Plants & People
Banana sustains … for nutrition, for livelihoods and for the environment
How can we grow sustainable bananas?
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Post-submergence recovery dynamics of wetland plants
Post-submergence recovery dynamics of wetland plants Fast growth recovery post-submergence is important for establishment of riparian species in zones where water level fluctuates. Luo
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Global Crop Diversity Trust to store wild relatives of food crops
The BBC reports on a plan to collect and store the wild plant relatives of essential food crops, including wheat, rice, and potatoes by the Global
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Orbis non Sufficit
A lot of light and not much heat came from the Pontifical Academy of Sciences Study Week on ‘Transgenic Plants for Food Security in the Context
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Starch and lipids during cambial reactivation
Starch and lipids during cambial reactivation Cambial reactivation in trees occurs from late winter to early spring when the supply of carbohydrates from photosynthesis is minimal
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Herbaria are a major frontier for species discovery
Should effort, funding, and research focus be directed as much to examining extant herbarium material as collecting new material in the field?
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Mating system of dwarf eelgrass
Mating system of dwarf eelgrass Seagrasses exhibit extensive clonal growth and kinship structure among neighbouring genets. Zipperle et al. demonstrate a predominantly outcrossing mating system and
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Translocation breakpoints in SSR-rich chromosomal regions
Translocation breakpoints in SSR-rich chromosomal regions Repetitive DNA sequences are thought to be involved in the formation of chromosomal rearrangements, which are important in polyploid
Plants & People
Bad Times Just Around The Corner
Plant scientists are being evicted.
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Modelling source–sink relationships in Brassica
Modelling source–sink relationships in Brassica Plant architecture results from organogenesis, abortion and organ size acquisition, and these processes are regulated by assimilate availability. Jullien et
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PHYLIP and phylogeny inference
PHYLIP, a 30-year-old phylogeny inference package, remains a popular and reliable tool for analysing data, particularly in botany.
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Patterns of resource allocation in a dioecious species
Patterns of resource allocation in a dioecious species Resource allocation between vegetative and reproductive growth will vary over time, and dioecious species may also adopt different