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♻️Climate links leaf shape variation and functional strategies in quinoa’s wild ancestor by Jonatan Rodriguez and co-authors

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Climate links leaf shape variation and functional strategies in quinoa’s wild ancestor
Leaves are plants’ primary interface with their environment, yet how their shapes influence function remains debated. We studied the wild ancestor of quino
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January 30, 2026 at 6:58 AM
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🌍🌸 New article in @aobp.bsky.social exploring how drought and range position influence floral traits and mating system evolution in the scarlet monkeyflower (Mimulus cardinalis).

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(a) Map of focal source populations and the location of the common garden experiment (red diamond). (b) Mimulus cardinalis plant showing open stigma and anthers. (c) Common garden in Eugene, OR. (d) Mean yearly winter precipitation of focal populations during drought. (e) Precipitation anomalies for each focal population calculated by subtracting mean winter precipitation between 2012 and 2015 by the historical 30-year averages (1981–2010). Climate data for each focal population are derived from climateNA v. 7.30 (Wang et al. 2016).
January 29, 2026 at 7:07 AM
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♻️Assessing the status of sundial lupine (Lupinus perennis L.) genetic diversity and population structure throughout its distribution by Isabella Petitta and co-authors

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Assessing the status of sundial lupine (Lupinus perennis L.) genetic diversity and population structure throughout its distribution
Habitat loss threatens plant genetic diversity, with consequences for species survival and ecosystem health. This study describes the genetic diversity, st
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January 28, 2026 at 7:03 AM
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🌍🌱 New article in @aobp.bsky.social examining how olive varieties adjust multiple functional traits to cope with increasing drought in Mediterranean environments.

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Map of the Mediterranean region illustrating the spatial distribution of mean annual precipitation across the Mediterranean region and the number of olive varieties studied by country of origin, with location markers indicating the two study sites. Climatic diagrams corresponding to each site are included, with mean monthly temperature (left axis) and precipitation (right axis), and a dotted area indicating the drought period [monthly precipitation <2 times average monthly temperature (Gaussen and Bagnouls 1952)]. Base map adapted from ‘Total annual precipitations’ by GRID-Arendal, used under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by–nc). Source: https://www.grida.no/resources/5909.
January 27, 2026 at 7:07 AM
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How plants know when they are too close to each other

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Cover image: Sorghum bicolor by zebedeugalinha/iNaturalist CC-BY
January 26, 2026 at 5:28 PM
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♻️ Does green stem photosynthesis affect plant drought tolerance and recovery in avocado? by Nadia Valverdi and co-authors

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Does green stem photosynthesis affect plant drought tolerance and recovery in avocado?
Many tree species are capable of using both their leaves and their stems to produce sugars via photosynthesis. Sugars produced in the green stems of plants
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January 26, 2026 at 7:04 AM
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♻️ Temporal dynamics of floral characteristics and reproduction output of Impatiens oxyanthera under warming by Qiao Yan and co-authors

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Temporal dynamics of floral characteristics and reproduction output of Impatiens oxyanthera under warming
This study investigates how climate warming affects floral traits and reproductive success in Impatiens oxyanthera across different flowering periods. Usin
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January 24, 2026 at 7:07 AM
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♻️ Stomatal regulation, leaf water relations, and leaf phenology are coordinated in tree species from the Sonoran Desert by Yin-Ni Wu and co-authors

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Stomatal regulation, leaf water relations, and leaf phenology are coordinated in tree species from the Sonoran Desert
Desert trees have adapted to survive extreme heat and drought by regulating the amount of water they lose through their leaves and managing their internal
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January 23, 2026 at 6:58 AM
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🍍🧬 New article in @aobp.bsky.social addressing how genetic and genomic resources are transforming the improvement of tropical and subtropical fruits, from yield and quality to shelf-life and stress resilience.

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January 22, 2026 at 7:07 AM
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♻️ Drought modifies the impacts of soil nutrient heterogeneity on native and alien plant growth in the absence of competition by Yin-Ni Wu and co-authors

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Drought modifies the impacts of soil nutrient heterogeneity on native and alien plant growth in the absence of competition
A greenhouse study tested how spatial distribution of soil nutrients and drought affect native and alien plants. Two alien and two native herbaceous specie
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January 21, 2026 at 7:03 AM
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🌿📅 New article in @AoBP@ecoevo.social exploring how plant phenology has shifted in response to climate change, using herbarium specimens from Mediterranean mountain ecosystems.

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Examples of two different species of the observed phenophases: (a) preflowering (FBF); (b) flowering (F); (c) fruiting (FS); (d) growth (DVG). Phlomis purpurea on the left and Cistus ladanifer on the right.
January 20, 2026 at 7:07 AM
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♻️ Introduction to special issue: floral ecology, genetics, and evolution in an unprecedentedly fast changing world by Xavier Picó and co-authors

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Introduction to special issue: floral ecology, genetics, and evolution in an unprecedentedly fast changing world
This note introduces the collection of papers of the special issue entitled ‘Floral ecology, genetics, and evolution in an unprecedentedly fast changing wo
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January 19, 2026 at 7:04 AM
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♻️ A simple seed-piercing transformation protocol for pearl millet and finger millet by Mazahar Moin and co-authors

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A simple seed-piercing transformation protocol for pearl millet and finger millet
Pearl millet and finger millet are important food crops but are notoriously recalcitrant to genetic transformation and gene editing, limiting their improve
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January 17, 2026 at 7:07 AM
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♻️ Smarter stomata: emergent technologies unlocking yield potential in a changing climate by Edward Chaplin and co-authors

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January 16, 2026 at 6:58 AM
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🌿🧬 New article in @aobp.bsky.social exploring how leaf habit shapes photosynthetic capacity in oaks, linking leaf anatomy and biochemistry to differences between deciduous and evergreen species.

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Leaf cross sections from representative μCT images for each deciduous (left column) and evergreen (right column) Quercus species from 2022. Each row contains a species pair based on the phylogeny in Fig. 1. Each scale bar = 50 µm.
January 15, 2026 at 7:07 AM
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♻️ From convention to innovation: the role of genetic modification and genome editing in Australian wheat breeding by Oscar Carey-Fung and Alexander Johnson

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From convention to innovation: the role of genetic modification and genome editing in Australian wheat breeding
Wheat is a cornerstone of global food security and Australia ranks among the world's leading wheat exporters. The first applications of biotechnology in wh
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January 14, 2026 at 7:03 AM
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⛰️🌲 New article in @aobp.bsky.social exploring how elevation-driven soil fertility gradients shape nutrient allocation strategies in Qinghai spruce across montane forest ecosystems.

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Overview map of the study areas.
January 13, 2026 at 7:07 AM
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♻️ Global mRNA profiling reveals the effect of boron as a crop protection tool against Sclerotinia sclerotiorum by Natalie Cale and co-authors.

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Cross-continental comparison of plant reproductive phenology shows high intraspecific variation in temperature sensitivity
Plants adjust their phenology, or timing of life cycle events, every year in response to annual changes in temperature. As temperatures increase with clima
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January 12, 2026 at 7:04 AM
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♻️ Cross-continental comparison of plant reproductive phenology shows high intraspecific variation in temperature sensitivity by Rachel Reeb and co-authors.

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Some unique anatomical scaling relationships among genera in the grass subfamily Pooideae
The cellular structure and arrangements of leaves can help explain how plants survive in different climates, but most studies that analyse these traits are
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January 10, 2026 at 7:07 AM
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♻️ Some unique anatomical scaling relationships among genera in the grass subfamily Pooideae by Daniel Spitzer and co-authors.

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Some unique anatomical scaling relationships among genera in the grass subfamily Pooideae
The cellular structure and arrangements of leaves can help explain how plants survive in different climates, but most studies that analyse these traits are
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January 9, 2026 at 6:58 AM
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🔬🌿New article in @aobp.bsky.social exploring the links between leaf-level photosynthesis and plant-level nitrogen economics across contrasting soil environments.

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Effects of nutrient treatment (x-axis) on a) whole plant nitrogen biomass, b) total root carbon biomass, and c) carbon cost to acquire nitrogen (gC gN−1). H. lanatus is represented in the left two boxes per nutrient treatment (brown colours), S. dulcamara is represented in the right two boxes per nutrient treatment (green colours). The different years are represented by the different shades per species. Boxplots represent the sample median, and the first and third quartiles and 1.5 times the interquartile range. Points represent the individual measurements and are jittered for visibility. Significance from ANOVA analysis is represented by: *** = P < .001; ** = P < .01; * = P < .05, NS = P > .05 (Table 2).
January 8, 2026 at 7:07 AM
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♻️ Multi-omics integrated analysis reveals the impact of cytokinin on sex differentiation in industrial hemp by Yushu Chen and co-authors.

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Multi-omics integrated analysis reveals the impact of cytokinin on sex differentiation in industrial hemp
Abstract. To increase the cannabidiol (CBD) content of industrial hemp, male hemp was screened out by spraying cytokinin at the three-leaf stage of seedlin
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January 7, 2026 at 7:03 AM
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🧬🌿 New article in @aobp.bsky.social exploring pattern-triggered immunity in poppy, identifying key immune markers and highlighting conserved defence responses and the role of wounding.

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Callose accumulation. (a) Representative images from 5- to 6-week-old poppy leaves treated with 5 µM flg22 (or water) using needleless syringes. (b) Callose accumulation in 5–6 poppy leaves treated with 5 μM flg22 (or water) using needleless syringes (c) Representative images of discs and ROIs from 5- to 6-week-old poppy leaves treated with 5 μM flg22 (or water) using needleless syringes. (d) Callose accumulation in discs cut from 5- to 6-week-old poppy plants. (e) Representative images of 12-day-old poppy seedlings treated with 5 μM flg22 (or water). The callose accumulation was monitored 24 h after treatment. Bars represent 1 mm. The data are presented as mean ± SEM; n = 10–16. The experiment was repeated three times (b, e) or two times (d) independently with similar results. Statistical differences between the samples (b, d) were assessed using a one-way ANOVA, with a Tukey honestly significant difference (HSD) multiple mean comparison post hoc test. Different letters indicate a significant difference, Tukey HSD, P < .01.
January 6, 2026 at 7:07 AM
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♻️ Interannual differences in pollinator contributions to pollen transfer are mainly driven by changes in pollinator abundance by Martin Freudenfeld and co-authors.

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Interannual differences in pollinator contributions to pollen transfer are mainly driven by changes in pollinator abundance
Abstract. With the rising threat to insect pollinators and the upcoming pollinator crisis, it is important to know how pollinators contribute to pollen tra
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January 5, 2026 at 7:04 AM
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♻️ Landscape-level variation in spring leaf phenology is driven by precipitation seasonality in the Mexican red oak Quercus castanea by Tamara Ochoa-Alvarez and co-authors.

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Landscape-level variation in spring leaf phenology is driven by precipitation seasonality in the Mexican red oak Quercus castanea
Abstract. Water availability is one of the essential factors that determine the distribution of plant species, as well as their ecological strategies. The
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January 3, 2026 at 7:07 AM