Growth & Development
How is wheat grain weight affected by the pericarp that surrounds it?
Better growing conditions increased maximum pericarp weight, while higher temperature negatively affected this trait.
Growth & Development
Synchronization of senescence in Arabidopsis thaliana
Is floral senescence synchronized across accessions of Arabidopsis thaliana?
Growth & Development
How does Holly Oak compensate for losing leaves?
Defoliation had larger legacy effects than immediate effects.
Growth & Development
Can photosynthetic traits offer insight into the success of a widespread invasive grass?
Johnsongrass has been described as one of the world’s worst weeds, but what makes it so invasive?
Computational Models
Modelling rice roots reveals how to pick up phosphorus
Combining experimentally measured single root phene datasets with a 3D continuum multiscale soilroot model enhances the mechanistic insights in soil-root processes that are important for water and P uptake.
Growth & Development
Corner’s rules hold up across the growing season
The relationship between twig cross-sectional area and leaf surface area varied little over the course of the season.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
What happens to nutrients, after a carnivorous plant has digested its prey?
While carnivorous plants eat insects, they get most of their energy from photosynthesis, like other plants. New research investigates how carnivory affects photosynthesis.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Unravelling how a mysterious substance may boost plant growth
Capstaff and colleagues investigate how soil-derived fulvic acid may boost growth of alfalfa
Growth & Development
Thicker roots: to grow or not to grow? Investigating the dynamics of secondary root growth
Secondary growth of the roots of annual dicots has functional significance with regards to soil resource acquisition and transport, interactions with soil organisms and carbon sequestration.
Ecosystems
Metalheads! Patterns of extreme mineral accumulation in plants
Examining patterns of mineral accumulation in plants gives clues as to how some plants can accumulate extreme amounts of some minerals
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Move over Factor 50! Can increasing their number of chromosomes help protect plants against UV?
Increased chromosome number due to UV is known to occur in lab experiments, but does it happen in real environments?
Ecosystems
What makes a good invasive species – genetics or plasticity? Insights from Impatiens glandulifera
Understanding what makes invasive plant species so good at invading may help us protect vulnerable plant biodiversity.