Simulating mangrove light interception
3D reconstruction of mangrove tree phyllotaxis from digitized plants yields novel data.
Simulación de la interceptación de la luz en los manglares
La reconstrucción en 3D de la filotaxis de los manglares a base de plantas digitalizadas arroja datos novedosos.
Simulation der Lichtabsorption durch Mangroven
Plants Don’t Want Their Children to Starve
There’s more to seed survival than just seed mass.
Las plantas no quieren que su descendencia pase hambre
Root water relations and drought tolerance
Findings could help wine industry adapt to climate change
What makes bees feel at home in the city?
A study of the bees of Toronto aimed to uncover what factors help or hinder urban pollinators.
Ecologists learn how to increase thieving by bumblebees
Bees are more likely to turn to robbery if there are plenty of flowers that they don’t have to rob in an area.
Soil compaction and nitrate capture
While lateral roots comprise the bulk of root length, axial roots function as a scaffold determining the distribution of these laterals.
Australian animals might kill you, but the plants could cure you…
New Leaf Database Could Help Identify Extinct Plants
A new database of leaves promise not only to help identify plants around us, but also to identify plants known only from fossils.
Gene expression reveals differences between symptomatic and asymptomatic infection in tobacco
Different types of plant interactions with a particular pathogen are characterized by the different oxylipin profiles of the host plant.
Poor acclimation to drought in subalpine forest tree seedlings
How do subalpine fir and Engelmann spruce seedlings respond to experimental drought when grown under field conditions?
More plants will be ‘losers’ than ‘winners’ in the future, thanks to human activity
Fait vos jeux, but while there will be some winners, the odds are stacked against most plants doing well in the future.