♻️ A spatio-temporal model of embolism propagation in leaf vein networks by Diane Lu and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

♻️ Drought tolerance of cowpea is associated with rapid abscisic acid biosynthesis via VuWRKY57 in root by Misaki Tochihara-Tanaka and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

♻️ The water-related traits of flowers are more conservative than those of leaves for epiphytic and terrestrial species in Cymbidium, Orchidaceae by Feng-Ping Zhang and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp...

♻️ The impact of drought stress under different soil matrices on physiological characteristics of soybean seedlings by Wei Zhao and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

♻️Marker-trait association analysis for root and shoot traits at the seedling stage of wild barley (Hordeum vulgare subsp. spontaneum) under water stress and normal conditions by Hooman Shirvani and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

♻️ Nutritional and physiological limitations shape the radiation-use efficiency response to legume proportion in C4 grass–legume mixtures by Nicolas Caram and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

♻️ The effects of a neighbour and its identity on roots’ plastic growth by Valentina Simonetti and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

♻️ Differentiation in water adaptation strategy between epiphytic and terrestrial species of Cymbidium, Orchidaceae by Tian-Yang Gao and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

🌸 New article in @aobp.bsky.social exploring how floral scent synchronizes pollination in a passionflower pollinated by crepuscular bees. The study reveals that scent emission peaks at dawn, matching pollinator activity before rapidly declining. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/rf6s #PlantScience

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♻️ Wheat genotypes selected for their high early daytime stomatal conductance under elevated nocturnal temperatures maintain high yield and biomass by R Suzuky Pinto and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

🌿New article in @aobp.bsky.social uncovering how plants respond to the threat of herbivores before significant damage occurs. The study compares the effects of damage-related signals and slug mucus on growth and defence in sugar maple seedlings. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/rdr8 #PlantScience

♻️ Heterostylous plants in an era of global change: a review on the consequences of habitat loss and fragmentation by Marianne Kivastik and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

🌺 New article in @aobp.bsky.social exploring how bract colour polymorphism influences pollination and reproduction in the nocturnal ginger Curcuma caulina. Full #openaccess doi.org/rf6q @saaaakeeeet.bsky.social @vinitagowda.bsky.social #PlantScience

♻️ Hybrid fertility and the rarity of homoploid hybrid speciation by Harry Sanders Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

🏔️ New article in @aobp.bsky.social exploring the factors driving soil carbon storage across the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau. The study reveals that plant cover and precipitation are key to understanding carbon accumulation in this high-altitude ecosystem. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/rdr7 #PlantScience

🌿 New article in @aobp.bsky.social exploring how parasitic mistletoe affects Tibetan juniper. Multi-omics analyses reveal that infection triggers drought-stress defence pathways, offering new insights into host–parasite interactions. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/rdr5

♻️ Population-level differences in Pinus monophylla whole-plant seedling strategies under varying water pulse regimes by Jeremy Adkins and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

Population-level differences in Pinus monophylla whole-plant seedling strategies under varying water pulse regimes

Single-leaf pinyon pine seedlings from different populations exhibited distinct resource-use strategies under varying precipitation pulse regimes. These st

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♻️ Taking the common into account: phylogeographical patterns of native, non-endemic plant species of the Canary Islands by Carlos García-Verdugo and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

Taking the common into account: phylogeographical patterns of native, non-endemic plant species of the Canary Islands

Islands sustain an outstanding proportion of Earth’s biodiversity, but native non-endemic (NNE) species have been seldom analyzed in phylogeographical stud

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🏖️🌾 New article in @aobp.bsky.social exploring how coastal dune dynamics have shaped the evolution of South American grasses. The study reveals how habitat diversity and gene flow have driven recent adaptation and speciation. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/rdr9 #PlantScience

♻️ Evaluating species identification apps as a tool for small plot-based surveys of vascular plants in Alberta, Canada by Iyesha Wanigasinghe and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

Evaluating species identification apps as a tool for small plot-based surveys of vascular plants in Alberta, Canada

While mobile apps are becoming more accurate at identifying vascular plants from photos, it is unclear whether accuracy is maintained when doing small, plo

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🌸 New article in @aobp.bsky.social investigating how a fully mycoheterotrophic orchid acquires carbon and nitrogen through fungal partners. Anatomy, microscopy & isotope analyses revealing adaptations to a life without photosynthesis. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/rdr6 #PlantScience

♻️ Understanding the effects of heat stress on yield and grain quality component traits in rice by Jai Rohila and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

Understanding the effects of heat stress on yield and grain quality component traits in rice

The relationships between rice yield, grain quality, and exposure to high daytime and nighttime temperatures are still not well understood. Using season lo

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Great journals are shaped by thoughtful editors. 🌿 Gudryan Baronio studies how plant reproduction is shaped by ecological interactions. Through his work, he helps advance accessible, high-quality plant science. 🌸🐝 Get to know him in our #MeetTheEditor feature.

♻️ Xylem vessel anatomy and hydraulic function scale in concert along the tip-to-base axis of an angiosperm tree by Swetlana Kreinert and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

♻️ Plants clonal strategies are well associated with aridity gradients: insights from Lamiaceae family in the SW and Central Asia by Chonour Mahmoudi and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

♻️ Plant neighbours, not consumers, drive intraspecific phytochemical changes of two grassland species in a field experiment by Joshua Brian and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

♻️ Evaluation of Echinochloa frumentacea under saline–alkaline conditions and its comparison with five forage species by Xueqin Wang and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

Evaluation of Echinochloa frumentacea under saline–alkaline conditions and its comparison with five forage species

Our research identifies Echinochloa frumentacea as a salt-tolerant forage crop. In saline-alkaline conditions, E. frumentacea can survive under moderate sa

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♻️ Neighbour sensing through rhizodeposits in sorghum affects plant physiology and productivity by Shiran Ben-Zeev and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

Neighbour sensing through rhizodeposits in sorghum affects plant physiology and productivity

Plants “talk” underground. In sorghum, we show that chemical signals released by roots (rhizodeposits) from neighboring plants reduce growth and photosynth

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♻️ Evolution of floral traits and mating systems under drought: a range-wide study of Mimulus cardinalis by Olivia Wilborn-Pilotte and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience