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Cells, Genes & Molecules

Spectacular speckles: silicon only disguises the signs of manganese toxicity in sunflowers and soybeans

Silicon is essential for string plants, but new research reveals that it can also hide evidence of poisoning in plants.

by Juniper KissApril 29, 2020May 15, 2020
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Field of sunflowers
Plant Cuttings

A new angle on enhancing crop yield

For sunflowers a friend is not someone you can lean on – as Nigel Chaffey finds out.

by Nigel ChaffeyOctober 31, 2017October 31, 2017
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Sunflower heads in normal and UV light
Annals of Botany Featured

Not For Your Eyes: Ultraviolet Patterns in Sunflowers

When you look at a sunflower you see gold. When an insect looks at a sunflower it sees something quite different.

by Alun SaltOctober 18, 2017October 18, 2017
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Zn, Mn, and Fe distribution (after 6h of foliar application) in control leaf of soybean (A) and tomato (C), and 1 mM methyl jasmonate (MeJA)-treated leaf of sunflower (B).
Annals of Botany

Effects of changes in leaf properties mediated by methyl jasmonate (MeJA) on foliar absorption of Zn, Mn, and Fe

This study highlights the potential importance of the combined thickness of the cuticle and epidermal cell wall in the absorption of foliar-applied nutrients.

by botanyoneOctober 11, 2017October 11, 2017
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Sunflowers
Articles

4 Reasons Sunflowers Face The Sun

There’s been advances in knowing how sunflowers track the sun, but botanists are still arguing over why. And, to make things confusing, they could all be right.

by Alun SaltNovember 24, 2016November 24, 2016
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Sunflower
Annals of Botany

Movements of sunflower and shade avoidance (Viewpoint)

The shade avoidance response, which may optimize CO2-assimilation, appears to be the ‘driving force’ behind these conspicuous plant movements.

by botanyoneJanuary 11, 2016September 11, 2017
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Helianthus annuus
Annals of Botany

Redox changes, dormancy breaking and ageing of seeds

by botanyoneOctober 27, 2015October 25, 2015
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Image: Greg Hume/Wikimedia Commons.
Plant Cuttings

Composites bounce back into favour…

Could members of the daisy family, dandelions and lettuces, hold the key to future rubber self-sufficiency?

by Nigel ChaffeyAugust 11, 2015August 11, 2015
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Plant Cuttings

…but size is nothing without scale

by Nigel ChaffeySeptember 22, 2012August 28, 2012
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