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.
Tag - allocation
Dale Maylea
A network of phytomers in cotton
Within-plant spatial variability in the production and demand for assimilates may have major implications for the formation of fruits. Gu et al. propose an FSP model for cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) based on local pools...
botanyone
Light competition suppresses couch grass more efficiently than nutrient competition
Competitive crops are important for sustainable cropping systems. For perennial weeds, below-ground organs, for instance rhizomes for couch grass, constitute the best measure of a crop’s long term suppressive...
Mineral nutrient stoichiometry of Hedera seeds
Analysis of variability in mineral allocation to seeds has rarely been considered in relation to allometric patterns and deviations from the allometric trajectory. Obeso examines the scaling of carbon, nitrogen...
Mineral nutrient stoichiometry of Hedera seeds
Analysis of variability in mineral allocation to seeds has rarely been considered in relation to allometric patterns and deviations from the allometric trajectory. Obeso examines the scaling of carbon, nitrogen...
Gender segregation and sex allocation in pine
Many sex-ratio-related studies have focused on dioecious or monoecious herbaceous plants, but relatively few have looked at trees. Ne’eman et al. examine changes in gender segregation and sex allocation in Pinus...
Growth–differentiation balance in stressed juvenile plants
The growth–differentiation balance hypothesis states that there is a physiological trade-off between growth and secondary metabolism. Cella Pizarro and Bisigato (pp. 297–307) investigate the response of six species...
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