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Fi Gennu

Fi Gennu is a pen-name used for tracking certain posts on the blog. Often they're posts produced with the aid of Hemingway. It's almost certain that Alun Salt either wrote or edited this post.
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Close Encounters

What happens when pollinators bring the wrong pollen?

Surely once insects have brought pollen to a flower, then plant-plant interaction is over? Not so, says Gerardo Arceo-Gómez, who argues that heterospecific (or other plants’) pollen arriving in a flower might affect plant diversity.

by Fi GennuOctober 6, 2021October 6, 2021
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Growth & Development

Mutant clover reveals the connections between carbon and nitrogen fixation for legumes

These results suggest that the super-nodulation phenotype per se did not limit growth.

by Fi GennuSeptember 30, 2021September 30, 2021
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Growth & Development

Groping in the soil for nutrients encourages root growth

In addition to root proliferation, the root response to a nutrient-rich patch was also accompanied by root hair elongation.

by Fi GennuSeptember 29, 2021September 29, 2021
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Computational Models

Pulling trees from clouds with mobile laser scanning

A new algorithm offers to take up the hard work of turning data points into tree models.

by Fi GennuJuly 30, 2021July 30, 2021
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Growth & Development

The rise and fall of carbohydrates in the trees of the north

A new study tracks how paper birch trees prepare for a Canadian winter.

by Fi GennuJuly 29, 2021July 29, 2021
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Growth & Development

A conifer study reveals how a changing climate could make commercial forestry more complicated

In an unpredictable future climate, planting for less climate sensitivity may prove wiser than attempting to find trees geared for warmer weather.

by Fi GennuJuly 21, 2021July 21, 2021
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Close Encounters

Rising sea levels influence a battle to beat the shade in plants

Increasing salinity could free some shade-averse plants from the shadows of their neighbours.

by Fi GennuJuly 20, 2021July 20, 2021
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Cells, Genes & Molecules

Plants can become less uniform by duplicating their genome

Though the experiment was limited to two genotypes of a single species, these findings support the idea that whole genome duplication can indeed increase plasticity.

by Fi GennuJune 29, 2021June 29, 2021
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Close Encounters

Take away the deer and more subtle effects on plant communities become apparent

A twenty-year survey in western Canada shows how deer can obscure other ecological effects in forests.

by Fi GennuJune 28, 2021June 28, 2021
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Taxonomy & Evolution

Estimates of leaf size set to get closer to reality

A one-size-fits-all estimate of leaf area has drawbacks if not all your leaves are the same shape.

by Fi GennuJune 25, 2021June 25, 2021
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Cells, Genes & Molecules

The broken remains of pectin give clues to the culprit

By tracking how cell walls were loosened, a team has been able to show which enzyme is helping fruit ripen.

by Fi GennuJune 23, 2021June 23, 2021
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Growth & Development

When the wind blows, what happens to wheat?

A reduction in height but an increase in tillers suggests that wheat may benefit from a little mechanical stress.

by Fi GennuJune 16, 2021June 16, 2021
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Ecosystems

Hedgerows act as wildlife corridors for the wildlife that cannot walk

Hedgerows may provide habitat for forest plants to colonise to travel in Europe’s patchwork woodland.

by Fi GennuJune 1, 2021June 1, 2021
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Cells, Genes & Molecules

Botanists find the molecular difference between edible pacaya and the wild palms

by Fi GennuMay 27, 2021May 27, 2021
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