomesa and Oncidium (Orchidaceae; Oncidiinae), together with their respective clades. Stpiczyńska et al. compare the anatomical