Trees may invest more in protecting their canopy leaves from munching insects than their other leaves
Tag - Quercus robur
Liam Elliott
Balancing the battle: how oak trees defend against new pathogens
Population genetics may decide if oak can fight off infections it has never seen before.
The Oaks of the North Are Unexpectedly Well-Defended
Normally you would expect plant defences to increase, the closer you get to the equator. This is where insect life is more active, and so more defence against herbivores are needed. But is this always the case? Xoaquín...
Fi Gennu
Introgression, genetic and morphological variation in sympatric oaks at the edge of their range
Historical and ongoing hybridization between the oak species Quercus petraea and Q. robur leads to difficulty in identifying the taxonomic status of individual trees. Despite this, Beatty et al. using genetic and...
botanyone
Global 5-methylcytosine alterations in DNA during ageing of seeds
This study finds that DNA methylation and 5-methylcytosine play key roles in determining the ageing and viability of stored recalcitrant seeds.
Heterozygosity–fitness correlations in pedunculate oak
Various transpiration and growth traits of seedlings of pedunculate oak, Quercus robur, are correlated with their multilocus heterozygosity (MLH).
Individual mating patterns in mixed oak stands
Trees can mate assortatively, which may be a result of variable compatibility among trees due to genetic and/or environmental factors.
