annals-of-botany
Species coherence in a cytogenetically diverse sedge
Escudero et al. provide the first comprehensive study of population-level patterns of molecular and cytogenetic differentiation in the sedge genus Carex.
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Improving crop models in the face of climate change (Viewpoint)
Crop models need improving for an accurate assessment of the impacts of climate change on crop productivity.
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How does the vital interaction between pollen and pistil work?
How, in molecular terms, does the vital interaction between pollen pollen and pistil work?
Plant Cuttings
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N-Fix exploits the ability of a specific strain of N-fixing bacteria found in sugar-cane, that can colonise cells of all major crop plants.
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Can conservation kill?
Normally when someone asks a dramatic question in a headline the answer is no. This time though it’s different. A paper in the new open-
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What a Plant Knows – MOOC Report
The What a Plant Knows MOOC comes as a refreshing change.
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Matching roots to their environment (Special Issue)
How the roots of land plants evolved, how root ecology affects the utilization of soil resources, and the influence of plant roots on biogeochemical cycles.
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Do pollinators drive the evolution of flowers?
Angiosperms, the flowering plants, are the astonishingly diverse. But what drives the selection pressures to create this diversity? One explanation is the Grant-Stebbins model. This
Plants & People
An update on grass-free lawns
We blogged earlier this year about Lionel Smith’s project developing grass-free lawns. He’s uploaded a long video revisiting one of his lawns a
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Invasive Mimosa does not share symbionts with native relatives
The legume genus Mimosa comprises approx. 500 species, most of which are native to the New World, with Brazil being the main centre of radiation, but
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Where did mangos come from?
The importance of the combined effect of geomorphological and climatic factors in shaping plant species distribution.
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Cytokinins can trigger hypersensitive-like responses
Activating the gene ipt to produce high levels of cytokinins in tobacco is sufficient to trigger fast cell death without intervening chlorosis.