Infection by parasitic plants has been considered as an effective method for controlling invasive plants because the parasites partially or completely absorb water, nutrients, and carbohydrates from their host plants...
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Petal spur development in Centranthus
When concealed by petal spurs, nectar typically is restricted to flower-visiting animals possessing a sufficient tongue length to acquire it, and thus such spurs have evolutionary significance, often leading to...
botanyone
Differential drought tolerance in tree populations from contrasting elevations
To predict the ecological consequences of climate change for a widely distributed tree species, it is essential to develop a deep understanding of the ecophysiological responses of populations from contrasting climates...
Ecophysiology of Nostoc – pioneer and permanent resident
As free-living organisms and as symbionts in lichens, Nostoc species are both pioneers and permanent members of harsh ecosystems.
AJ Cann
Grow with the flow…
Results strongly suggest that cytoplasmic streaming is a key determinant of plant size.
Nigel Chaffey
The cambium clock of climate change
The length of the growing season and the resulting amount of growth could respond differently to climate change.
How do plants know where they should defend?
If you’re a plant what is the best way to defend yourself, given that you can’t run from attackers? I’ve had a think and I went for being massive, with armour-planting, spikes, thorns and stings, along...
Alun Salt
Mechanisms behind optimal defence patterns (Invited Review)
The optimal defence hypothesis (ODH) predicts that tissues that contribute most to a plant’s fitness and have the highest probability of being attacked will be the parts best defended. In general, young tissues show...
Gene-dosage effects of WEE1 in arabidopsis hypocotyls
Over-expression of the cell cycle checkpoint gene, WEE1, may repress growth and development. Spadafora et al. culture explants of Arabidopsis thaliana from an over-expressing Arath;WEE1 line (WEE1oe), two T-DNA...
Straightening out the Palmaceae
As one of the most obvious indications of growth, you might have thought that there was little new to discover about increase in length of plant stems. Wrong! Studying growth in Iriartea deltoidea (Arecaceae), Heidi...
Responses of legumes to temperature and low phosphorus
Suriyagoda et al. investigate root and shoot responses of three perennial legumes (Cullen cinereum, Kennedia nigricans and Lotus australis) to a range of temperatures at limited phosphorus supply and find that faster...
Modelling seagrass growth and development
Transplanting seagrasses can help restore ecologically important and threatened marine ecosystems. Based on the L-system formalism, Renton et al. present a functional–structural plant model of seagrass growth that...
Patterns of resource allocation in a dioecious species
Patterns of resource allocation in a dioecious species Resource allocation between vegetative and reproductive growth will vary over time, and dioecious species may also adopt different strategies for allocation between...
Post-submergence recovery dynamics of wetland plants
Post-submergence recovery dynamics of wetland plants Fast growth recovery post-submergence is important for establishment of riparian species in zones where water level fluctuates. Luo et al. investigate recovery...
