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Miniature, Yet Fire-Resilient: What Mosses Can Teach Us on a Warming Planet?
In the Cangas, where the soil boils under the sun and fire turns everything into ash, tiny mosses found their way to endure.
Modern wheat grows deep
Modern wheat has deeper roots than ancient wheats: is this an adaptation to higher productivity?
Botanists track where a plant thief hides
Advanced imaging captures the growth of a parasite inside its host.
Wild cotton species can handle the heat
Four wild Australian cotton species thrive in high heat, unlike commercial cotton. These wild species could be used to breed heat tolerance into commercial cotton.
Spikelet morphology in Restionaceae is more diverse than previously thought
Scientists have studied the morphology of male and female Leptocarpus denmarkicus spikelets, offering new insights into the evolutionary plasticity of flower development and seed dispersal within the Poales.
Seedling emergence is catastrophically affected by depth of volcanic ash
5 cm of volcanic ash leads to the loss of seedling emergence on the volcanic island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, likely affecting succession for decades after a recent eruption.
The orchid prediction nobody noticed
Scientists found a letter where Darwin predicted a major botanical discovery 36 years before anyone proved him right.
No need to put a ring on it
Digital images of herbarium specimens can be used to non-destructively measure woody plant growth and assess response to climate change in the Arctic.
Why won’t Marion Island’s stubborn soil feed its starving plants?
Only invasive weeds thrived when scientists warmed island soil, while native plants stayed hungry despite being surrounded by potential food.
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