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Tag: Drought

Close Encounters

Drought damages a plant’s perfume

Bees may be using their sense of smell to detect and avoid stressed plants.

by Alun SaltAugust 26, 2022August 26, 2022
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Ecosystems

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?

by William SalterMarch 14, 2022March 14, 2022
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Plants & People

Resilience of crops confirms that drought alone did not cause a ‘collapse’ in Mayan civilisation

In the 800s, Mayan cities in southeastern Mexico and Central America were abandoned – just as drought hit the region. But a botanical study shows that the connection between drought and depopulation was not simple.

by Dale MayleaJanuary 7, 2022January 11, 2022
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Growth & Development

Warm nights without respite accelerates the death of seedlings in a drought

A combination of morphological and physiological traits contribute to drought mortality, along with responses to night warming.

by Alun SaltDecember 22, 2021December 22, 2021
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Ecosystems

Plants drink in unknown ways on gypsum hills

Gypsum soils are dry and can be found in arid environments. Chemistry shows that a surprising variety of plants survive in them by getting water locked in crystals.

by Alun SaltAugust 25, 2021August 24, 2021
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Growth & Development

Drought response of European beech trees is not straight forward

by Juniper KissJune 14, 2021June 14, 2021
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Taxonomy & Evolution

Pink monkeyflowers are a sign of local adaptation

Botanists find petal colour can signal a monkeyflower’s drought tolerance.

by Juniper KissMay 7, 2021May 7, 2021
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Ecosystems

Global climate change and grasslands: soil microbial diversity to the rescue!

New study the journal New Phytologist reveals the importance of soil microbial diversity for tolerating or recovering from drought, warming and nitrogen deposition.

by Juniper KissNovember 28, 2020November 27, 2020
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Growth & Development

Quantifying root and shoot growth in wheat using X-ray Computed Tomography

How are relationships between root and shoot growth incluenced by drought and soil type in wheat?

by William SalterOctober 19, 2020October 19, 2020
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Growth & Development

Thicker roots: to grow or not to grow? Investigating the dynamics of secondary root growth

Secondary growth of the roots of annual dicots has functional significance with regards to soil resource acquisition and transport, interactions with soil organisms and carbon sequestration.

by Juniper KissJuly 1, 2020July 1, 2020
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Computational Models Growth & Development Plants & People

From computer to field: can in silico modelling can help us to optimise rice for possible droughts?

Advances in computational models may allow us to quickly predict responses of important food crops to environmental stresses in the field, and to identify the genetic basis of these.

by Liam ElliottJune 15, 2020June 15, 2020
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Ecosystems Growth & Development

Is age just a number if you’re a plant? How plant responses to the environment change with age

Trait sensitivity to the environment is most visible during earlier stages of development, after which intraspecific trait variation and relationships may stabilize.

by Liam ElliottJune 13, 2020June 12, 2020
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Cells, Genes & Molecules Ecosystems

Will heather be lucky heather as carbon dioxide concentrations rise?

A rise in carbon dioxide could affect production of plant defences in unexpected ways.

by Fi GennuApril 21, 2020April 21, 2020
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Growth & Development

Plants from different climates can react to drought in similar ways

by Alex AssiryApril 4, 2020April 3, 2020
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