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’.
Plant Science from Cell Biology to Ecosystems
A study of deer browsing has uncovered the contribution of soil chemistry to ‘the ghost of herbivory past’.
A plant’s response to drought might vary depending on how the drought arrives.
When soils dry they don’t dry uniformly, some parts remain damper than others. How does a reed like Arundo donax respond?
While collecting plant material for crop breeding, a team from Aberystwyth University also thought hard about the human side of their work.
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.
Botanists show how abscisic acid receptors in poplar can ease drought stress.
Arundo donax often reproduces clonally, but a new study finds small differences can affect how it recovers from drought stress.
A challenge for biofuels is water use. A successful biofuel strategy will have water-efficient plants.
When the parasitic plant dodder attacks two plants, stress felt by one victim can be passed to the other.
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.
Botanists use the orchid genus Epipactis as a model for speciation, but unravelling its family tree has been difficult.