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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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Taxonomy & Evolution

Piecing together the Zamiaceae family tree reveals the evolution of how plants ‘breathe’

The Zamiaceae are often considered ‘living fossils’, but a close study of how they have evolved over millions of years can give a glimpse into the lives of past plants.

by Fi GennuNovember 2, 2021November 2, 2021
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Taxonomy & Evolution

Next generation sequencing of Zanthoxylum leads to rethink of previous generations of Zanthoxylum

Next-generation sequencing using target enrichment reveals that current sectional classifications of Zanthoxylum need revision.

by Fi GennuOctober 15, 2021October 14, 2021
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Cells, Genes & Molecules

Allele mining could help improve forage grasses

Botanists demonstrate a novel, effective approach to allele discovery in diverse accessions using a draft reference genome from a single species.

by Fi GennuOctober 13, 2021October 13, 2021
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Growth & Development

Seminal roots help maize grab nutrients

When humans selected for bigger seeds in maize, they may have also unintentionally improved its root system.

by Fi GennuOctober 12, 2021December 13, 2021
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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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