Endophytic bacteria, microbes living in plant tissue, can change how a plant grows. But experiments with microbe communities shows that it's not in a predictable way.
Category - American Journal of Botany
Dale Maylea
Invasive plants’ success may start with invasive pollen
To pollinate you need the right pollen, but what happens when you arrive in new territory everyone you share pollinators with has the wrong pollen?
Damage above the ground baffles a plant’s roots
It's common to see pictures of plants as mirror images above and below the ground, but research in AmJBot shows that leaf vein damage harms root foraging.
Alun Salt
The inconstant sex of Mercurialis annua
Many plants have flowers that are hermaphroditic with male and female parts. Some are dioecious, with male or female flowers. Mercurialis annua keeps its options open. If you think the name is familiar, it’s...
