Plant Science from Cell Biology to Ecosystems
Food is critical for larvae development, so a good insect should lay her eggs away from other competition for food. That’s why scientists were surprised that female hawkmoths chose plants hosting competitors when laying eggs.
Rather than inherently being ‘male’ or ‘female’, Mercurialis annua can produce flowers as a plastic response to its environment.
Invasive species might not always have the upper hand when temperatures rise.
Extra care should be taken to avoid misinterpretation of data when looking at centuries-spanning specimens.
Far from being a victim, the caterpillar of Buckleria paludum feeds on carnivorous plants. But how?
How has domestication affected herbivory and anti-herbivore defenses of chaya, a plant crop grown for it’s leaves in the Yucatan pensula?
Optimum vegetation for the roe deer reproductive season is coming earlier in the year, but the birth dates lagging, leaving less forage for deer at a critical time.
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.
Interactions between plants and fungal symbionts are not always balanced affairs.
Trees may invest more in protecting their canopy leaves from munching insects than their other leaves
The deadly carrot might sound as likely as the killer tomato, but decoding the defences of Thapsia garganica might have a big pay-off in the future.
It was thought that herbivory was more likely to aid plant invasions closer to the equator. New research shows that reality is a bit more complicated.
