Botanists investigate fairy circles in the desert
When plants in the Namib desert suffer from water stress, strange things happen.
Tag: water stress
Drought damages a plant’s perfume
Bees may be using their sense of smell to detect and avoid stressed plants.
How does a plant vary across its range?
A French-US team studied whether Arabidopsis in its natural range varies by latitude or from a core to the periphery.
Below-ground hydraulics control stomatal closure
Botanists find that during soil drying, stomatal regulation is controlled by below-ground hydraulics in a predictable way.
Predicting rice yield under drought
Integrated growth and metabolic models predict the metabolism of rice growth under normal and water-limited conditions.
Hybrid coffee cultivars may enhance agroecosystem resilience to climate change
Your daily cup of coffee could be threatened by climate change, but targeted plant breeding may be here to help.
Plasticity to drought and ecotypic differentiation in populations of a crop wild relative
GrapevineXL: a model coupling plant water transport and leaf gas exchange
What is it that gives mānuka floral nectar its unique composition?
The secret of mānuka honey, is mānuka nectar, but what is the secret of mānuka nectar?
Grass florets bet-hedge against unpredictable rainfall in arid landscapes
Mistletoe-ing around the tree reduces growth in forests
It might seem romantic, but the last thing a tree wants is an embrace under mistletoe.
