Botanists have found willows in Italy so old that they were standing when Caesar crossed the Rubicon.
Category - Growth & Development
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Drought Drives Rapid Evolution of Flower Size and Nectar in Common Morning Glory
Experiments with the common morning glory reveal drought drives faster evolutionary changes in floral signals and rewards critical for plant-pollinator interactions compared to pollinator declines.
Fi Gennu
Claude AI
Introducing the new CPlantBox
Computational model may help unravel the complex processes of drought tolerance.
Rachel Shekar
Subterranean Wonders: The Fascinating Resilience of African Geoxyles
Underground trees, a type of geoxyles occurring in Afrotropical savannas and grasslands, have unique and diverse ways of surviving in tough environments, according to recent research.
Renata Cantoro
How Summer Heat Kills Fragile Flowers
New research reveals how heatwaves and drought together can rapidly and irreversibly damage flowers through a process called runaway cavitation.
New Research Sheds Light on Functional Strategies of Grass Species
Discover how the survival strategies of grass species, intertwined with climate and functional traits, could forecast the fate of ecosystems amid climate change.
Reproduction for one American grass is an open and shut case
Danthonia compressa has a dual strategy for reproduction, allowing it to adapt to a varying environment.
Traitor: Unleashing the Power of Automation for Studying Seed Traits
Are you using callipers and microscopes to measure seeds? Well, not anymore! Traitor comes to the rescue of seed scientists and technicians.
Carlos A. Ordóñez-Parra
Understanding How Fire-Adapted Plants Face Climate Change Through the Concept of “Modularity”
Chiminazzo and colleagues shed light on the intriguing survival strategies of woody plants in fire-prone ecosystems, using the Brazilian Cerrado as an example.
How Wheat Outsmarts Drought
Scientists reveal how wheat's unique hydraulic system can cleverly reroute water supply to safeguard its reproduction during severe water shortages.
Unlocking the Sweet Potato’s Underground Secrets Will Boost Food Security
Sarah Mathura's new study charts a vital path to understanding sweet potato growth and boosting its yield, potentially revolutionising food security in developing countries.
How do Syntrichia mosses carry water when they’ve nothing to carry it in?
Syntrichia mosses, masters of water management, exhibit a range of diverse strategies for conducting and storing water.
Anatomical and hydraulic adaptations in Amazonian savannas allow flora to survive drought
Scientists studied how plants in the Amazonian savannas survive in dry conditions. They found that different plants have unique ways of persisting in this challenging environment, like having thick leaves or special...
Can botanists help keep a vital ally against desertification growing in the desert?
One way to preserve plants suffering from rising temperatures is to relocate them in new areas that have become suitable for them. But when a plant grows in the sands of a harsh desert, you don't want that habitat to...
