The secret to a good clover crop isn’t luck, it’s timing
Season variability is a major driver of clover architecture and biomass development.
Fi Gennu
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The economic spectrum of plant carbohydrate storage is blurred
The study implies that the generally overlooked role of storage within the plant economic spectrum represents an important dimension of plant strategy.
Newly discovered fossils illuminate a family’s 64 million year development
The fossils highlight the importance of West Gondwana in the evolution of Cunoniaceae.
Do Thoreau’s observations and herbarium records see the same changes in fruiting?
Thoreau’s last manuscript could help understand the future climate of New England.
Species delimitation and hybridization history of a hazel species complex
The study combines genetic and physical data to define four groups of hazel plants.
How mammals and molluscs attack oaks
Foraging decisions of molluscs and mammals repulse seedlings from old adults.
Do flowers produce scent when they’re not expecting visitors?
The study demonstrates extensive variation in floral scent among populations of a geographically widespread species, Arabis alpina.
Tracking down the DNA for salt removal in a rice leaf sheath
The ability for salt removal at the leaf sheath level is considered to be one of the major mechanisms associated with salt tolerance in rice
Agent Based Models in Plant Science
Computing modelling and photosynthesis
Scientists find a new chemical to induce plant defences
ssODNs are capable of inducing protection against pathogens through the activation of defence genes and promotion of stomatal closure.
The strength of a stalk
Stalks carrying fruit may have very different stresses compared to when they carried flowers.
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.
How does Holly Oak compensate for losing leaves?
Defoliation had larger legacy effects than immediate effects.