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Adaptation of cotton bracts to high CO2
They conclude that cotton bracts provide readily available material for studying adaptations to elevated CO2.
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Blue + yellow = ?
What can satellites tell us about the earth’s chlorophyll density?
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A life of drought and flood in the canopy
Tissue morphology and photosynthetic mode in response to drought in leaves, pseudobulbs and roots of a thick-leaved and a thin-leaved epiphytic orchid.
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Modelling fructan biosynthesis and polymer length distribution
Mathematical analysis and simulation, based on biochemical kinetics and calculus, can provide a useful tool for helping elucidate biosynthetic processes.
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‘Hemiepiphyte’: a confusing term and its history (Viewpoint)
Zotz suggests a more coherent scheme to categorize structurally dependent flora that discards the misleading term secondary hemiepiphyte.
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Soil to roots to stem to atmosphere…
Studies show that fog water diffuses directly through leaf cuticles of Drimys brasiliensis and is transported through the xylem to below ground.
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Hydraulic adjustment in a pine species across its range
The ability of P. canariensis to inhabit a wide range of ecosystems seems to be associated with high phenotypic plasticity.
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A bee’s eye view of flowers
The large, tunnel-like, dark-red flowers of Iris atropurpurea are likely to have evolved to mimic protective shelters preferred by male solitary bees.
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If you cut the scientists from a Botanic garden, is it still a ‘Botanic’ garden?
Bad news via the Botanical Society of America [fullclear]…but what is it that makes a garden a botanic garden? Botanic gardens were originally set up to classify plants for science. Is the presence of name labels enough or do you need people doing botany to make a place a botanic garden?
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Towards a more sustainable wheat
Over-expressing Ta-PHR1-A1 increases wheat yield by increasing grain number per spike, making it potentially valuable in breeding programs.