Computer simulations confirm that plant diversity can be explained by three assumptions.
Tag - biomass
Rachel Shekar
Not All Pine Needles Are Identical: Lower Crown Loss in Pinus radiata
When fungal infection comes to Pinus radiata, it can run through the bottom of the crown of the tree, removing its leaves. What effect does this defoliation have when it occurs? Mireia Gomez-Gallego and colleagues...
Fi Gennu
Root flavonoids are related to enhanced AMF colonization of an invasive tree
Pei et al. investigated AMF colonization in populations of the Chinese tallow tree (Triadica sebifera).
William Salter
Understanding gene expression under flooding and drought stress in Phalaris arundinacea and Dactylis glomerata
A changing climate could bring drier or wetter conditions. A team of scientists has been examining how the genes of two plants adapt to both conditions.
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?
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.
Alex Assiry
Joint linkage and association mapping of complex traits in shrub willow
Increasing energy demands and the necessity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are key motivating factors driving the development of lignocellulosic crops as an alternative to non-renewable energy sources. The effects...
Genetic and genomic approaches to biomass crop improvement at Bioenergy Genomics 2017
On Tuesday morning at the Bioenergy Genomics 2017 we will be looking at biofuel genomics. But what does that mean?
Jack Bailey-Bale
Genetics of phenotypic plasticity and biomass traits in hybrid willows
Phenotypic plasticity can have a great impact on the distribution of taxa and the productivity of crops across contrasting environments. Berlin et al. study the genetic architecture of biomass traits, including...
botanyone
Whole-plant organisational traits and ecological strategies in sunflowers
While trait-based plant ecology attempts to use small numbers of organ-level traits to predict ecological strategies, there is a major gap between organ-level ecophysiology and plant fitness in an environmental context...
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...
Light on hemiparasitic plants impacts on their hosts
Although parasitic plant–host associations occur in an ever-changing light environment, there is a poor understanding of how light influences the impact of the parasite on the host plant. Cirocco et al. hypothesize that...
Allometric partitioning and the relationship between above- and below-ground plant biomass
Plant size is the primary driver of the biomass allocation pattern for understorey plants in sub-tropical forests.
annbot
Clonal growth in the absence of a mating morph
Haddadchi et al. study differences between a monomorphic population of Nymphoides montana and polymorphic populations.
