Plant Cuttings
Brachypodium is NOT Arabidopsis(!)
Interactions between plant hormones ethylene and auxin in roots of the monocot Brachypodium distachyon differ to those in roots of the dicot Arabidopsis.
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Warming and nitrogen effects on plant phenology
Phenology is one of most sensitive traits of plants in response to regional climate warming and it may interact with other environmental change factors such as
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Competitive neighbours? That may depend on who they are….
Plants most often live side-by-side with other plants. Neighbours compete locally with one another for light, water and soil nutrients. An individual plant may
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Convergent evolution and climate
A study of globular succulents at biodiversity hotspots in Mexico and South Africa highlights more climate differences than similarities between hotspots.
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An experiment in altmetrics (or how I might have broken the blog)
Keep following Annals of Botany for all the latest news about plants. We just made a minor change to this blog to give the authors whose
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Los Angeles once again threatened by the prospect of fresh fruit and vegetables
In a consumer society, food production is a radical act. It’s news again, as Los Angeles City Hall is renewing its campaign against gardeners while legislation permitting urban gardening is being held up. Hat-tip to The Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog.
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Growth or survival?
A trade-off occurs between radial growth and survival from foliage herbivory in Tamarix.
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By the pricking of my thumbs…
Can cacti help us harness water from the air in hostile environments?
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Botanists disprove Nietzche
“That which does not kill us makes us stronger”, or so said Friedrich Nietzche, but is that really the case? This month in Annals of Botany
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Genetic diversity and conservation of the Canarian Flora (Review)
Canarian endemic plants are phylogenetically constrained by the traits of the colonizing lineages, although also influenced by distances to the mainland.
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Is your password on the list of most common passwords on the Internet?
Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don’t let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months Clifford Stoll Clifford Stoll Handling
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Raindrops keep falling on my flowerhead
Imagine you’re a young and eager pollen. You’re eager for a hot date with an ovule, but first you have to get to her