Herbivory impacts plants in a variety of ways, including in how likely they are to be reproductively successful. However, the exact effects of herbivory on plant reproduction are variable and dependent on combinations of other factors that may also influence reproductive success. One such factor is when the herbivory actually occurs, which is less understood […]

The model can reproduce the measured data, and so opens up avenues for applying this original procedure to other experimental data.

Wang and colleagues review the relationships between key phytohormone classes and cellulose deposition in plant systems.

Capstaff and colleagues investigate how soil-derived fulvic acid may boost growth of alfalfa

Examining patterns of mineral accumulation in plants gives clues as to how some plants can accumulate extreme amounts of some minerals

Increased chromosome number due to UV is known to occur in lab experiments, but does it happen in real environments?

Understanding what makes invasive plant species so good at invading may help us protect vulnerable plant biodiversity.

More evidence that the damaging potential of small plastics needs to extend to terrestrial environments.

A major transition in plant growth habit may have driven evolution of certain root traits

Advances in computational models may allow us to quickly predict responses of important food crops to environmental stresses in the field, and to identify the genetic basis of these.

Trait sensitivity to the environment is most visible during earlier stages of development, after which intraspecific trait variation and relationships may stabilize.

Interactions between plants and fungal symbionts are not always balanced affairs.