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A complicated way of having sex – and not without risks
Boy meets girl. Boy fertilizes girl. Patter of tiny feet. That’s the story of animal passion. But for flowering plants, it’s different. Pollen meets
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A new day dawning: Hemerocallis as a model organism
Genetic model organisms have revolutionized science, and with rapid advances in technology there is significant potential to launch more plant species towards model status. However, these new model organisms have to be carefully selected.
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Breathe in, breathe out
A paper in AoB PLANTS describes new methods for real-time monitoring of trace gases such as ethylene, nitric oxide and ethanol which play an important role in many areas of biology.
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The Intellect Tree
Celastrus paniculatus, “the intellect tree”, is a climbing shrub with medicinal properties found throughout India. And it’s under threat.
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A salty tale of life on the road
Teasels are an important species for wildlife, but they don’t like salt. Will they survive?
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Making more orchids
Although micropropagation is a common method these days, much of the science behind regeneration of whole plants from tiny specks of plant tissue remains uncertain.
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Plant establishment on unirrigated green roof modules in a subtropical climate
How useful is environmentally-friendly green roof technology in hostile climates?
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News from AoB PLANTS
This summer, Hall Cushman succeeded Mike Jackson as Chief Editor of AoB PLANTS. The new editor is a Professor in the Department of Biology at Sonoma
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Phenotypic traits of Phragmites australis clones
Phragmites australis is a wetland grass with high genetic variability, augmented by its cosmopolitan distribution, clonal growth form and large variation in chromosome numbers. Different ploidy
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Effect of external stress on density and size of glandular trichomes in full-grown Artemisia annua, the source of anti-malarial artemisinin
Glandular trichomes (GT) on Artemisia annua produce and store the anti-malarial compound artemisinin (AN) and other secondary metabolites (SM) that have several pharmaceutical and industrial
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Free Paper — The evolution of pollen germination timing in flowering plants: Austrobaileya scandens (Austrobaileyaceae)
Austrobaileya has long served as a model for ancient angiosperm pollen structure. Its pollen germination is relatively rapid and requires < 10 % of the progamic phase. Extensive evidence discussed in this paper suggests pollen germination underwent acceleration early in angiosperm history.
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Free Paper — Modelling leaf photosynthetic and transpiration temperature-dependent responses in Vitis vinifera cv. Semillon grapevines growing in hot, irrigated vineyard conditions
Grapevines growing in Australiasuffer from high temperatures which have major effects on photosynthesis and transpiration. To learn more, gas exchange was measured in this study over several seasons and then modelled across temperatures from 20 to 45oC and validated with independent data.