The share of anthropophytes in the tree stands of urban forests in Katowice (Silesian Upland, S Poland) (OA) https://botany.fyi/73uvxt
The aim of this study was to determine the share of alien species in the tree stand structure of urban forests in the city of Katowice (Upper Silesian Industrial Region). A total of 50 woody species were recorded in the analysed stands, including 31 native species and 19 of alien origin. #Botany#PlantScience
Native desert plants have the potential for phytoremediation of phytotoxic metals in urban cities: implications for cities sustainability in arid environments (OA) https://botany.fyi/qriptz
El-Keblawy et al assessed the ability of three native desert plants—Pennisetum divisum, Tetraena qatarensis, and Brassica tournefortii—to accumulate phytotoxic metals (PTMs) in their different plant organs, including leaves, stems, and roots/rhizomes. #Botany#PlantScience
European beech trees more than 1,500 kilometers apart all drop their fruit at the same time in a grand synchronization event now linked to the summer solstice. #Botany
Butterfly pollination in Platycoryne (Orchidaceae): evidence for a key pollinator shift in the large Habenaria clade (OA) https://botany.fyi/odgt8a
Johnson documents a novel case of butterfly pollination in Platycoryne, an African genus that is phylogenetically embedded in the very large Habenaria clade in the Orchidaceae. Most Habenaria species have green or white flowers and many of these have been shown to be pollinated by moths. #Botany#PlantScience
Fernández et al summarize our current knowledge of gene expression responses to sulfate deficiency and recent efforts towards the identification of the transcription factors that are involved in controlling these responses. #Botany#PlantScience
Monitoring genetic transformation with RUBY visible reporter in Nicotiana tabaccum L. ($) https://botany.fyi/6fxs13
Jogam et al transformed Nicotiana tabacum with a RUBY vector construct consisting of three gene clusters, CYP76AD1, DODA, and 5-GT, along with a hygromycin selective marker for visible reporter study. After three weeks of transformation, the betalain pigments were easily detected in the explant leaf tissue.
ReadCube: https://rdcu.be/dLa0C #Botany#PlantScience
Cincinnati plants thousands of trees to reduce temperature in neighborhoods that are urban heat islands https://botany.fyi/4bbulk
It’s going to feel hot everywhere in the Tri-State this week, but some of Cincinnati's neighborhoods might be about 10 to 20 degrees hotter than others. #Botany
An ecological perspective on Joseph Rock's (1884 – 1962) plant collection activities in China (OA) https://botany.fyi/rz249y
Luo et al revisit Rock’s botanical expeditions within the broader context of botanical diversity conservation. It outlines his historical experiences in collecting plants in China and enumerates the species composition and phenotypic traits of the plants he collected. #Botany#PlantScience
Applications are invited for a Research Associate/Fellow on a project to validate and develop nitrogen fixing technologies to benefit small holder farmers. The project will be in the laboratory of Professor Erik Murchie. #Botany#PlantScience#PlantSciJobs
Intercropping enhances maize growth and nutrient uptake by driving the link between rhizosphere metabolites and microbiomes ($) https://botany.fyi/uqdao0
This study conducted field experiments (initiated in 2013) and pot experiments, coupled with multi-omics analysis, to investigate plant–metabolite–microbiome interactions in the rhizosphere of maize. #Botany#PlantScience
Stability in plant–pollinator communities across organizational levels: present, gaps, and future (OA) https://botany.fyi/d36yi6
This review highlights recent literature on stability within multi-trophic plant and pollinator communities, revealing biases toward simulation studies over empirical validation. #Botany#PlantScience
Microbial competition for phosphorus limits the CO2 response of a mature forest (OA) https://botany.fyi/s4uz19
Jiang et al show a high likelihood that P captured by soil microorganisms constrains ecosystem P recycling and availability for plant uptake, by compiling the first comprehensive P budget for a P-limited mature forest exposed to elevated CO2. #Botany#PlantScience
“Surely this is the most solitary organism in the world,” wrote paleontologist Richard Fortey in his book about the evolution of life. He was talking about Encephalartos woodii (E. woodii), a plant from South Africa. #Botany
Rate of permafrost thaw and associated plant community dynamics in peatlands of northwestern Canada ($) https://botany.fyi/525f0d
Errington et al sampled the plant and lichen communities in transects spanning actively thawing collapse scar margins at sites from mid-Boreal to Low Subarctic conditions, within Canada's Northwest Territories. Seventeen transects were sampled in 2007/08 and 14 of these were resampled 10 years later. #Botany#PlantScience
A commentary on ‘Interactions of moisture and light drive lichen growth and the response to climate change scenarios – experimental evidence for Lobaria pulmonaria’ #Botany#PlantScience
Evidence for within-species transition between drought response strategies in Nicotiana benthamiana (OA) https://botany.fyi/4d09ho
Asadyar et al examined Nicotiana benthamiana's responses to water deprivation, assessed phenotypic, physiological, and cellular responses, and analysed cuticular wax composition and wax biosynthesis gene expression profiles. #Botany#PlantScience
de Oliveira Hoffmann et al studied plant dispersal by gut passage (endozoochory) in Neotropical wetlands by the largest extant rodent, the capybara Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris. They compared it with another of the world's 10 largest rodents, the nutria or coypu Myocastor coypus. #Botany#PlantScience
The position is open for a 3–4-year contract under the supervision of Mgr. Markéta Pernisová, Ph.D., to join the TowArds Next GENeration Crops (TANGENC) project. The topic is focused on new breeding techniques for crop improvement. #Botany#PlantScience#PlantSciJobs
Disaster Plant Pathology: Smart Solutions for Threats to Global Plant Health from Natural and Human-Driven Disasters (OA) https://botany.fyi/db5bmn
Disaster plant pathology addresses how natural and human-driven disasters impact plant diseases and the requirements for smart management solutions. #Botany#PlantScience
Conservationist Isabella Tree: ‘Rewilding is vital for the UK’s agricultural future’ https://botany.fyi/zypk4n
The farmer and author on allowing nature to transform and restore our ecology – and how the best way to measure progress is through dung beetles. #Botany
Phytoremediating the air down under: Evaluating airborne particulate matter accumulation by 12 plant species in Australia ($) https://botany.fyi/k1dsub
Roy et al screened 12 Australian native species (two deciduous trees, three evergreen shrubs, and seven evergreen trees) growing in three regions to determine their potential in accumulating leaf surface (SPM) and in-wax particulate matter (WPM) #Botany#PlantScience
Earlier in the week, this being #orchid season, the first Bee Orchid I've seen this year. The little yellow pollinia shows it had not yet been visited by a pollinator. It was close to an impressively beefy Pyramidal, near Oxford. Quite a lot of Pyramidals in highway verges etc at the moment
@ancientsounds Interested in what you say about the pollinia of orchids. I only saw my first Bee Orchid this week and have now examined the photo closely, having looked up the anatomy of the flower -- I think the pollinium just visible is intact in this one also. Coney Banks, Chatham, Kent #WildflowerHour#Botany