AoB PLANTS
What bacteria are in your banana?
Bacteria in innumerable numbers share a deep and integral association with bananas, but show apparently mutualistic benefits with no obvious adverse effect.
annals-of-botany
Pollen-mediated gene flow along an altitudinal gradient
Genetic connectivity is crucial in rapidly changing environments as it allows exchange and dispersal of adaptive genes among plant populations.
Plant Cuttings
Gum’s the word
There are two types of people in the world: those who chew gum, and those who don’t.
annals-of-botany
Plastid and nuclear variation among apomictic polyploids
Apomicts are plants grown from seeds or spores are produced without fertilization.
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Plants and insect pollinators: the adventures of a great couple!
Evolution need not be a lonely path. Some insects and plants have evolved in partnership with each other, sharing an attraction that’s can be almost electric.
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INASP – strengthening the global research cycle
Working together to improve international access to scientific research through Open Access.
annals-of-botany
Effects of herbicide-resistance alleles on weed seed germination
Plant genes enabling arable weeds to survive herbicide applications can have varied effects on the weed life cycle.
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The Potato of the Future?
A company is seeking approval for a new GM potato. What might surprise you is why we do need a new potato.
annals-of-botany
PEP-CK recruitment in C4 photosynthesis of eudicots
There is emerging evidence that some C4 eudicots involve the photosynthetic enzyme PEP-CK in carbon acquisition alongside other decarboxylation enzymes.
Plant Cuttings
Has spring sprung yet?
It’s not just humans waiting for Spring – recent research reveals that microbes are also looking forward to the new growth of plants.
AoB PLANTS
“Editor’s Choice” Debuts at AoB PLANTS
The new “Editor’s Choice” section of the AoB PLANTS website features especially noteworthy papers of broad interest to the scientific community.
annals-of-botany
Critical buckling height and stand variation in Pinus
Although elastic similarity models and determinations of critical buckling height often consider density-specific stiffness to be constant, few studies have tested this assumption in plantation-grown trees.