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Asymmetric cell divisions in plant development
Kajala et al. describe regulation of asymmetric cell divisions for the embryo, including the first divisions of the zygote.
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Zinc, meristem anatomy and seed germination – this week in Annals of Botany
The latest plant science research from Annals of Botany.
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The Guardian tackles the ethics of rewilding
The Guardian posted an interesting article yesterday from Tori Herridge: Mammoths are a huge part of my life. But cloning them is wrong. I’ll concede
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Can intensification be sustainable?
Contemporary interest in agricultural sustainability can be traced to environmental concerns that began to appear in the 1950s and 1960s. However, concepts and practices about sustainability
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Scientists look for a common language in Himalaya ecology
The Himalaya range of mountains is famous all over the world. This is the world’s largest mountain range with fastest uplift rate hosts enormous physical
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Microgravity and chromosome damage
The Karyological Observations of Krikorian and O’Connor look at plant material from flights STS-2 and STS-3 of the Space Shuttle. STS-2, among
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Use it or lose it, for a plant’s sense of gravity?
Gravitropism is the ability of a plant to turn in response to gravity. Roots have gravitropism, bending to turn down and stems negative gravitropism to turn
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Is there a downside for plants when they can’t sense ‘up’?
Looking at a tree, it can be hard to visualise the sheer volume of water being drawn up from the roots to the canopy. That volume
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Calibrating data in a weightless environment
A Test to Verify the Biocompatibility of a Method for Plant Culture in a Microgravity Environment by Brown and Chapman is an example of the basic
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30 years of Astrobotany in Annals of Botany
“In the newspapers I used to read about shuttles going up and down all the time, but it bothered me a little bit that I never
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The root-soil interface, ancient climates, sustainable agriculture – what’s new in Annals of Botany this week
The root-soil interface, ancient climates, sustainable agriculture – what’s new in Annals of Botany this week .
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Halloween Special: First record of bat-pollination in Tillandsia
Bats are responsible for pollinating several species of plants. A new paper in Annals of Botany reports for the first time bat-pollination of a species