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Category: News in Brief

AoB PLANTS News in Brief

Soil chemistry, not short-term deer exclusion, explains understory plant occupancy in Pennsylvania oak forests

A study of deer browsing has uncovered the contribution of soil chemistry to ‘the ghost of herbivory past’.

by William SalterNovember 11, 2019November 11, 2019
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Annals of Botany News in Brief

Progression of drought drives metabolomic responses in Poplar

A plant’s response to drought might vary depending on how the drought arrives.

by Fi GennuNovember 11, 2019November 9, 2019
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Annals of Botany News in Brief

Root responses in Arundo donax

When soils dry they don’t dry uniformly, some parts remain damper than others. How does a reed like Arundo donax respond?

by Fi GennuNovember 8, 2019November 8, 2019
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Annals of Botany News in Brief

Collecting wild Miscanthus germplasm and research partners in Asia

While collecting plant material for crop breeding, a team from Aberystwyth University also thought hard about the human side of their work.

by Fi GennuNovember 7, 2019November 7, 2019
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American Journal of Botany News in Brief

Bacteria living within plants can change them in unpredictable ways

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.

by Dale MayleaNovember 6, 2019November 5, 2019
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Leaf temperatures
Annals of Botany News in Brief

Abscisic acid receptors in Populus canescens aid water use

Botanists show how abscisic acid receptors in poplar can ease drought stress.

by Alex AssiryNovember 6, 2019November 4, 2019
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Arundo donax against Mount Etna
Annals of Botany News in Brief

Morphological and physiological traits determine Arundo drought recovery

Arundo donax often reproduces clonally, but a new study finds small differences can affect how it recovers from drought stress.

by Alex AssiryNovember 5, 2019November 4, 2019
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Miscanthus
Annals of Botany News in Brief

Miscanthus response to combinations of salinity and drought

by Alex AssiryNovember 4, 2019October 30, 2019
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AoB PLANTS News in Brief

Exploring the salt tolerance of the Nona Bokra rice landrace

by William SalterOctober 31, 2019October 22, 2019
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Weeping willow
Annals of Botany News in Brief

Biofuels grow better when willows weep less

A challenge for biofuels is water use. A successful biofuel strategy will have water-efficient plants.

by Fi GennuOctober 31, 2019October 30, 2019
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Journal of Experimental Botany News in Brief PNAS

What happens when a vampire plant ‘bites’ two victims at once?

When the parasitic plant dodder attacks two plants, stress felt by one victim can be passed to the other.

by Alun SaltOctober 29, 2019
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Applied Geochemistry News in Brief

Poisoned soils could be healed with the right kind of cress

Buck Rogers found the land around New Chicago in the 25th century was polluted and barren. But pollution might not be a long-term problem if you have the right Brassica.

by Dale MayleaOctober 29, 2019
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Epipactis orchids
Annals of Botany News in Brief

Where do all the Epipactis orchids come from?

Botanists use the orchid genus Epipactis as a model for speciation, but unravelling its family tree has been difficult.

by Alex AssiryOctober 28, 2019October 25, 2019
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AoB PLANTS News in Brief

Unravelling the genetic makeup of hybrid meadow knapweed populations in North America

by William SalterOctober 24, 2019October 22, 2019
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