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
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