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A study of embryonic axes of silver maple, Acer saccharinum, subjected to various drying, cooling and warming treatments, finds that intracellular ice formation is not necessarily lethal.
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Cold treatment accelerates the transition from the vegetative to the reproductive phase in seven Brachypodium distachyon accessions.
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Analysis of cellular patterns in plant organs provides information about the orientation of cell divisions and predominant growth directions. Raczyńska-Szajgin and Nakielski study patterns in
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The effects of plant water status on axillary meristem fate and flowering patterns along proleptic and epicormic shoots of almond trees, Prunus dulcis.
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Genetic diversity, and the effect of clone distribution, structure and size on the mating of bee-pollinated marsh cinquefoil, Comarum palustre (Rosaceae)
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Platycarya strobilacea (Juglandaceae) is heterodichogamous – based on observations of inflorescence architecture, sexual expression and pollination biology.
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Haddadchi et al. study differences between a monomorphic population of Nymphoides montana and polymorphic populations.
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Traits affecting the form and function of fine roots in woody plants show complex phenotypic variation. Lee et al. manipulate root segments of 2-year-old
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Biomass allocation patterns are important to ecosystem carbon cycles, and differ among species and in response to nutrient availability. Zhou et al. examine responses of ephemeral
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A study of Tibetan peony seeds (Paeonia ludlowii) finds that a root length of ≥6 cm is necessary before dormancy can be released by cold stratification.
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Knowledge about the interacting effects of various global-change drivers on sexual reproduction of plants, one of their key mechanisms to cope with change, is limited.
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Ribeiro et al. use a portable laser and a digital microscope to observe in situ biospeckle activity in roots of Zea mays, Jatropha curcas and Citrus limonia