Plants simultaneously interact with beneficial and antagonistic organisms such as mycorrhizal fungi and herbivores, respectively. Both mycorrhizae and herbivore damage cause rapid changes in source–sink dynamics within...
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William Salter
Induced Resource Partitioning: Effects of Mycorrhizae and Herbivory
Plants simultaneously interact with beneficial and antagonistic organisms such as mycorrhizal fungi and herbivores, respectively. In a recent article published in AoB PLANTS, Orians et al. studied the net effects of...
AoBPLANTS
Comparison of winter and summer dormancy in herbaceous perennial species
Are winter and summer dormancy symmetrical seasonal adaptive strategies?
botanyone
When Oedemasia leptinoides likes something, it puts a ring on it
Oedemasia leptinoides likes to nibble a ring around a petiole of a leaf, and then cover the exposed tissue in saliva. Why?
Alun Salt
Induction and suppression of plant defences (Invited Review)
A review of the current state of knowledge about plant defences highlights insights into herbivore adaptations that allow them to cope with these defences.
