The computing principle GIGO states that if the data you put into a model is garbage, then the output will be too. Jie Yang and colleagues have been tackling the problem of modeling of tropical tree growth. What data is...
Author - Alex Assiry
Alex Assiry
Fruits develop differently in herbaceous and woody species
The key to good fruit fruit is sugar. But what processes drive the accumulation of sugars in fruit?
Turgor-Driven Plant Growth Inside a Soybean Functional-Structural Plant Model
Turgor pressure within a plant cell represents the key to mechanistically describe plant growth, combining the effect of both water and carbon availability. The high level of spatio-temporal variation and diurnal...
The Piedra Chamana fossil woods and leaves reveal a tropical forest with some water stress
The Piedra Chamana fossil forest in northern Peru is an assemblage of angiosperm woods and leaves preserved in volcaniclastic rocks dated at 39 Ma (late Middle Eocene). Deborah Woodcock and Herbert Meyer analyzed...
A 3D functional–structural plant model of shoot and root driven by soil hydraulics
Improved modelling of carbon assimilation and plant growth to low soil moisture requires evaluation of underlying mechanisms in the soil, roots, and shoots. The feedback between plants and their local environment...
Differences in Protea Traits Add up to Explain Differences in Fitness
It's the differences in individuals that make one Protea more successful than another.
Indeterminate Domain (IDD) proteins say something about a distant common ancestor of Streptophyta
The Indeterminate Domain (IDD) proteins are a plant specific subclass of C2H2 Zinc Finger transcription factors. Some of these transcription factors play roles in diverse aspects of plant metabolism and development...
Invaders and Natives show different variability in Hawaii
Native and invading plants vary differently in leaf shape in response to climate. Curiously, sometimes the native plants are more acquisitive than the invaders.
Not All Scarlet Pimpernels Arrange Their Sexual Organs the Same Way to Avoid Pollinating Themselves
When there are unsuitable partners around, Lysimachia arvensis, will alter its herkogamy to favour self pollination over outcrossing with the wrong flowers
Computer Modelling of Crop Alignments Could Fight Weeds in an Environmentally Way
Light interception is closely related to canopy architecture. Few studies based on multi-view photography have been conducted in a field environment, particularly studies that link 3D plant architecture with a radiation...
The Hidden Heritage of Pinyon Pines
Pinyon pine hybridization is widely acknowledged, but the frequency of and contributors to such interspecific mating remain largely unstudied. Pinus quadrifolia has three to four needles per fascicle, suggesting it is a...
High Gene Flow Shapes the Invasion of the Bitter Vine in Asia
Mikania micrantha benefits from high gene flow when invading new territory in Asia.
Plants Can Change Their Xylem Anatomy to Maintain Conductivity
Sap must flow, so the xylem must change.
Predominance of L-S Type of rDNA Organization in Liverworts
The rDNA of Liverworts is unusually organised.
