annals-of-botany
Thismia and its unusual number of specialist relationships.
Plants sometimes specialise. Catering for a specific partner can ensure a reliable source of food or pollination. At the same time, relying on that partner limits
annals-of-botany
What happens when plants dominate lakes?
What is life like in a lake? Is it much like life on the shore, but wetter? Or are the environmental challenges significantly different?
AoB PLANTS
Ten years of AoB PLANTS the open access journal for plant scientists
All actively managed journals continually undergo self-analysis as they strive to improve their performance but it’s rare for the outcomes to be widely shared.
annals-of-botany
The best pollen for Kangaroo Paws is just a leap away
Where does the best pollen for reproduction come from? For Anigozanthos manglesii it comes from surprisingly close neighbours.
featured
The orchid that mimics not just one organism but two
Why would you need a massive flower to imitate a tiny fly? A new study of a Peruvian orchid reveals something strange is going on.
featured
When does infection become protection?
Within plants live endophytic fungi. Some cause disease in insects, while others seem to have no effect. Yet a new meta-analysis shows even these ‘neutral’ fungi could act as bodyguards for plants.
featured
Wood-wide web wins world-renowned writing award
The Overstory by Richard Powers, 2018. William Heinemann. As a would-be botanical educator who’s reviewed a lot of botany texts over the years, I
featured
The dramatic results of botanical engagement
What is the point of teaching, if someone isn’t going to use that knowledge? A new paper by Bethan Stagg addresses that with a study
featured
A framework for easy plant model integration
A new tool links models of different languages and scales to create entire plants, fields, or regions in silico.
featured
Modeling-Guided High-Yielding Crops
When it comes to meeting the projected 70% increase in food demand in 2050, Dr. Xinguang Zhu considers photosynthetic efficiency to be an unexplored opportunity to
featured
The modelling, allocation and redistribution of biomass
Evaluation of a generic biomass partitioning model demonstrates accurate temporal patterns of biomass and nitrogen partitioning.
featured
in silico Plants launches today!
in silico Plants is a peer-reviewed, open access journal publishing research pertaining to all aspects of plant modelling.